---
title: invoices.get | Doing Work API
description: One invoice with its lines, what has been paid, the balance, the due date, and whether a bank payment is still clearing. display_status is payment_pending 
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/invoices-get/
---

# invoices.get

One invoice with its lines, what has been paid, the balance, the due date, and whether a bank payment is still clearing. display_status is payment_pending while a bank payment clears (3 to 5 business days), otherwise the invoice status. last_bank_payment_failed_at is set when the latest bank payment failed and the customer can pay again.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `GET /v1/invoices/get` |
| MCP tool | `invoices_get` |
| Writes | no |
| Area | [Shop](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#shop) |

## When to use it

One invoice with its lines, what has been paid, the balance, the due date, and whether a bank payment is still clearing. display_status is payment_pending while a bank payment clears (3 to 5 business days), otherwise the invoice status.

## What to tell the owner

Tell them what you found in plain words. Don't read back raw fields.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `invoice_id` | string (uuid) | yes |

## Example

```http
GET https://doingwork.work/v1/invoices/get?invoice_id=00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
```

## Output

| Field | Type | Always there |
|---|---|---|
| `invoice_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `job_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `status` | string | yes |
| `currency` | string | yes |
| `total_minor` | integer | yes |
| `collected_minor` | integer | yes |
| `balance_minor` | integer | yes |
| `deposit_minor` | ['integer', 'null'] | yes |
| `issued_at` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', '-', 't', 'i', 'm', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `due_on` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `memo` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `bank_payment_clearing` | boolean | yes |
| `display_status` | string | yes |
| `last_bank_payment_failed_at` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', '-', 't', 'i', 'm', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `lines` | array | yes |
| `lines[].position` | integer | yes |
| `lines[].description` | string | yes |
| `lines[].quantity` | number | yes |
| `lines[].unit_price_minor` | integer | yes |
| `lines[].kind` | string | yes |
| `lines[].taxable` | boolean | yes |
| `lines[].amount_minor` | integer | yes |
| `tax` | object | no |
| `tax.name` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `tax.jurisdiction` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `tax.rate_bps` | integer | yes |
| `tax.taxable_minor` | integer | yes |
| `tax.tax_minor` | integer | yes |

```json
{
  "invoice_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "job_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "status": "...",
  "currency": "...",
  "total_minor": 50000,
  "collected_minor": 50000,
  "balance_minor": 50000,
  "deposit_minor": "...",
  "issued_at": "...",
  "due_on": "...",
  "memo": "...",
  "bank_payment_clearing": true,
  "display_status": "...",
  "last_bank_payment_failed_at": "...",
  "lines": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "description": "40 gallon gas heater, installed",
      "quantity": "...",
      "unit_price_minor": 50000,
      "kind": "...",
      "taxable": true,
      "amount_minor": 50000
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |