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Envoice API documentation with examples

For more details please read the official Envoice documentation or postman documentation.

This is a practical guide to inform users how to use the Envoice API in real case scenarios.
Currently there are several business domains which you can interact with:

Goal

This guide has a goal to teach you how to implement all real-case scenarios that might be useful having in your application. All examples will be presented as cURL request and JSON examples for request and response objects.

Authentication setup

In order to use the Envoice API you must be a registered user and generate API key and secret from your account settings.

They might look something like this:
API Key: SkfoOZ3y8swCt6jXLYdPt1Km2Vgu5FVm8Pc2QsJ7niGl9HbGVjxaix4wncyb4
API Secret: Ko3zHfv8bAMAwPKZFrolIHcEaS8QoVS3C6f8An4Tku8Cc25TsX1WOjXqzZ3Zh61

An example usage with those credentials should look like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/client/all' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: SkfoOZ3y8swCt6jXLYdPt1Km2Vgu5FVm8Pc2QsJ7niGl9HbGVjxaix4wncyb4TU' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: Ko3zHfv8bAMAwPKZFrolIHcEaS8QoVS3C6f8An4Tku8Cc25TsX1WOjXqzZ3Zh61'

_{* for future examples we will use placeholders like {YOUR_AUTH_KEY] and {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET} to improve readability}

Quickstart

In order to send an invoice to a client with minimum data required you must follow the following process.

First create a work type, for example "Software development", some work you have done for your client.

New work type

api/worktype/new

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/worktype/new' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: {YOUR_AUTH_KEY}' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET}' \
  --data '{
      "Title": "API Integration"
    }'

Response: Id of created work type

You will use this id as an item in your invoice.

After this you need to create a client, but for that you also need some system data.

Get all supported countries

api/general/countries

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/general/countries' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: {YOUR_AUTH_KEY}' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET}'

Response (shortened for readability purposes, ~249 items in real output):

[
    {
        "Id": 235,
        "Name": "United Kingdom (UK)",
        "Value": "GB"
    },
    {
        "Id": 237,
        "Name": "United States of America (USA)",
        "Value": "US"
    }
]

Get all supported currencies

api/general/currencies

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/general/currencies' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: {YOUR_AUTH_KEY}' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET}'

Response (shortened for readability purposes, ~32 items in real output):

[
    {
        "Id": 163,
        "Name": "Euro Member Countries",
        "Value": "EUR",
        "Code": "978",
        "Symbol": "€"
    },
    {
        "Id": 170,
        "Name": "United Kingdom Pound",
        "Value": "GBP",
        "Code": "826",
        "Symbol": "£"
    }
]

Get all supported languages

api/general/uilanguages

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/general/uilanguages' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: {YOUR_AUTH_KEY}' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET}'

Response (shortened for readability purposes, ~12 items in real output):

[
    {
        "Id": 1,
        "Name": "English",
        "UiCulture": "en-US"
    },
    {
        "Id": 3,
        "Name": "German",
        "UiCulture": "de-DE"
    }
]

Supported payment providers

api/payment/supported

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/general/countries' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: {YOUR_AUTH_KEY}' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET}'

Response:

[
    {
        "Name": "paypal",
        "SupportedCurrencies": []
    },
    {
        "Name": "stripe",
        "SupportedCurrencies": []
    },
    {
        "Name": "payoneer",
        "SupportedCurrencies": [
            {
                "Name": "Euro Member Countries",
                "Value": "EUR"
            },
            {
                "Name": "Pound sterling",
                "Value": "GBP"
            },
            {
                "Name": "United States Dollar",
                "Value": "USD"
            },
            {
                "Name": "Australian Dollar",
                "Value": "AUD"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "Name": "square",
        "SupportedCurrencies": []
    },
    {
        "Name": "klikandpay",
        "SupportedCurrencies": [
            {
                "Name": "Euro Member Countries",
                "Value": "EUR"
            }
        ]
    }
]

New client

Lets say we want to add a client named Bob Smith from UK with email bob.smith@email.com. That implies that he wants to receive invoice in Pound sterling and view the invoice in English.

The minimal request that we have to send contains Name, Email, Language, Currency and Country, everything else is optional.
Detailed information about which fields are accepted in the "New" and "Update" API calls can be found in the official documentation

api/client/new

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/client/new' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: {YOUR_AUTH_KEY}' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET}' \
  --data '{
      "ClientCurrencyId": 170,
      "ClientCountryId": 235,
      "UiLanguageId": 1,
      "Name": "Bob Smith",
      "Email": "bob.smith@email.com",
    }'

Response: Id of created client

Next you can finally create the invoice that would be sent to your client

New invoice

api/invoice/new

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://www.envoice.in/api/invoice/new' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-auth-key: {YOUR_AUTH_KEY}' \
  --header 'x-auth-secret: {YOUR_AUTH_SECRET}' \
  --data '{
      "ClientId": 2185,
      "Number": "#INV-0001",
      "IssuedOn": "2018-02-06T11:43:30Z",
      "Duedate": "2018-02-06T11:43:30Z",
      "Status": "Draft",
      "CurrencyId": 163,
      "PaymentGateways": [
        {
          "Name": "paypal"
        }
      ],
      "Items": [
        {
          "WorkTypeId": 2402,
          "Cost": 100,
          "Quantity": 1
        }
      ]
    }'

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