js-lightning-tools adds L402 server utilities
js-lightning-tools PR #322 was merged, adding server utilities for hosting L402 endpoints: macaroon issuance/verification, authentication header generation/parsing, and preimage validation.
Mechanically, this moves common L402 server-side flows into library APIs instead of each endpoint re-implementing auth/payment checks. The PR also refactors L402 modules and adds tests covering the new functionality.
Caveat: this simplifies endpoint hosting, but the feed’s own reasoning notes it does not address broader Lightning constraints like scalability or liquidity management, and macaroons/preimage validation can still be unfamiliar surface area for implementers.
Source: https://github.com/getAlby/js-lightning-tools/pull/322
https://pipress.xyz/feed/fd8eaa333f4fdf742b99527450ece7ff8c5a1dd7e0e0804657063367b23e8440
https://github.com/getAlby/js-lightning-tools/pull/322
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