[lncli] encoding/hex: invalid byte: U+006C 'l'

[fabianfabian]

Background

I was trying to send a payment for this article:
https://mainnet.yalls.org/articles/97d67df1-d721-417d-a6c0-11d793739be9:0965AC5E-56CD-4870-9041-E69616660E6F/70858a49-d91c-40fb-ae34-bddc2e938704

But I get this error: [lncli] encoding/hex: invalid byte: U+006C 'l'

Your environment

lnd --version
lnd version 0.4.0-beta

uname -a
Linux bunker 4.9.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.65-3+deb9u1 (2017-12-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux

bitcoind --version
Bitcoin Core Daemon version v0.16.0

Steps to reproduce

lncli decodepayreq lnbc1500n1pdtcvnypp5cghlfu63gpvjsyyrvw96240p4ne5de0ccf0zkgn6tzf6hk4s7lhsdzh2fjkzepqg9e8g6trd3jn5gzzv4nkjmnwv4ew9qyewvsywatfv3jjqar0yrhm3rlzn2s5c6t8dp6xu6twvlhm3rccqzyshly5p0lw37ylc7nm0xnyf9q7fxmt8seduxzma8v8un77xr6xudk8pv73fn4nrxcmza7x2dqpct6lljrqrefaxrwtu47lahqlatrzdkgp8pztxe
{
    "destination": "023668a30d0a27304695df3fb1af55a4fb75153eac34840817cae0e6a57894fd51",
    "payment_hash": "c22ff4f3514059281083638ba555e1acf346e5f8c25e2b227a5893abdab0f7ef",
    "num_satoshis": "150",
    "timestamp": "1522283108",
    "expiry": "3600",
    "description": "Read Article: Beginner’s Guide to ️⚡Lightning️",
    "description_hash": "",
    "fallback_addr": "",
    "cltv_expiry": "144"
}

lncli sendpayment lnbc1500n1pdtcvnypp5cghlfu63gpvjsyyrvw96240p4ne5de0ccf0zkgn6tzf6hk4s7lhsdzh2fjkzepqg9e8g6trd3jn5gzzv4nkjmnwv4ew9qyewvsywatfv3jjqar0yrhm3rlzn2s5c6t8dp6xu6twvlhm3rccqzyshly5p0lw37ylc7nm0xnyf9q7fxmt8seduxzma8v8un77xr6xudk8pv73fn4nrxcmza7x2dqpct6lljrqrefaxrwtu47lahqlatrzdkgp8pztxe
[lncli] encoding/hex: invalid byte: U+006C 'l'

[Roasbeef]

You're using the sendpayment command incorrectly. The first expected value (without keyword arguments) is the destination. It seems you instead want the payinvoice command.