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# Get Next Action

GET https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/{invoiceId}/collection/next-action

Get the collection agent's next action on this invoice. This endpoint will return an empty object if there is no action to return.

Reference: https://docs.mercoa.com/embedded-ap-ar/api-reference/invoice/collection/get-next-action

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `invoiceId` (string, required) — Invoice ID or Invoice ForeignID

## Response

### 200

- `object`
  - `type`: `email`
    - `body` (string, required) — The body of the email in plaintext
    - `id` (string, required)
    - `scheduledExecutionTime` (datetime, required) — The UTC timestamp for when this action is scheduled for execution. Actual execution may be delayed by a few minutes due to processing time.
    - `status` (enum, required) — The current lifecycle state of the action. SUGGESTED actions are pending approval, APPROVED actions will be executed, and COMPLETED actions have been executed.
      - Allowed values: `SUGGESTED`, `APPROVED`, `COMPLETED`
    - `subject` (string, required) — The subject of the email

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request

- `errorName` ("BadRequest", required)
- `content` (string, required)

### 401 Unauthorized

- `errorName` ("Unauthorized", required)
- `content` (string, required)

### 403 Forbidden

- `errorName` ("Forbidden", required)
- `content` (string, required)

### 404 Not Found

- `errorName` ("NotFound", required)
- `content` (string, required)

### 409 Conflict

- `errorName` ("Conflict", required)
- `content` (string, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

- `errorName` ("InternalServerError", required)
- `content` (string, required)

### 501 Unimplemented

- `errorName` ("Unimplemented", required)
- `content` (string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "type": "email",
  "body": "Your invoice is now 3 days past due. Please make a payment at your earliest convenience.",
  "id": "act_c3881909-c2f8-4a1e-878a-80a9b594483c",
  "scheduledExecutionTime": "2024-01-04T13:00:00Z",
  "status": "SUGGESTED",
  "subject": "Invoice Past Due - Please Review"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Default
import requests

url = "https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff/collection/next-action"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```typescript Default
import { MercoaClient } from "@mercoa/javascript";

const client = new MercoaClient({ token: "YOUR_TOKEN" });
await client.invoice.collection.getNextAction("in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff");

```

```go Default
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff/collection/next-action"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Default
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff/collection/next-action")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Default
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff/collection/next-action")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php Default
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff/collection/next-action', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Default
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff/collection/next-action");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Default
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_3d61faa9-1754-4b7b-9fcb-88ff97f368ff/collection/next-action")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```