Derive a draft invoice from an existing one
Scopeinvoices:writeCreates a new draft invoice derived from an existing invoice of this company. Recipient, lines, payment method, series and observations are copied; number, status, dates, VeriFactu data and PDF are reset. The source invoice is not modified.
It is a sibling sub-resource of invoices rather than a variant of the create request
because it is a different act: this call does not describe an invoice, it names one.
API Key authentication.
Format: Authorization: Bearer beel_sk_<key>
Scopes: API Keys use the same scopes as OAuth2 tokens. Each key is created with
specific scopes that limit which endpoints it can access. The required scope for each
endpoint is documented in the operation's security section under OAuth2.
Obtaining Keys: API Keys are managed from the BeeL dashboard
Security: API Keys are secret credentials. Do not share them or store them in source code
In: header
Path Parameters
NIF (company) the operation acts on. 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 NIF you do not reach answers 403, and so does a NIF that does not exist, so the existence of a NIF 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) - If the same key is sent twice, the result of the first operation is returned
- Keys 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 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-a716-446655440000", "mode": "DUPLICATE" }'{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"company_id": "7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7",
"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
}
],
"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",
"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": false,
"invoice_hash": "3A5B7C9D1E2F3A4B5C6D7E8F9A0B1C2D3E4F5A6B7C8D9E0F1A2B3C4D5E6F7A8B",
"chaining_hash": "7F8E9D0C1B2A3F4E5D6C7B8A9F0E1D2C3B4A5F6E7D8C9B0A1F2E3D4C5B6A7F8",
"registration_number": "VERIFACTU2025000001",
"qr_url": "https://verifactu.agenciatributaria.gob.es/v?id=ABC123XYZ",
"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": "SENT",
"sent_at": "2025-01-29T18:45:00Z",
"external_message_id": "string",
"error": "string"
}
],
"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"deleted_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 required"
},
"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": "La factura debe tener al menos una línea",
"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": "La factura debe tener al menos una línea",
"instance": "/v1/invoices/abc-123"
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Validation error",
"details": {
"field_name": "Field is required"
}
},
"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"
}
}Update an invoice of a company partially PATCH
Updates only the fields present in the body, leaving every other field of the invoice as it is. This is the canonical way of editing an invoice: there is no full-replacement `PUT` on this resource. 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. The issuer block is taken from the profile of the company in the path. The response is `application/pdf`, for direct browser preview.