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          • The Invoice object
          • GET/invoices
          • POST/invoices
          • GET/invoices/{id}
          • PATCH/invoices/{id}
          • GET/invoices/line-items/remote-field-classes
          • GET/invoices/meta/patch/{id}
          • GET/invoices/meta/post
          • GET/invoices/remote-field-classes
          • POST/invoices/bulk
          • GET/invoices/bulk/{batch_id}

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/invoices

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POST
/accounting/v1/invoices
POST
/api/accounting/v1/invoices
$curl -X POST https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1/invoices \
>     -H "X-Account-Token: X-Account-Token" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "model": {}
>}'
201Created
1{
2  "model": {
3    "id": "9871b4a9-f5d2-4f3b-a66b-dfedbed42c46",
4    "remote_id": "990110",
5    "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
6    "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
7    "type": "ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE",
8    "contact": "022a2bef-57e5-4def-8ed2-7c41bd9a5ed8",
9    "number": "AIQ12546",
10    "issue_date": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
11    "due_date": "2020-04-15T00:00:00Z",
12    "paid_on_date": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z",
13    "memo": "Weekly Payment",
14    "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
15    "employee": "7442f0d5-722d-45bd-b807-6e38489d37fe",
16    "currency": "USD",
17    "exchange_rate": "2.9",
18    "payment_term": "89d329de-825f-4ac6-8369-3c58b4e68bee",
19    "total_discount": 1.1,
20    "sub_total": 100,
21    "status": "DRAFT",
22    "total_tax_amount": 5,
23    "total_amount": 105,
24    "balance": 105,
25    "remote_updated_at": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z",
26    "tracking_categories": [
27      "7dc5ca17-d311-44cd-9ce0-333080367a18",
28      "6aa0700c-48e1-4c4a-8162-02e6a582df05",
29      "8c933d61-8f5b-4360-ac0c-c9dc87bee763"
30    ],
31    "accounting_period": "7dc5ca17-d311-44cd-9ce0-333080367a18",
32    "purchase_orders": [
33      "e7378d8f-3992-4c2a-8417-ebdc4f2bfeb7",
34      "dd70ca2f-b120-46fa-889a-9604037f45fd",
35      "889b281d-739c-4759-95b8-0aedb3947131"
36    ],
37    "sales_orders": [
38      "e7378d8f-3992-4c2a-8417-ebdc4f2bfeb7",
39      "dd70ca2f-b120-46fa-889a-9604037f45fd",
40      "889b281d-739c-4759-95b8-0aedb3947131"
41    ],
42    "payments": [
43      "b26fd49a-cbae-470a-a8f8-bcbc119e0390"
44    ],
45    "applied_payments": [
46      "9017594e-dc33-4113-a5d2-b0f928e34fdd"
47    ],
48    "line_items": [
49      {
50        "remote_id": "8765432",
51        "description": "Pickleball lessons",
52        "unit_price": 50,
53        "quantity": 1,
54        "total_amount": 50,
55        "employee": "7442f0d5-722d-45bd-b807-6e38489d37fe",
56        "project": "22e65a5d-2df5-4e6e-884a-e538d0339000",
57        "contact": "908934-49j9-093f-0989-908923908",
58        "currency": "USD",
59        "exchange_rate": "2.9",
60        "item": "5b3c1341-a20f-4e51-b72c-f3830a16c97b",
61        "account": "cd0f32d4-a493-11ec-b909-0242ac120002",
62        "tax_rate": "a12e7c20-1922-9df7-s75n-edfeewnn7384",
63        "tracking_categories": [
64          "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
65          "9b840d2-686a-465a-8a8e-7b028498f8e4",
66          "a47e11b6-c73b-4a0c-be31-130fc48177fa"
67        ],
68        "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
69        "is_billable": true,
70        "remote_data": [
71          {
72            "path": "/actions",
73            "data": [
74              "Varies by platform"
75            ]
76          }
77        ]
78      }
79    ],
80    "applied_credit_notes": [
81      {
82        "credit_note": "5b3c1341-a20f-4e51-b72c-f3830a16c97b",
83        "applied_date": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
84        "applied_amount": "2.9"
85      }
86    ],
87    "applied_vendor_credits": [
88      {
89        "vendor_credit": "5b3c1341-a20f-4e51-b72c-f3830a16c97b",
90        "applied_date": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
91        "applied_amount": "2.9"
92      }
93    ],
94    "inclusive_of_tax": true,
95    "remote_was_deleted": true,
96    "field_mappings": {
97      "organization_defined_targets": {
98        "custom_key": "custom_value"
99      },
100      "linked_account_defined_targets": {
101        "custom_key": "custom_value"
102      }
103    },
104    "remote_data": [
105      {
106        "path": "/actions",
107        "data": null
108      }
109    ],
110    "remote_fields": [
111      {
112        "remote_field_class": {
113          "id": "string",
114          "display_name": "string",
115          "remote_key_name": "string",
116          "description": "string",
117          "is_custom": true,
118          "is_common_model_field": true,
119          "is_required": true,
120          "field_type": "string",
121          "field_format": "string",
122          "field_choices": [
123            "string"
124          ],
125          "item_schema": {
126            "item_type": "string",
127            "item_format": "string",
128            "item_choices": [
129              "string"
130            ]
131          }
132        },
133        "value": "string"
134      }
135    ]
136  },
137  "warnings": [
138    {
139      "title": "Unrecognized Field",
140      "detail": "An unrecognized field, age, was passed in with request data.",
141      "problem_type": "UNRECOGNIZED_FIELD",
142      "source": {
143        "pointer": "/age"
144      },
145      "block_merge_link": true,
146      "raw_error": "string",
147      "error_code": 1
148    }
149  ],
150  "errors": [
151    {
152      "title": "Missing Required Field",
153      "detail": "custom_fields is a required field on model.",
154      "problem_type": "MISSING_REQUIRED_FIELD",
155      "source": {
156        "pointer": "/model/custom_fields"
157      },
158      "block_merge_link": true,
159      "raw_error": "string",
160      "error_code": 1
161    }
162  ],
163  "logs": [
164    {
165      "log_id": "99433219-8017-4acd-bb3c-ceb23d663832",
166      "dashboard_view": "https://app.merge.dev/logs/99433219-8017-4acd-bb3c-ceb23d663832",
167      "log_summary": {
168        "url": "www.exampleintegration.com/api/v1/exampleapi",
169        "method": "POST",
170        "status_code": 200
171      }
172    }
173  ]
174}

Creates an Invoice object with the given values. Including a PurchaseOrder id in the purchase_orders property will generate an Accounts Payable Invoice from the specified Purchase Order(s).

Field support by integration

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Use the /linked-accounts endpoint to pull platform support information

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Token-based authentication with required prefix “Bearer”

Headers

X-Account-TokenstringRequired
Token identifying the end user.

Query parameters

is_debug_modebooleanOptional

Whether to include debug fields (such as log file links) in the response.

run_asyncbooleanOptional

Whether or not third-party updates should be run asynchronously.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
modelobjectRequired

Description

The Invoice object represents an itemized record of goods and/or services sold to a customer or bought from a vendor.

Represents a Bill when the Invoice type is ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE. References an Invoice when the Invoice type is ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE.

Usage Example

Fetch from the LIST Invoices endpoint and view a company’s invoices.

Response

modelobject

Description

The Invoice object represents an itemized record of goods and/or services sold to a customer or bought from a vendor.

Represents a Bill when the Invoice type is ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE. References an Invoice when the Invoice type is ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE.

Usage Example

Fetch from the LIST Invoices endpoint and view a company’s invoices.

warningslist of objects
errorslist of objects
logslist of objects