Delete Invoice

This API allows you to delete an invoice from ClearTax database before it's submitted to LHDN for generation. It takes the document id for the document to be deleted as the input and returns the status of the activity, along with error messages, if any.

Request Method

DELETE

Request URL

https://api-sandbox.my.cleartax.com/einvoice/v1/documents/{document_id}/

Request Headers

ParameterData TypeField ValidationsDescription

x-cleartax-auth-token

String

Cannot be empty

Mandatory. User auth token.

x-clear-tin

String

Cannot be empty

Mandatory. TIN of the entity

x-clear-branch

String

Should be a valid branch from the user account

Optional. Branch name (store name) added in the user account which maps to a TIN of the entity.

x-request-id

UUID

Should be unique for every request

Optional. Unique request ID.

Content-Type

String

application/json

application/json

Request Path Params

ParameterData TypeField ValidationsDescription

document_id

String

Should be a valid document id

Mandatory. Unique document id present in the upload api response.

Request Query Params

ParameterData TypeField ValidationsDescription

einvoice-type

ENUM

SALES, PURCHASE, SALES_B2C

Default: SALES

Request Body

There will be no request body for this API.

Sample Request

Request Body

NA

Response Status Codes

HTTP Status CodeDescription

200

For a successful status check

400

For any kind of invalid payload issues

401

If the user is not authenticated for the operation

403

If the user is not authorized for the operation

Response Schema

ParameterData TypeField ValidationsDescription

Success Message

String

NA

NA

Error Details Object

ParameterData TypeField ValidationsDescription

ErrorCode

String

Cannot be null

A code to identify the error. Error codes are published below.

ErrorMessage

String

Cannot be null

Human readable error message.

ErrorSource

String

LHDN, CLEARTAX

Source of the error.

ErrorPath

String

NA

If it is a validation error of a request data, it will point to the request data field. Example below.

Sample Response (Success)

HTTP Status Code: 200

Response Body

Document deleted successfully with document Id : 664d9cd63068491e7eceaff5

Sample Response (Error)

Case1: Document not present with document id passed

HTTP Status Code

200

Response Body

{
    "ErrorDetails": [
        {
            "ErrorCode": "300102",
            "ErrorMessage": "You don't have any data present for the selected Document Details",
            "ErrorSource": "CLEARTAX",
            "Path": null
        }
    ]
}

Case 2: When document is already submitted to the LHDN

HTTP Status Code

200

Response Body

{
    "ErrorDetails": [
        {
            "ErrorCode": "300108",
            "ErrorMessage": "You can only delete Invoices in Not Generated state.",
            "ErrorSource": "CLEARTAX",
            "Path": null
        }
    ]
}

API Validations

  1. A valid document with {document_id} in path params should be present.

API Constraints

  1. This API needs to be authenticated with a valid user authentication token. If the auth token is not present or is invalid, the API will return HTTP Status Code 401.

  2. If the auth token is valid, but the user does not have the authorization to generate e-invoice for a document, then the API will return HTTP Status Code 403. The user, whose auth token is used, should have an Admin role for the particular TIN used in the request.

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