Create and Update an Invoice

Understand how to create an invoice with detailed line items and update it through FreshBooks API endpoints. Learn to upload logos, manage inventory effects on quantities, and handle invoice statuses programmatically in JavaScript.

We'll cover the following...

A single invoice with line items
- Request parameters
- Response fields
Update an invoice
- Request parameters
- Response fields

An invoice is a bill to the client(s) against the servicesIt is a time tracking that tells the clients how much time has been spent doing their work. and/or items we offer. It states the details of the amount that a client owes. Invoices help us maintain a record of our sales in FreshBooks.

In this lesson, we’ll see how to create an invoice and update it. We’ll also learn to upload a logo and use it on the invoice. We use the following endpoints to achieve these tasks:

Create an invoice: /accounting/account/{ACCOUNT_ID}/invoices/invoices
Update an invoice: /accounting/account/{ACCOUNT_ID}/invoices/invoices/{INVOICE_ID}

The endpoints we study for invoice-related operations require the following scope permissions:

user:invoices:read
user:invoices:write

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1.Introduction

2.Clients

3.Invoices

4.Expenses

5.APIs Integration in React

6.Conclusion

7.Appendix

Create and Update an Invoice