# Read one invoice or receipt

> Page: https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/get-user-billing-documents-id. Index of every page: https://docs.plotwork.dev/llms.txt

One document with its lines, totals, who it is billed to, the issuer, and the card as a brand and last four digits.

`GET /user/billing/documents/{id}`

## TL;DR

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Read one invoice or receipt. |
| What does it take? | `id` in the path. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type [`BillingDocumentDetail`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#billingdocumentdetail). |
| What can go wrong? | `400` the id is not shaped like an invoice id; `401` not signed in; `404` no such document for this account; `429` too many requests; `502` stripe could not complete the request; `503` billing is not set up on this server. Every failure uses the one error envelope. |

## What it does

One document with its lines, totals, who it is billed to, the issuer, and the card as a brand and last four digits. A document that does not exist, is another account's, or is not Plotwork's is the same 404.

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | `string` | yes | The document id, as the list gave it. |

## Responses

| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | The document. | [`BillingDocumentDetail`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#billingdocumentdetail) |
| 400 | The id is not shaped like an invoice id. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 401 | Not signed in. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 404 | No such document for this account. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 429 | Too many requests. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 502 | Stripe could not complete the request. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 503 | Billing is not set up on this server. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |

## Response body

A 200 answer has the type [`BillingDocumentDetail`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#billingdocumentdetail).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | `string` | yes | The id to ask for the document and its PDF with. |
| `kind` | `"invoice" \| "receipt"` | yes | A `receipt` is an invoice that has been paid; anything else is an `invoice`. |
| `number` | `string` | yes | The number printed on the document, which an accounts department quotes back. |
| `description` | `string` | yes | What it was for, such as the plan. Empty when Stripe names nothing. |
| `currency` | `string` | yes | The three-letter currency, in capitals. at least 3 characters; at most 3 characters. |
| `totalCents` | `integer` | yes | The total in whole cents (the currency's minor unit). |
| `status` | `string` | yes | The invoice's own word: `paid`, `open`, `void`, or `uncollectible`. A draft is never listed. |
| `issuedAt` | `integer` | yes | When it was issued, in milliseconds since the epoch. |
| `paidAt` | `integer \| null` | yes | When it was paid, in milliseconds since the epoch, or null while it is not. |
| `downloadable` | `boolean` | yes | False when there is no PDF to fetch, so the PDF route would answer 404. |
| `lines` | `DocumentLine[]` | yes |  |
| `lines[].description` | `string` | yes |  |
| `lines[].quantity` | `integer` | yes | minimum 1. |
| `lines[].amountCents` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `lines[].periodStart` | `integer \| null` | yes | The start of the service period, in milliseconds since the epoch, or null. |
| `lines[].periodEnd` | `integer \| null` | yes | The end of the service period, in milliseconds since the epoch, or null. |
| `subtotalCents` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `taxCents` | `integer \| null` | yes | The tax, or null when Stripe names none. |
| `amountPaidCents` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `billedTo` | `object` | yes |  |
| `billedTo.name` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `billedTo.email` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `issuer` | `object \| null` | yes | The Stripe account's business name and its tax numbers, from the invoice. There is no address: Stripe does not put one on an invoice. |
| `issuer.name` | `string` | yes |  |
| `issuer.lines` | `string[]` | yes |  |
| `paidWith` | `object \| null` | yes | The card the payment was taken from: its brand and last four digits, and nothing more of it. Null when it was not paid by card. |
| `paidWith.brand` | `string` | yes |  |
| `paidWith.last4` | `string` | yes | pattern `^\d{4}$`. |

## See also

| Doc | Why |
|---|---|
| [API reference](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/reference.md) | Every endpoint, and the error envelope |
| [Schemas](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md) | Every request and response type |
| [Tool reference](https://docs.plotwork.dev/mcp/tools.md) | The operations as callable tools |