Get E-Invoice PDF

Get the PDF version of an E-Invoice based on the invoice identifiers of the invoice data already sent to Clear.

Request Method

GET

Request URL

https://api-sandbox.my.cleartax.com/einvoice/v1/documents/print

Request Headers

Parameter	Data Type	Field Validations	Description
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.

Request Path Params

There are no path paramaters for this API.

Request Query Params

Parameter	Data Type	Field Validations	Description
document-id	String	NA	Mandatory. If other Document Details are not specified
template-id	String	NA	Optional. Default is “39” (Standard Invoice Template). To know the print template ID, refer to “How to get print template ID?”.
einvoice-type	ENUM	SALES, PURCHASE, SALES_B2C	Default: SALES

If using Custom Print Templates by CT, reach out to your CSM for Print Template Id.

Request Body

There will be no request body for this API.

Sample Request

Request URL

https://api-sandbox.my.cleartax.com/einvoice/v1/documents/print?document-id=665f28c2f626dc2cac32abea

Response Status Codes

HTTP Status Code	Description
200	For successfully printed
400	For any cleartax validation error
401	If the user is not authenticated for the operation
403	If the user is not authorized for the operation
404	If data is not present
5XX	Unhandled exception

Response Schema

The response will be a PDF file for a successful scenario. In case of an error, the error response will be an array of error details objects.

Sample Response (Success)

HTTP Status Code

200

Response Body

<filename>.pdf

Sample Response (Error)

HTTP Status Code 404

Response Body

{
    "ErrorDetails": [
        {
            "ErrorCode": "EINV-DOC-NF-001",
            "ErrorMessage": "You don't have any data present for the selected Document Details",
            "ErrorSource": "CLEARTAX"
        }
    ]
}

API Validations

1. The Document Id should be valid and the invoice data for this document must be present in Clear.

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 print E-Invoice, then the API will return HTTP Status Code 403.

3. If data is not present in the Clear then the API will return HTTP Status Code 404.