Get E-Invoice PDF

You can get PDF version of an Invoice by submitting a GETrequest to E-Invoicing API with the following request headers.

Request Method

GET

Request URL

{{HOST}}/einv/v2/eInvoice/download

Request Headers

PARAMETER	PARAM TYPE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
X-Cleartax-Auth-Token	Header	String	Mandatory. The auth token generated from ClearTax user id and password.
gstin	Header	String	Conditional. GSTIN of the organisation. Either of GSTIN or PAN is mandatory.
pan	Header	String	Conditional. PAN of the organisation. Either of GSTIN or PAN is mandatory.

Request Path Params

There are no path parameters for this API.

Request Query Params

KEY	PARAM TYPE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
template	query	String	Optional. CRN Template 1 - e281c115-dc47-467a-83c8-1b66c70de13e DBN Template 1 - 9dba2d0a-eba9-4d55-8fed-c03bf8b23435 INV Template 1 - 6f376678-3cc0-4bea-a9e0-ff92a60a7b00 INV Template 2 - 179471da-fcc9-4a1e-bf17-33b57c5f445c INV Template 3 - 6e351b87-35b4-48a5-bc5f-d085685410f7 Export - b91a628f-11e7-47a8-8eeb-833b5bd9a660
format	query	String	Optional.Accepted values include: PDF, ZIP Default: PDF
irns	query	List	Required. List of IRNs generated. Multiple accepted
enableDsc	query	Boolean	Optional. If the user doesn’t send a value, the default value will be False. If the user sends a value, DSC will be enabled for the user.

Request Body

There is no request body for this API.

Response Status Codes

HTTP Status Code	Description
200	For a successfully processed request (may be a success or validation error).
401	If the user is not authenticated for the operation.
403	If the user is not authorized for the operation.
500	If there are any unhandled exceptions on the Clear side.

Response Schema

There is no sample response schema for this API.

Sample Request & Response

Request

There is no request body for this API.

Response - Success:

HTTP Status Code : 200 OK

Sample file containing IRN and QR Code-

46KB

Response.pdf

PDF

Open

Sample file containing IRN and QR Code along with Digital Signature-

78KB

DSC Response.pdf

PDF

Open

Response - Failure:

HTTP Status Code: 200 OK

{
    "error_code": "107",
    "error_message": "Number of valid irn numbers in the request should be between 1 and 5. Please provide valid irn numbers and try again.",
    "error_source": "CLEARTAX"
}

API Validations

The user should have appropriate access to take the EInvoice PDF.

API Constraints

1. A Maximum of 5 invoices can be printed per API call.

2. The Invoice details should be present in the ClearTax database.