POST /estimates/create_invoice

Generates an estimate for the 'create an invoice' operation. This is similar to the Create an invoice API, but the invoice will not be generated. Only an estimate for this operation is created.

Servers

{protocol}://{site}.{environment}:{port}/api/v1
{protocol}://{site}-test.{environment}:{port}/api/v1

Request headers

Name	Type	Required	Description
`chargebee-request-origin-device`	String	No	The device from which the customer has made the request
`Content-Type`	String	Yes	The media type of the request body. Default value: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
`chargebee-event-webhook`	String	No	skip only webhooks Possible values: `"all-disabled"`
`chargebee-event-actions`	String	No	skip all actions to be done on the events Possible values: `"all-disabled"`
`chargebee-request-origin-user`	String	No	The email address of your customer/user. Use this when the email address has only ASCII characters.
`chargebee-request-origin-ip`	String	No	The IP address of the customer where the request originated
`chargebee-request-origin-user-encoded`	String	No	The Base64-encoded email address of your customer/user. Use this if the email address has UTF-8 characters. When this header is provided, the header `chargebee-request-origin-user` is ignored.
`chargebee-event-email`	String	No	skip only emails Possible values: `"all-disabled"`

Request body fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
`shipping_address`	Object	No	Parameters for shipping_address
`shipping_address.first_name`	String	No	The first name of the contact.
`shipping_address.state`	String	No	The state/province name. Is set by Chargebee automatically for US, Canada and India If `state_code` is provided.
`shipping_address.city`	String	No	The name of the city.
`shipping_address.line2`	String	No	Address line 2
`shipping_address.line1`	String	No	Address line 1
`shipping_address.email`	String	No	The email address.
`shipping_address.last_name`	String	No	The last name of the contact.
`shipping_address.company`	String	No	The company name.
`shipping_address.line3`	String	No	Address line 3
`shipping_address.state_code`	String	No	The ISO 3166-2 state/province code without the country prefix. Currently supported for USA, Canada and India. For instance, for Arizona (USA), set `state_code` as `AZ` (not `US-AZ`). For Tamil Nadu (India), set as `TN` (not `IN-TN`). For British Columbia (Canada), set as `BC` (not `CA-BC`).
`shipping_address.zip`	String	No	Zip or postal code. The number of characters is validated according to the rules specified here.
`shipping_address.phone`	String	No	The phone number.
`shipping_address.country`	String	No	The billing address country of the customer. Must be one of ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code. Note : If you enter an invalid country code, the system will return an error. Brexit If you have enabled EU VAT in 2021 or later, or have manually enable the Brexit configuration, then `XI` (the code for United Kingdom -- Northern Ireland) is available as an option.
`customer`	Object	No	Parameters for customer
`customer.taxability`	String	No	Specifies if the customer is liable for tax * exempt - Customer is exempted from tax. When using Chargebee's native Taxes feature or when using the TaxJar integration, no other action is needed. However, when using our Avalara integration, optionally, specify `entity_code` or `exempt_number` attributes if you use Chargebee's AvaTax for Sales or specify `exemption_details` attribute if you use Chargebee's AvaTax for Communications integration. Tax may still be applied by Avalara for certain values of `entity_code`/`exempt_number`/`exemption_details` based on the state/region/province of the taxable address. * taxable - Computes tax for the customer based on the site configuration. In some cases, depending on the region, shipping_address is needed. If not provided, then billing_address is used to compute tax. If that's not available either, the tax is taken as zero. Possible values: `"exempt"` `"taxable"` Default value: "taxable"
`customer.vat_number`	String	No	VAT number of this customer. If not provided then taxes are not calculated for the estimate. Applicable only when taxes are configured for the EU or UK region. VAT validation is not done for this.
`invoice`	Object	No	Parameters for invoice
`invoice.customer_id`	String	No	Identifier of the customer for which this invoice needs to be created. Should be specified if 'subscription_id' is not specified.
`invoice.po_number`	String	No	Purchase Order Number for this invoice.
`invoice.subscription_id`	String	No	Identifier of the subscription for which this invoice needs to be created. Should be specified if 'customer_id' is not specified.(not applicable for consolidated invoice)
`coupon`	String	No	The 'One Time' coupon to be applied.
`charges`	Object	No	Parameters for charges
`charges.description[]`	Array	No	Description for this charge
`charges.amount[]`	Array	No	The amount to be charged. The unit depends on the type of currency.
`addons`	Object	No	Parameters for addons
`addons.id[]`	Array	No	Identifier of the addon. Multiple addons can be passed.
`addons.quantity[]`	Array	No	Quantity of the addon. Applicable for addons with `pricing_model` other than `flat_fee`.
`billing_address`	Object	No	Parameters for billing_address
`billing_address.state_code`	String	No	The ISO 3166-2 state/province code without the country prefix. Currently supported for USA, Canada and India. For instance, for Arizona (USA), set `state_code` as `AZ` (not `US-AZ`). For Tamil Nadu (India), set as `TN` (not `IN-TN`). For British Columbia (Canada), set as `BC` (not `CA-BC`).
`billing_address.zip`	String	No	Zip or postal code. The number of characters is validated according to the rules specified here.
`billing_address.country`	String	No	The billing address country of the customer. Must be one of ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code. Note : If you enter an invalid country code, the system will return an error. Brexit If you have enabled EU VAT in 2021 or later, or have manually enable the Brexit configuration, then `XI` (the code for United Kingdom -- Northern Ireland) is available as an option.

How to start integrating

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