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POST
/
v1
/
businesses
/
{businessId}
/
invoices
/
bulk
Bulk create invoices
curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/invoices/bulk \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
[
  {
    "external_id": "019234",
    "sent_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "due_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "voided_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "customer_external_id": "<string>",
    "line_items": [
      {
        "account_identifier": {
          "type": "AccountId",
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
        },
        "prepayment_account_identifier": {
          "id": {
            "type": "AccountId",
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
          },
          "name": "Current Assets",
          "account_number": "4000",
          "stable_name": {
            "type": "StableName",
            "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
          },
          "normality": "CREDIT",
          "account_type": {
            "value": "ASSET",
            "display_name": "Asset"
          },
          "account_subtype": {
            "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
            "display_name": "Current Assets"
          }
        },
        "external_id": "<string>",
        "description": "Line item description",
        "product": "Widgets",
        "unit_price": 123,
        "quantity": 123,
        "discount_amount": 123,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT",
              "type": "Tax_Name"
            },
            "tax_ledger_account": {
              "id": "c4007474-f604-4d57-9690-b7f40f7a1cee",
              "name": "Sales tax: CALIFORNIA",
              "stable_name": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE:CALIFORNIA",
              "normality": "CREDIT",
              "account_type": {
                "value": "LIABILITY",
                "display_name": "Liabilities"
              },
              "account_subtype": {
                "value": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE",
                "display_name": "Sales Taxes Payable"
              }
            },
            "amount": 123
          }
        ],
        "dedicated_refunds": [
          {
            "external_id": "31415926535",
            "account_identifier": {
              "type": "AccountId",
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "line_items": [
              {
                "amount": 123,
                "external_id": "<string>",
                "account_identifier": {
                  "type": "AccountId",
                  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
                },
                "prepayment_account_identifier": {
                  "type": "AccountId",
                  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
                },
                "tags": [
                  {
                    "key": "department",
                    "value": "sales",
                    "dimension_display_name": "Department",
                    "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
                  }
                ],
                "memo": "<string>",
                "metadata": {
                  "custom_field": "value",
                  "any valid json": "below 1kb",
                  "nested": {
                    "meaning of life": 42,
                    "array": []
                  }
                },
                "reference_number": "<string>"
              }
            ],
            "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "refund_processing_fee": 123,
            "method": "CASH",
            "processor": "<string>",
            "refunded_payment_fees": [
              {
                "account": {
                  "type": "AccountId",
                  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
                },
                "fee_amount": 123,
                "description": "<string>"
              }
            ],
            "tags": [
              {
                "key": "department",
                "value": "sales",
                "dimension_display_name": "Department",
                "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
              }
            ],
            "memo": "<string>",
            "metadata": {
              "custom_field": "value",
              "any valid json": "below 1kb",
              "nested": {
                "meaning of life": 42,
                "array": []
              }
            },
            "reference_number": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "tags": [
          {
            "key": "department",
            "value": "sales",
            "dimension_display_name": "Department",
            "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "additional_sales_taxes": [
      {
        "tax_account": {
          "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT",
          "type": "Tax_Name"
        },
        "tax_ledger_account": {
          "id": "c4007474-f604-4d57-9690-b7f40f7a1cee",
          "name": "Sales tax: CALIFORNIA",
          "stable_name": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE:CALIFORNIA",
          "normality": "CREDIT",
          "account_type": {
            "value": "LIABILITY",
            "display_name": "Liabilities"
          },
          "account_subtype": {
            "value": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE",
            "display_name": "Sales Taxes Payable"
          }
        },
        "amount": 123
      }
    ],
    "additional_discount": 123,
    "tips": 123,
    "tips_account": {
      "type": "AccountId",
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
    },
    "payments": [
      {
        "external_id": "12345",
        "method": "CASH",
        "fee": 123,
        "amount": 123,
        "processor": "STRIPE",
        "payment_clearing_account_identifier": {
          "type": "AccountId",
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
        },
        "dedicated_refunds": [
          {
            "external_id": "31415926535",
            "account_identifier": {
              "type": "AccountId",
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "line_items": [
              {
                "amount": 123,
                "external_id": "<string>",
                "account_identifier": {
                  "type": "AccountId",
                  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
                },
                "prepayment_account_identifier": {
                  "type": "AccountId",
                  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
                },
                "tags": [
                  {
                    "key": "department",
                    "value": "sales",
                    "dimension_display_name": "Department",
                    "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
                  }
                ],
                "memo": "<string>",
                "metadata": {
                  "custom_field": "value",
                  "any valid json": "below 1kb",
                  "nested": {
                    "meaning of life": 42,
                    "array": []
                  }
                },
                "reference_number": "<string>"
              }
            ],
            "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "refund_processing_fee": 123,
            "method": "CASH",
            "processor": "<string>",
            "refunded_payment_fees": [
              {
                "account": {
                  "type": "AccountId",
                  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
                },
                "fee_amount": 123,
                "description": "<string>"
              }
            ],
            "tags": [
              {
                "key": "department",
                "value": "sales",
                "dimension_display_name": "Department",
                "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
              }
            ],
            "memo": "<string>",
            "metadata": {
              "custom_field": "value",
              "any valid json": "below 1kb",
              "nested": {
                "meaning of life": 42,
                "array": []
              }
            },
            "reference_number": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "tags": [
          {
            "key": "department",
            "value": "sales",
            "dimension_display_name": "Department",
            "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
          }
        ],
        "memo": "<string>",
        "metadata": {
          "custom_field": "value",
          "any valid json": "below 1kb",
          "nested": {
            "meaning of life": 42,
            "array": []
          }
        },
        "reference_number": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "dedicated_refunds": [
      {
        "external_id": "31415926535",
        "account_identifier": {
          "type": "AccountId",
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
        },
        "line_items": [
          {
            "amount": 123,
            "external_id": "<string>",
            "account_identifier": {
              "type": "AccountId",
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "prepayment_account_identifier": {
              "type": "AccountId",
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "tags": [
              {
                "key": "department",
                "value": "sales",
                "dimension_display_name": "Department",
                "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
              }
            ],
            "memo": "<string>",
            "metadata": {
              "custom_field": "value",
              "any valid json": "below 1kb",
              "nested": {
                "meaning of life": 42,
                "array": []
              }
            },
            "reference_number": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "refund_processing_fee": 123,
        "method": "CASH",
        "processor": "<string>",
        "refunded_payment_fees": [
          {
            "account": {
              "type": "AccountId",
              "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "fee_amount": 123,
            "description": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "tags": [
          {
            "key": "department",
            "value": "sales",
            "dimension_display_name": "Department",
            "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
          }
        ],
        "memo": "<string>",
        "metadata": {
          "custom_field": "value",
          "any valid json": "below 1kb",
          "nested": {
            "meaning of life": 42,
            "array": []
          }
        },
        "reference_number": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "tags": [
      {
        "key": "department",
        "value": "sales",
        "dimension_display_name": "Department",
        "value_display_name": "Sales Department"
      }
    ],
    "memo": "<string>",
    "metadata": {
      "custom_field": "value",
      "any valid json": "below 1kb",
      "nested": {
        "meaning of life": 42,
        "array": []
      }
    },
    "reference_number": "<string>"
  }
]
'
[
  {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "type": "Invoice",
    "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "external_id": "1",
    "status": "SENT",
    "sent_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "due_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "paid_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "voided_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "line_items": [
      {
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "external_id": "<string>",
        "invoice_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "account_identifier": {
          "type": "AccountId",
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
        },
        "ledger_account": {
          "id": {
            "type": "AccountId",
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
          },
          "name": "Current Assets",
          "account_number": "4000",
          "stable_name": {
            "type": "StableName",
            "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
          },
          "normality": "CREDIT",
          "account_type": {
            "value": "ASSET",
            "display_name": "Asset"
          },
          "account_subtype": {
            "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
            "display_name": "Current Assets"
          }
        },
        "prepayment_account": {
          "id": {
            "type": "AccountId",
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
          },
          "name": "Current Assets",
          "account_number": "4000",
          "stable_name": {
            "type": "StableName",
            "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
          },
          "normality": "CREDIT",
          "account_type": {
            "value": "ASSET",
            "display_name": "Asset"
          },
          "account_subtype": {
            "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
            "display_name": "Current Assets"
          }
        },
        "description": "Widget sale",
        "product": "Widget",
        "unit_price": 123,
        "quantity": 123,
        "subtotal": 123,
        "discount_amount": 123,
        "sales_taxes_total": 123,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT",
              "type": "Tax_Name"
            },
            "tax_ledger_account": {
              "id": "c4007474-f604-4d57-9690-b7f40f7a1cee",
              "name": "Sales tax: CALIFORNIA",
              "stable_name": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE:CALIFORNIA",
              "normality": "CREDIT",
              "account_type": {
                "value": "LIABILITY",
                "display_name": "Liabilities"
              },
              "account_subtype": {
                "value": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE",
                "display_name": "Sales Taxes Payable"
              }
            },
            "amount": 123
          }
        ],
        "total_amount": 123,
        "refund_allocations": [],
        "transaction_tags": [
          {
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "key": "ExampleTagKey",
            "value": "ExampleTagValue",
            "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
            "value_display_name": "<string>",
            "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "subtotal": 123,
    "additional_discount": 123,
    "additional_sales_taxes_total": 123,
    "additional_sales_taxes": [
      {
        "tax_account": {
          "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT",
          "type": "Tax_Name"
        },
        "tax_ledger_account": {
          "id": "c4007474-f604-4d57-9690-b7f40f7a1cee",
          "name": "Sales tax: CALIFORNIA",
          "stable_name": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE:CALIFORNIA",
          "normality": "CREDIT",
          "account_type": {
            "value": "LIABILITY",
            "display_name": "Liabilities"
          },
          "account_subtype": {
            "value": "SALES_TAXES_PAYABLE",
            "display_name": "Sales Taxes Payable"
          }
        },
        "amount": 123
      }
    ],
    "tips": 123,
    "total_amount": 123,
    "outstanding_balance": 123,
    "memo": "<string>",
    "payment_allocations": [],
    "refund_allocations": [],
    "imported_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "transaction_tags": [
      {
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "key": "ExampleTagKey",
        "value": "ExampleTagValue",
        "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
        "value_display_name": "<string>",
        "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "metadata": {
      "custom_field": "value",
      "any valid json": "below 1kb",
      "nested": {
        "meaning of life": 42,
        "array": []
      }
    },
    "reference_number": "<string>"
  }
]

​
Rate Limiting

This endpoint has a custom rate limit policy. Rate Limit Details:
EnvironmentLimitRefill PeriodInitial Size
Sandbox20 requests1 second40 requests
Production20 requests1 second40 requests
Response Headers: All responses include the following rate limit headers:
  • X-RateLimit-Limit: The rate limit bucket capacity
  • X-RateLimit-Remaining: The number of tokens remaining in the bucket
  • X-RateLimit-Reset: UTC timestamp (in seconds) when the bucket will be refilled
For more details on rate limiting, see Rate Limiting.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

​
Content-Type
string

Content-Type must be set to application/json

Path Parameters

​
businessId
string
required

The UUID of the business to create invoices for

Body

application/json
​
external_id
string

External ID for the invoice within your platform. Idempotency key.

Example:

"019234"

​
sent_at
string<date-time>

When the invoice was sent by the business to the recipient.

​
due_at
string<date-time>

When the invoice is due.

​
voided_at
string<date-time>

When the invoice was voided. Voiding excludes the invoice entirely from accounting.

​
customer_id
string<uuid>

ID of the customer to associate with the invoice.

​
customer_external_id
string

External ID of the customer to associate with the invoice.

​
line_items
object[]

Line items making up the invoice.

​
additional_sales_taxes
object[]

List of sales tax obligations on this line item.

​
additional_discount
integer

Additional discount applied to the whole invoice in addition to individual line items.

​
tips
integer

Tips included by the buyer, in cents.

​
tips_account
Account ID · object

The Account Identifier for a tips account.

​
payments
object[]

Payments that have been made towards the balance of the invoice.

​
dedicated_refunds
object[]

Dedicated refunds to associate with this invoice

​
tags
object[]
​
memo
string | null

Memo for any text you would like to associate with the invoice (for example, to display to end users).

​
metadata
object

Arbitrary custom metadata in JSON format with a size limit of 1KB

Example:
{
  "custom_field": "value",
  "any valid json": "below 1kb",
  "nested": { "meaning of life": 42, "array": [] }
}
​
reference_number
string | null

Any (typically user-visible) identifier you would like to associate with the invoice. Can be used to filter when listing invoices.

Response

​
id
string<uuid>

Unique identifier for the invoice.

​
type
string

Resource type. Value will be 'Invoice'.

Example:

"Invoice"

​
business_id
string<uuid>

ID of the Business that generated the invoice.

​
external_id
string

Unique ID of the invoice in your system for linking purposes.

Example:

"1"

​
status
enum<string>

Status of the invoice.

Available options:
SENT,
PARTIALLY_PAID,
PAID,
VOIDED,
PARTIALLY_WRITTEN_OFF,
WRITTEN_OFF,
REFUNDED
​
sent_at
string<date-time>

When the invoice was sent by the business to the recipient.

​
due_at
string<date-time>

When the invoice is due.

​
paid_at
string<date-time>

When the invoice was paid.

​
voided_at
string<date-time>

When the invoice was voided. Voiding excludes the invoice from accounting.

​
line_items
object[]

Line items making up the invoice

​
subtotal
integer

Subtotal of all invoice line items in cents.

​
additional_discount
integer

Additional discount applied to the whole invoice in addition to individual line items.

​
additional_sales_taxes_total
integer

Sum of all taxes across the invoice line items and any additional taxes in cents.

​
additional_sales_taxes
object[]

List of additional sales tax line items

​
tips
integer

Tips included by the buyer, in cents.

​
total_amount
integer

Total amount of the invoice in cents.

​
outstanding_balance
integer

The remaining balance on the invoice after factoring in all previous invoice payments and write-offs.

​
memo
string

Memo for any text you would like to associate with the Invoice (for example, to display to end users).

​
payment_allocations
object[]

Payments made by a customer are allocated toward one or many invoices. This list shows which payments have been been allocated towards this invoice. The most common case is that there is a 1:1 relationship between a payment and an invoice, in which case the allocation’s amount will match the payment’s amount.

Example:
[]
​
refund_allocations
object[]

Refunds made by a customer are allocated toward one or many invoices. This list shows which refunds have been been allocated towards this invoice.

Example:
[]
​
imported_at
string<date-time>

Time when the invoice was first imported into Layer. Eligible sort key.

​
updated_at
string<date-time>

Time when the invoice was first updated in Layer. Eligible sort key.

​
transaction_tags
object[]

Tags on the transactions associated with the invoice

​
metadata
object

Arbitrary custom metadata in JSON format with a size limit of 1KB

Example:
{
  "custom_field": "value",
  "any valid json": "below 1kb",
  "nested": { "meaning of life": 42, "array": [] }
}
​
reference_number
string | null

Any (typically user-visible) identifier you would like to associate with the invoice. Can be used to filter when listing invoices.