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PATCH
Update Invoice record (partial)
Other fields stay as they are. Period locks, payments, and approval rules match the full update. A posted invoice writes general ledger entries. Those entries debit accounts receivable and credit income or a deferral account. Tax and discounts write their own entries. A draft does not post those entries. When you send contract_id or sales_order_id, DualEntry links that contract or sales order. The tax on each line stays as you send it. Set auto_calculate_tax to required and DualEntry calculates the tax and replaces it before saving the invoice. The calculation covers native US sales tax using DualEntry’s tax engine. It also covers Avalara US sales tax, VAT, and GST. If the result is DualEntry’s own VAT or GST, the request fails with 422. A calculation that cannot finish also fails with 422. DualEntry reads shipping_address, then billing_address, then the address saved on the customer. If you send neither address, DualEntry copies the customer’s saved address to billing_address and shipping_address. To email the invoice, call the send endpoint. Side effects
  • If an approval workflow matches this request, DualEntry can set record_status back to draft.
  • If this request posts the invoice and the company files e-invoices in its country, DualEntry checks the e-invoice with the authority and queues the filing. The check can take up to 10 seconds.
Additional validations
  • Fails with 422 if the e-invoice filing of the invoice runs or the authority cleared it. An archive gets the same answer. The e_invoicing key holds the reason. Correct a cleared invoice with a customer credit.
  • Fails with 422 if the e-invoice of the posted record has data that the authority refuses. The e_invoicing key lists the reasons.

Authorizations

X-API-KEY
string
header
required

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Optional. A unique value (a UUID works well) identifying this operation. If the request is repeated with the same key, the original response is replayed instead of the operation running again, so a retry cannot create a duplicate record. Results are replayable for 48 hours. Reusing a key with a different request body returns 422.

Maximum string length: 255

Path Parameters

record_number
integer
required

The number attribute of the record.

Body

application/json

Partial update payload for PATCH /public/invoices/{number}/.

Every field is optional: send only the fields you want to change. Unset fields are left untouched on the existing record.

Updates allowed under the same constraints as PUT: period locks, payment-applied restrictions, and approval-workflow rules apply.

custom_fields
Custom Fields · object[] | null
supply_date
string<date> | null

Tax point date for VAT and GST.

When the saved record uses a VAT or GST tax regime and you omit this field, DualEntry sets it to transaction_date, or to date when there is no transaction_date.

Recurring templates store the value you send. Each generated record that uses VAT or GST and has no supply date gets that default on save.

On PATCH, an omitted field keeps the stored value. Send supply_date again when you change date or transaction_date.

place_of_supply
string | null
Maximum string length: 2
tax_registration_numbers
TaxRegistrationNumbersSnapshot · object | null
tax_metadata
object | null
auto_calculate_tax
enum<string> | null

Configures how to handle automatic tax calculations.

If auto_calculate_tax is unset, the tax you send on each line is stored. Set it to required to have DualEntry calculate the tax, replacing the tax on every line before it saves the record.

The calculation covers native US sales tax using DualEntry's tax engine. It also covers Avalara US sales tax, VAT, and GST.

  • For native VAT and GST, leave this field unset and send the rate and the tax on each line. Set it to required when a tax provider returns the tax.
  • The request fails with 422 when the result is DualEntry's own VAT or GST, when the calculation cannot finish, or when a required address is still missing.
  • When the record has a customer, DualEntry reads shipping_address, then billing_address, then the address saved on the customer.
  • If you send neither address, DualEntry copies the customer's saved address to billing_address and shipping_address.
  • When the record has a vendor, DualEntry reads ship_from_address and ship_to_address, then the addresses saved on the vendor and the company.
  • DualEntry stores only the ship addresses you sent.
Available options:
required
memo
string | null
due_date
string<date> | null
company_id
integer | null
customer_id
integer | null

If this customer is intercompany, DualEntry also writes a transaction in the elimination company.

currency_iso_4217_code
enum<string> | null
Available options:
AED,
AFN,
ALL,
AMD,
ANG,
AOA,
ARS,
AUD,
AWG,
AZN,
BAM,
BBD,
BDT,
BGN,
BHD,
BIF,
BMD,
BND,
BOB,
BRL,
BSD,
BTN,
BWP,
BYN,
BZD,
CAD,
CDF,
CHF,
CLF,
CLP,
CNY,
COP,
CRC,
CUP,
CVE,
CZK,
DJF,
DKK,
DOP,
DZD,
EGP,
ERN,
ETB,
EUR,
FJD,
FKP,
GBP,
GEL,
GHS,
GIP,
GMD,
GNF,
GTQ,
GYD,
HKD,
HNL,
HTG,
HUF,
IDR,
ILS,
INR,
IQD,
IRR,
ISK,
JMD,
JOD,
JPY,
KES,
KGS,
KHR,
KMF,
KPW,
KRW,
KWD,
KYD,
KZT,
LAK,
LBP,
LKR,
LRD,
LSL,
LYD,
MAD,
MDL,
MGA,
MKD,
MMK,
MNT,
MOP,
MRU,
MUR,
MVR,
MWK,
MXN,
MYR,
MZN,
NAD,
NGN,
NIO,
NOK,
NPR,
NZD,
OMR,
PAB,
PEN,
PGK,
PHP,
PKR,
PLN,
PYG,
QAR,
RON,
RSD,
RUB,
RWF,
SAR,
SBD,
SCR,
SDG,
SEK,
SGD,
SHP,
SLL,
SOS,
SRD,
STN,
SVC,
SYP,
SZL,
THB,
TJS,
TMT,
TND,
TOP,
TRY,
TTD,
TWD,
TZS,
UAH,
UGX,
USD,
UYU,
UZS,
VES,
VND,
VUV,
WST,
XAF,
XAG,
XAU,
XCD,
XDR,
XOF,
XPD,
XPF,
XPT,
YER,
ZAR,
ZMW,
ZWL
exchange_rate
items
PublicInvoiceItemIn · object[] | null
bill_to_address
string | null
deprecated

Deprecated: send the structured billing_address / shipping_address instead.

billing_address
AddressSchemaIn · object | null
ship_to_address
string | null
deprecated

Deprecated: send the structured billing_address / shipping_address instead.

shipping_address
AddressSchemaIn · object | null
sales_order_id
integer | null
record_status
enum<string> | null
Available options:
draft,
posted,
archived
attachments
AttachmentSchemaOut · object[] | null
contracted
boolean
default:false
contract_id
integer | null
term_id
integer | null
reference_number
string
default:""
ar_account_id
integer | null
payment
PaymentSchemaIn · object | null

Schema for payment collection configuration input (matches frontend structure).

date
string<date> | null
transaction_date
string<date> | null
discount_type
enum<string> | null
Available options:
PERCENTAGE,
FIXED
discount_value

Response

OK

bill_to_address
string
required
deprecated

Deprecated: send the structured billing_address / shipping_address instead.

ship_to_address
string
required
deprecated

Deprecated: send the structured billing_address / shipping_address instead.

supply_date
string<date> | null
required
tax
RecordTaxContextOut · object | null
required

Base for record-level tax context; regime discriminates data.

Mirrors TaxResultV2Out (core.taxes.api.taxes)

term_id
integer | null
required
term_name
string
required
transaction_ids
integer[]
required
internal_id
integer
required
number
integer
required
items
PublicInvoiceItemOut · object[]
required
company_id
integer
required
company_name
string
required
company_currency
string
required
customer_id
integer | null
required
currency_iso_4217_code
enum<string>
required
Available options:
AED,
AFN,
ALL,
AMD,
ANG,
AOA,
ARS,
AUD,
AWG,
AZN,
BAM,
BBD,
BDT,
BGN,
BHD,
BIF,
BMD,
BND,
BOB,
BRL,
BSD,
BTN,
BWP,
BYN,
BZD,
CAD,
CDF,
CHF,
CLF,
CLP,
CNY,
COP,
CRC,
CUP,
CVE,
CZK,
DJF,
DKK,
DOP,
DZD,
EGP,
ERN,
ETB,
EUR,
FJD,
FKP,
GBP,
GEL,
GHS,
GIP,
GMD,
GNF,
GTQ,
GYD,
HKD,
HNL,
HTG,
HUF,
IDR,
ILS,
INR,
IQD,
IRR,
ISK,
JMD,
JOD,
JPY,
KES,
KGS,
KHR,
KMF,
KPW,
KRW,
KWD,
KYD,
KZT,
LAK,
LBP,
LKR,
LRD,
LSL,
LYD,
MAD,
MDL,
MGA,
MKD,
MMK,
MNT,
MOP,
MRU,
MUR,
MVR,
MWK,
MXN,
MYR,
MZN,
NAD,
NGN,
NIO,
NOK,
NPR,
NZD,
OMR,
PAB,
PEN,
PGK,
PHP,
PKR,
PLN,
PYG,
QAR,
RON,
RSD,
RUB,
RWF,
SAR,
SBD,
SCR,
SDG,
SEK,
SGD,
SHP,
SLL,
SOS,
SRD,
STN,
SVC,
SYP,
SZL,
THB,
TJS,
TMT,
TND,
TOP,
TRY,
TTD,
TWD,
TZS,
UAH,
UGX,
USD,
UYU,
UZS,
VES,
VND,
VUV,
WST,
XAF,
XAG,
XAU,
XCD,
XDR,
XOF,
XPD,
XPF,
XPT,
YER,
ZAR,
ZMW,
ZWL
exchange_rate
string
required
Pattern: ^(?!^[-+.]*$)[+-]?0*\d*\.?\d{0,16}0*$
amount
string
required

Total amount of transaction

Pattern: ^(?!^[-+.]*$)[+-]?0*\d*\.?\d{0,2}0*$
amount_due
string
required

Amount to be paid

Pattern: ^(?!^[-+.]*$)[+-]?0*\d*\.?\d{0,2}0*$
paid_total
string
required

Amount that was already paid by Customer Repayment Applications or Customer Payments

Pattern: ^(?!^[-+.]*$)[+-]?0*\d*\.?\d{0,2}0*$
amount_due_updated_at
string<date-time>
required

Timestamp of the most recent change that could have affected amount_due. Moves whenever the invoice itself is edited, or whenever a posted Customer Payment or Customer Prepayment Application referencing this invoice is written.

memo
string
required
date
string<date>
required

Posting date (GL date) - the date when the transaction is recorded in the general ledger

transaction_date
string<date>
required

Transaction date (inception date) - the date when the transaction actually occurred

due_date
string<date> | null
required
record_status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
draft,
posted,
archived
recurring_record_number
integer | null
required
contracted
boolean
required
ar_account_id
integer | null
required
discount_type
enum<string> | null
required
Available options:
PERCENTAGE,
FIXED
discount_value
string | null
required
Pattern: ^(?!^[-+.]*$)[+-]?0*\d*\.?\d{0,6}0*$
reference_number
string
required
created_at
string<date-time>
required

Date and time the record was created

updated_at
string<date-time>
required

Date and time the record was last updated

billing_address
AddressSchemaOut · object | null
shipping_address
AddressSchemaOut · object | null
custom_fields
CustomFieldValuePairOutputSchema · object[]
place_of_supply
string | null
Maximum string length: 2
tax_registration_numbers
TaxRegistrationNumbersSnapshot · object | null
tax_metadata
object | null
integration_remote_records
IntegrationRemoteRecordSchemaOut · object[]
customer_name
string | null
attachments
PublicAttachmentSchemaOut · object[]
payment
PaymentSchemaOut · object | null

Schema for payment collection configuration output.

bank_match_status
string | null
reconciliation_status
string | null
created_by
AuditActorSchemaOut · object | null

Schema for audit actor information.

updated_by
AuditActorSchemaOut · object | null

Schema for audit actor information.

approval_status
string | null
next_approvers
ApproverDictSchema · object[] | null
rejected_by
RejectedBySchema · object | null

Schema for rejector information including rejection reason.

code
string | null
sales_order_number
integer | null

The number of the linked sales order.

contract_id
integer | null
e_invoice
PublicEInvoiceSummarySchemaOut · object | null

The e-invoice filing of the record. Null when DualEntry did not file it. Not in v1.