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# Get Invoice PDF

GET https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/{invoiceId}/pdf/generate

Generate a PDF of the invoice. This PDF is generated from the data in the invoice, not from the uploaded documents.

Reference: https://docs.mercoa.com/embedded-ap-ar/api-reference/invoice/document/generate-invoice-pdf

## 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

Link to the PDF file. Will expire after 1 hour.

- `mimeType` (string, required)
- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `INVOICE`, `PAYMENT_CONFIRMATION`, `TEN_NINETY_NINE`, `W9`, `CHECK`, `BANK_STATEMENT`, `CONTRACT`, `OTHER`
- `uri` (string, required)
- `id` (string, optional) — ID of the document. If not provided, this is a dynamic document that is generated on the fly.

## 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
{
  "mimeType": "application/pdf",
  "type": "INVOICE",
  "uri": "https://mercoa.com/pdf/not-real.pdf",
  "id": "doc_37e6af0a-e637-48fd-b825-d6947b38c4e2"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Default
import requests

url = "https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9/pdf/generate"

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.document.generateInvoicePdf("in_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9");

```

```go Default
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9/pdf/generate"

	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_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9/pdf/generate")

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_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9/pdf/generate")
  .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_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9/pdf/generate', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Default
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.mercoa.com/invoice/in_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9/pdf/generate");
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_26e7b5d3-a739-4b23-9ad9-6aaa085f47a9/pdf/generate")! 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()
```