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  • Order invoices
  • How to access the invoice file
  • Creating a publicly accessible link
  • Credit memos
  • How to access the credit memo file
  • Creating a publicly accessible link
  • Mock order invoices and credit memos
  1. Order management

Accessing invoices and credit memos

Learn how to access order invoices and credit memos and then share them with your customers

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Last updated 2 months ago

For some transactions, Digital River automatically generates the and files that you can access and then share with your customers. To do this, you can implement nearly identical solutions.

To localize these files, set the .

For testing purposes, we also allow you to generate .

Order invoices

In transactions assigned to one of the following , Digital River generates an order invoice in PDF that you can share with customers:

  • Digital River, Inc.

  • DR globalTech Inc.

  • Digital River Ireland Ltd.

  • Digital River UK

  • DR Japan

How to access the invoice file

By or by , you can get an invoice's file identifier and then use it to generate a shareable link.

You can also .

If an totalAmount is 0, then Digital River doesn't generate a customer invoice.

Listening for the order invoice created event

{
    "id": "c902f8aa-16fb-44ba-ba7b-f3c84061685a",
    "type": "order.invoice.created",
    "data": {
        "object": {
            "id": "6e5bf525-3907-40c5-86a9-f14ce4f33f35",
            "fileId": "6e5bf525-3907-40c5-86a9-f14ce4f33f35",
            "orderId": "188418250336",
            "customerId": "532736320336",
            "purpose": "customer_invoice",
            "invoiceURL": "https://api.digitalriver.com/files/6e5bf525-3907-40c5-86a9-f14ce4f33f35/content"
        }
    },
    "liveMode": false,
    "createdTime": "2021-04-28T02:04:13.591115Z",
    "versionIds": []
}

Retrieving the invoice file identifier from the order

{
    "id": "188418250336",
    ...
    "invoicePDFs": [
        {
            "id": "6e5bf525-3907-40c5-86a9-f14ce4f33f35",
            "url": "https://api.digitalriver.com/files/6e5bf525-3907-40c5-86a9-f14ce4f33f35/content",
            "liveMode": false
        }
    ],
    ...
}

Creating a publicly accessible link

The response contains a url you can share with your customers by email, in their account management portals, or by another method of your choice.

Credit memos

A credit memo is a document issued to customers notifying them of a reduced amount they owe.

How to access the credit memo file

Listening for the credit memo created event

{
    "id": "d3786b5b-540b-4885-92a4-62f937d13f26",
    "type": "order.credit_memo.created",
    "data": {
        "object": {
            "id": "c233c10f-17e8-4799-a1ce-2469d042f29d",
            "fileId": "c233c10f-17e8-4799-a1ce-2469d042f29d",
            "orderId": "188466550336",
            "customerId": "532795950336",
            "purpose": "customer_credit_memo",
            "invoiceURL": "https://api.digitalriver.com/files/c233c10f-17e8-4799-a1ce-2469d042f29d/content"
        }
    },
    "liveMode": false,
    "createdTime": "2021-04-29T02:15:20.516626Z",
    "versionIds": []
}

Retrieving the credit memo file identifier from the order

{
    "id": "188418250336",
    ...
    "creditMemoPDFs": [
        {
            "id": "fb50c8c2-8b32-4a3d-9947-dbdef12a5cdc",
            "url": "https://api.digitalriver.com/files/fb50c8c2-8b32-4a3d-9947-dbdef12a5cdc/content",
            "liveMode": false
        }
    ],
    ...
}

Creating a publicly accessible link

The response contains a url you can share with your customers by email, in their account management portals, or by another method of your choice.

Mock order invoices and credit memos

The following are example mock tax invoice and credit memo PDFs:

You can be notified when the invoice is created by listening for the with a of .

The event's contains an id and a fileId, both of which are identical and contain the invoice's identifier. You can use either to .

In the event's data.object, the invoiceURL can only be accessed with your . Since your customers won't be able to access the contents of this link, don't share it with them.

To access the customer invoice file, you can also .

Once invoices are generated, Digital River populates the invoicePDFs[]. If invoicePDFs[] doesn't exist, then the have yet to be created.

Each element of this array contains a unique id and url.

You'll need to use invoicePDFs[].id to .

In the , the invoicePDFs[].url can only be accessed with your . Since your customers won't be able to access the contents of this link, don't share it with them.

To create a publicly accessible link to the invoice , assign its identifier to fileId and send it in the body of a request.

By or by , you can get a credit memo's file identifier and then use it to generate a shareable link.

You can be notified when a credit memo is created by listening for the with a of .

The event's contains an id and a fileId, both of which are identical and contain the credit memo's identifier. You can use either to .

In the event's data.object, the invoiceURL can only be accessed with your . Since your customers won't be able to access the contents of this link, don't share it with them.

To access a customer's credit memo file, you can also .

Once credit memos are generated, Digital River populates the creditMemoPDFs[]. If creditMemoPDFs[] doesn't exist, then the have yet to be created.

Each element of this array contains a unique id and url.

You'll need to use creditMemoPDFs[].id to .

In the , the creditMemoPDFs[].url can only be accessed with your . Since your customers won't be able to access the contents of this link, don't share it with them.

To create a publicly accessible link to a customer's credit memo , assign its identifier to fileId and send it in the body of a request.

You can also generate the order invoice and credit memo files in . Accessing them is the same as in the production environment.

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