Derive a draft invoice from an existing one
Scopeinvoices:writeCreates a draft invoice derived from an existing invoice of this company. The source
invoice, named in from_invoice_id, is not modified.
mode: the only value isDUPLICATE, which copies the source into a fresh draft. Recipient, lines, payment method, series and observations are copied; number, status, dates, VeriFactu data and PDF are reset.- Series: the one sent in
series_id, or the source's when omitted. It is validated against the type of the copy, which is not always the source's: the copy of aCORRECTIVEis bornSTANDARD. An incompatible series fails with422 SERIES_INCOMPATIBLE_DOC_TYPE.
Keys are prefixed beel_sk_, and each one carries the scopes it was created with: a key
short of the scope an operation needs is answered 403. The scope an operation requires
is shown next to its title, and the full catalogue lives in the Scopes reference.
Keys are created from the BeeL dashboard. They are secret credentials: do not share them or commit them to source control.
In: header
Path Parameters
Unique identifier (UUID) of the company the operation acts on — its identifier, not its NIF. It is the only source of context: the account that owns it is derived from it, and the BeeL-Active-Company header plays no part. A company you do not reach answers 403, and so does a company that does not exist, so the existence of a company in another account is never disclosed.
uuidHeader Parameters
Idempotency key to prevent duplicates in sensitive operations.
- Any unique client-generated string (e.g. an order id). A UUID also works but is not required
- Allowed characters: letters, digits,
_and-(max 255 chars) - Retrying with the same key replays the first response when it was a success (2xx) or a
server error (5xx): same status and body, plus the header
Idempotency-Replay: true. After a 5xx, check whether the operation took effect before retrying with a new key - A 4xx is not stored: the key is released, so the corrected request can reuse it
- Stored responses expire 24 hours after processing
The key is scoped per user and environment, and bound to the request body, so retrying after a network timeout replays the stored response instead of repeating the operation.
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
400 | INVALID_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY | The key breaks the format rules above. |
409 | IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_PROCESSING | The first request is still in flight. Wait for the Retry-After seconds (2) and retry with the same key. |
409 | IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_MISMATCH | The key was already used with a different body. Use a new key. |
^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$length <= 255How to derive the new invoice from from_invoice_id.
- DUPLICATE: copy an existing invoice into a fresh draft. The source invoice is not modified.
Turning a proforma into an invoice is not a derivation mode: it is a fiscal act that numbers a document and moves the source proforma to a terminal status, so it keeps its own dedicated operation.
"DUPLICATE"Observations for the new draft. Defaults to those of the source invoice.
length <= 2000Response Body
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curl -X POST "https://app.beel.es/api/v1/companies/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/invoices/derivations" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "from_invoice_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001", "mode": "DUPLICATE" }'{
"success": true,
"data": {
"invoice_number": "2025/0001",
"series": {
"id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"code": "FAC"
},
"number": 1,
"type": "STANDARD",
"status": "SCHEDULED",
"issue_date": "2025-01-15",
"operation_date": "2025-01-10",
"due_date": "2025-02-14",
"valid_until": "2025-02-28",
"payment_date": "2025-01-20",
"sent_at": "2025-01-29T18:45:00Z",
"paid_at": "2025-02-05T10:30:00Z",
"auto_emit_after": "2025-03-20",
"scheduled_for": "2025-02-15",
"scheduled_action": "DRAFT",
"issuer": {
"legal_name": "Juan Pérez García",
"trade_name": "JP Web Development",
"nif": "12345678A",
"address": {
"street": "Calle Mayor, 123",
"number": "123",
"floor": "2º A",
"door": "A",
"postal_code": "28001",
"city": "Madrid",
"province": "Madrid",
"country": "España",
"country_code": "ES"
},
"phone": "+34 612 345 678",
"email": "user@example.com",
"website": "https://beel.es",
"logo_url": "string",
"additional_info": "Nº Colegiado: 12345"
},
"recipient": {
"customer_id": "160c0c4b-9966-4dc1-a916-8407eb10d74e",
"legal_name": "Empresa SL",
"trade_name": "Empresa",
"nif": "12345678A",
"alternative_id": {
"type": "NIF_IVA",
"number": "string",
"country_code": "st"
},
"address": {
"street": "Calle Mayor, 123",
"number": "123",
"floor": "2º A",
"door": "A",
"postal_code": "28001",
"city": "Madrid",
"province": "Madrid",
"country": "España",
"country_code": "ES"
},
"phone": "+34 612 345 678",
"email": "user@example.com"
},
"lines": [
{
"description": "Web application development",
"quantity": 40,
"unit": "hours",
"unit_price": 50,
"discount_percentage": 10,
"main_tax": {
"type": "IVA",
"percentage": 21,
"regime_key": "01"
},
"equivalence_surcharge_rate": 5.2,
"irpf_rate": 15,
"exemption_reason": "EXENTA_ART_20",
"exemption_reason_text": "string",
"taxable_base": 1800,
"line_total": 2178,
"pricing_mode": "UNIT_PRICE",
"total_excluding_tax": 1,
"total_including_tax": 100,
"line_type": "NORMAL",
"source_invoice_reference": "string",
"source_invoice_ids": [
"497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
]
}
],
"totals": {
"taxable_base": 2000,
"total_discounts": 0,
"vat_breakdown": [
{
"type": 21,
"base": 2000,
"amount": 420,
"regime_key": "18"
}
],
"total_vat": 420,
"surcharge_breakdown": [
{
"type": 0,
"base": 0,
"amount": 0
}
],
"total_equivalence_surcharge": 0,
"irpf_breakdown": [
{
"type": 0,
"base": 0,
"amount": 0
}
],
"total_irpf": 300,
"invoice_total": 2120,
"total_disbursements": 0,
"total_to_pay": 2120
},
"payment_info": {
"method": "BANK_TRANSFER",
"iban": "ES1234567890123456789012",
"swift": "ABCDESMMXXX",
"payment_term_days": 30
},
"notes": "string",
"replaced_invoice_ids": [
"497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
],
"void_cause": "VOID_REQUEST",
"void_reason": "string",
"voided_at": "2025-01-20T09:12:44Z",
"rectified_invoice_id": "986b41f8-8e28-4058-9e03-5286d0c42999",
"source_proforma_id": "5f6c4143-c67e-4332-9fbc-f68d1420128f",
"converted_invoice_id": "c85716fe-5512-4945-9dc8-daa0106a270b",
"rectification_reason": "string",
"recurring_invoice_id": "e6018980-fb8b-475b-a83d-b7bb0aa7423a",
"recurring_invoice_name": "string",
"rectification_type": "TOTAL",
"rectification_code": "R1",
"external_ref": "ORD-2025-0042",
"metadata": {
"external_customer_id": "cus_ULGk8bzIr88aag",
"external_payment_id": "pi_3NqFGb2eZvKYlo2C0z1234AB",
"payment_intent_id": "pi_3NqFGb2eZvKYlo2C0z1234AB",
"charge_id": "ch_3NqFGb2eZvKYlo2C1234CDEF",
"payment_provider": "STRIPE_CONNECT",
"external_order_id": "ORD-2025-0042"
},
"send_automatically": true,
"email_config": {
"recipients": [
"client@example.com"
],
"cc": [
"accounting@example.com"
],
"subject": "Invoice 2025/0001 - Development services",
"message": "Please find attached the requested invoice. We remain at your disposal for any clarification."
},
"pdf_download_url": "/v1/companies/7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7/invoices/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/pdf",
"verifactu": {
"enabled": true,
"invoice_hash": "3A5B7C9D1E2F3A4B5C6D7E8F9A0B1C2D3E4F5A6B7C8D9E0F1A2B3C4D5E6F7A8B",
"registration_number": "4f8c2a1e-9b3d-4e7a-8c5f-1d2e3f4a5b6c",
"qr_url": "https://www2.agenciatributaria.gob.es/wlpl/TIKE-CONT/ValidarQR?nif=B12345674&numserie=A%2F2025%2F0042&fecha=20-01-2025&importe=1590.00",
"qr_base64": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAMgAAADI...",
"registered_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"submission_status": "ACCEPTED",
"skip_reason": "CONFIG_DISABLED",
"error_code": "3000",
"error_message": "Factura ya existe en el sistema"
},
"attachments": [
{
"id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
"name": "string",
"url": "string",
"type": "string"
}
],
"sending_history": [
{
"id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
"recipients": [
"string"
],
"cc": [
"string"
],
"subject": "string",
"status": "QUEUED",
"sent_at": "2025-01-29T18:45:00Z",
"external_message_id": "string",
"error": "string"
}
],
"email_delivery": {
"status": "REJECTED",
"reason": "error.email.envio_no_permitido"
},
"deleted_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_JSON_FORMAT",
"message": "The field 'due_date' has an invalid date format: '2026-03-04fds'. Expected format: YYYY-MM-DD.",
"details": {
"field": "due_date",
"invalid_value": "2026-03-04fds",
"expected_format": "YYYY-MM-DD"
}
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-03-05T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Authentication is required to access this resource"
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "The provided data is not valid",
"details": {
"field": "specific error message"
}
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
},
"type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/INVOICE_NO_LINES",
"title": "INVOICE_NO_LINES",
"detail": "The invoice must have at least one line",
"instance": "/v1/invoices/abc-123"
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "The provided data is not valid",
"details": {
"field": "specific error message"
}
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
},
"type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/INVOICE_NO_LINES",
"title": "INVOICE_NO_LINES",
"detail": "The invoice must have at least one line",
"instance": "/v1/invoices/abc-123"
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "The provided data is not valid.",
"details": {
"legal_name": "The field 'legal_name' cannot be empty",
"recipient.address.postal_code": "Contains invalid characters."
}
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
"message": "Too many requests. Please try again in 60 seconds."
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"message": "Internal server error"
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE",
"message": "Unsupported media type: text/plain. Supported: application/json"
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}Update an invoice PATCH
Updates only the fields present in the body, leaving every other field of the invoice as it is. - **Status:** only an invoice in `DRAFT` or `SCHEDULED`, or a proforma in `ACTIVE`, can be modified; any other status answers `422` with `STATUS_NOT_MODIFIABLE`. An issued one is amended with a corrective invoice (`POST …/{invoice_id}/corrective`) or voided. - **Series:** changing `series_id` never moves the invoice to another NIF — a series of another company is not visible from here.
Preview the PDF of a draft invoice GET
Renders the PDF of a draft invoice on the fly, without storing it and without consuming numbering, so each call reflects the latest changes. The response is `application/pdf`. - **Document:** shows `BORRADOR` in place of the invoice number and carries no VeriFactu QR code. The issuer block is taken from the company in the path. - **Drafts only:** an invoice that is not a draft answers `400` — it has a stored PDF, available at `GET …/{invoice_id}/pdf`.