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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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Common ModelsInvoices

/invoices/{id}

GET
/accounting/v1/invoices/:id
GET
/api/accounting/v1/invoices/:id
$curl -G https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1/invoices/id \
>     -H "X-Account-Token: X-Account-Token" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -d expand=accounting_period \
>     -d remote_fields=type \
>     -d show_enum_origins=type
200Retrieved
1{
2  "id": "9871b4a9-f5d2-4f3b-a66b-dfedbed42c46",
3  "remote_id": "990110",
4  "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
5  "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
6  "type": "ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE",
7  "contact": "022a2bef-57e5-4def-8ed2-7c41bd9a5ed8",
8  "number": "AIQ12546",
9  "issue_date": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
10  "due_date": "2020-04-15T00:00:00Z",
11  "paid_on_date": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z",
12  "memo": "Weekly Payment",
13  "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
14  "employee": "7442f0d5-722d-45bd-b807-6e38489d37fe",
15  "currency": "USD",
16  "exchange_rate": "2.9",
17  "payment_term": "89d329de-825f-4ac6-8369-3c58b4e68bee",
18  "total_discount": 1.1,
19  "sub_total": 100,
20  "status": "DRAFT",
21  "total_tax_amount": 5,
22  "total_amount": 105,
23  "balance": 105,
24  "remote_updated_at": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z",
25  "tracking_categories": [
26    "7dc5ca17-d311-44cd-9ce0-333080367a18",
27    "6aa0700c-48e1-4c4a-8162-02e6a582df05",
28    "8c933d61-8f5b-4360-ac0c-c9dc87bee763"
29  ],
30  "accounting_period": "7dc5ca17-d311-44cd-9ce0-333080367a18",
31  "purchase_orders": [
32    "e7378d8f-3992-4c2a-8417-ebdc4f2bfeb7",
33    "dd70ca2f-b120-46fa-889a-9604037f45fd",
34    "889b281d-739c-4759-95b8-0aedb3947131"
35  ],
36  "sales_orders": [
37    "e7378d8f-3992-4c2a-8417-ebdc4f2bfeb7",
38    "dd70ca2f-b120-46fa-889a-9604037f45fd",
39    "889b281d-739c-4759-95b8-0aedb3947131"
40  ],
41  "payments": [
42    "b26fd49a-cbae-470a-a8f8-bcbc119e0390"
43  ],
44  "applied_payments": [
45    "9017594e-dc33-4113-a5d2-b0f928e34fdd"
46  ],
47  "line_items": [
48    {
49      "remote_id": "8765432",
50      "description": "Pickleball lessons",
51      "unit_price": 50,
52      "quantity": 1,
53      "total_amount": 50,
54      "employee": "7442f0d5-722d-45bd-b807-6e38489d37fe",
55      "project": "22e65a5d-2df5-4e6e-884a-e538d0339000",
56      "contact": "908934-49j9-093f-0989-908923908",
57      "currency": "USD",
58      "exchange_rate": "2.9",
59      "item": "5b3c1341-a20f-4e51-b72c-f3830a16c97b",
60      "account": "cd0f32d4-a493-11ec-b909-0242ac120002",
61      "tax_rate": "a12e7c20-1922-9df7-s75n-edfeewnn7384",
62      "tracking_categories": [
63        "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
64        "9b840d2-686a-465a-8a8e-7b028498f8e4",
65        "a47e11b6-c73b-4a0c-be31-130fc48177fa"
66      ],
67      "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
68      "is_billable": true,
69      "remote_data": [
70        {
71          "path": "/actions",
72          "data": [
73            "Varies by platform"
74          ]
75        }
76      ]
77    }
78  ],
79  "applied_credit_notes": [
80    {
81      "credit_note": "5b3c1341-a20f-4e51-b72c-f3830a16c97b",
82      "applied_date": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
83      "applied_amount": "2.9"
84    }
85  ],
86  "applied_vendor_credits": [
87    {
88      "vendor_credit": "5b3c1341-a20f-4e51-b72c-f3830a16c97b",
89      "applied_date": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
90      "applied_amount": "2.9"
91    }
92  ],
93  "inclusive_of_tax": true,
94  "remote_was_deleted": true,
95  "field_mappings": {
96    "organization_defined_targets": {
97      "custom_key": "custom_value"
98    },
99    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
100      "custom_key": "custom_value"
101    }
102  },
103  "remote_data": [
104    {
105      "path": "/actions",
106      "data": null
107    }
108  ],
109  "remote_fields": [
110    {
111      "remote_field_class": {
112        "id": "string",
113        "display_name": "string",
114        "remote_key_name": "string",
115        "description": "string",
116        "is_custom": true,
117        "is_common_model_field": true,
118        "is_required": true,
119        "field_type": "string",
120        "field_format": "string",
121        "field_choices": [
122          "string"
123        ],
124        "item_schema": {
125          "item_type": "string",
126          "item_format": "string",
127          "item_choices": [
128            "string"
129          ]
130        }
131      },
132      "value": "string"
133    }
134  ]
135}

Returns an Invoice object with the given id.

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Token-based authentication with required prefix “Bearer”

Path parameters

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"

Headers

X-Account-TokenstringRequired
Token identifying the end user.

Query parameters

expandlist of enumsOptional
Which relations should be returned in expanded form. Multiple relation names should be comma separated without spaces.
include_remote_databooleanOptional

Whether to include the original data Merge fetched from the third-party to produce these models.

include_remote_fieldsbooleanOptional
Whether to include all remote fields, including fields that Merge did not map to common models, in a normalized format.
include_shell_databooleanOptional

Whether to include shell records. Shell records are empty records (they may contain some metadata but all other fields are null).

remote_fieldsenumOptional

Deprecated. Use show_enum_origins.

Allowed values:
show_enum_originsenumOptional
A comma separated list of enum field names for which you'd like the original values to be returned, instead of Merge's normalized enum values. [Learn more](https://help.merge.dev/en/articles/8950958-show_enum_origins-query-parameter)
Allowed values:

Response

idstringRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
remote_idstring or null

The third-party API ID of the matching object.

created_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
modified_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
typeenum or null

Whether the invoice is an accounts receivable or accounts payable. If type is ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE, the invoice is a bill. If type is ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE, it is an invoice.

Allowed values:
contactstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The invoice's contact.
numberstring or null
The invoice's number.
issue_datedatetime or null
The invoice's issue date.
due_datedatetime or null
The invoice's due date.
paid_on_datedatetime or null
The invoice's paid date.
memostring or null
The invoice's private note.
companystring or nullformat: "uuid"
The company the invoice belongs to.
employeestring or nullformat: "uuid"
The employee this overall transaction relates to.
currencyenum or null
The invoice's currency. The currency code in ISO 4217 format.
exchange_ratestring or nullformat: "decimal"
The invoice's exchange rate.
payment_termstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The payment term that applies to this transaction.
total_discountdouble or null
The total discounts applied to the total cost.
sub_totaldouble or null
The total amount being paid before taxes.
statusenum or null
The status of the invoice.
total_tax_amountdouble or null
The total amount being paid in taxes.
total_amountdouble or null
The invoice's total amount.
balancedouble or null
The invoice's remaining balance.
remote_updated_atdatetime or null
When the third party's invoice entry was updated.
tracking_categorieslist of strings
accounting_periodstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The accounting period that the Invoice was generated in.
purchase_orderslist of strings
sales_orderslist of strings
paymentslist of strings

Array of Payment object IDs.

applied_paymentslist of strings
A list of the Payment Applied to Lines common models related to a given Invoice, Credit Note, or Journal Entry.
line_itemslist of objectsRead-only
applied_credit_noteslist of objects

CreditNoteApplyLines applied to the Invoice.

applied_vendor_creditslist of objects

VendorCreditApplyLines applied to the Invoice.

inclusive_of_taxboolean or null

If the transaction is inclusive or exclusive of tax. True if inclusive, False if exclusive.

remote_was_deletedbooleanRead-only

Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited coverage. Learn more.

field_mappingsobject or nullRead-only
remote_datalist of objects or nullRead-only
remote_fieldslist of objectsRead-only

A comma separated list of enum field names for which you’d like the original values to be returned, instead of Merge’s normalized enum values. Learn more