invoice_from_hours
Invoice from hours
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Shortcut for the common case: bill one client for N hours at an hourly rate. Creates and returns a single-line invoice, converting the rate into target_currency when you supply fx_rates, and echoing back any entry_ids.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| client | string | yes | |
| hours | number | yes | |
| rate | number | yes | Hourly rate in major units, expressed in currency (or the business default currency) |
| description | string | no | Line description, default 'Consulting services' |
| tax_rate | number | no | |
| currency | string | no | Currency the rate is in. Without target_currency this is also the invoice currency |
| target_currency | string | no | Issue the invoice in this currency instead, converting the rate. Needs fx_rates for the rate currency |
| fx_rates | object | no | Conversion rates, the same pair expense_to_invoice takes: fx_rates maps the RATE's currency to the number of target units one of it buys, meaning 1 unit of that currency = X units of target_currency, e.g. {"EUR": 1.1578} with target_currency "USD". You supply the rate; nothing here fetches or guesses one |
| entry_ids | array | no | Time-tracker entry ids these hours came from (the entry_ids invoice_summary returns). Echoed back with the new invoice number so you can call entry_mark_billed |
| issue_date | string | no | |
| due_days | number | no | |
| notes | string | no | |
| discount_percent | number | no | |
| round_total | boolean | no | D-R46: when converting with fx_rates, round the line's TOTAL to the exact converted amount instead of rounding the hourly rate to cents first. Default false keeps the D-R24 basis (unit price x hours always equals the printed line, so a rounding_note explains any drift from the exact conversion); true removes the drift but unit_price x hours may then be a cent or two off the printed total. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"client": {
"type": "string"
},
"hours": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -1000000000000,
"maximum": 1000000000000
},
"rate": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -1000000000000,
"maximum": 1000000000000,
"description": "Hourly rate in major units, expressed in currency (or the business default currency)"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Line description, default 'Consulting services'"
},
"tax_rate": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -100,
"maximum": 1000
},
"currency": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{3}$",
"description": "Currency the rate is in. Without target_currency this is also the invoice currency"
},
"target_currency": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{3}$",
"description": "Issue the invoice in this currency instead, converting the rate. Needs fx_rates for the rate currency"
},
"fx_rates": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "number",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
"description": "Conversion rates, the same pair expense_to_invoice takes: fx_rates maps the RATE's currency to the number of target units one of it buys, meaning 1 unit of that currency = X units of target_currency, e.g. {\"EUR\": 1.1578} with target_currency \"USD\". You supply the rate; nothing here fetches or guesses one"
},
"entry_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Time-tracker entry ids these hours came from (the entry_ids invoice_summary returns). Echoed back with the new invoice number so you can call entry_mark_billed"
},
"issue_date": {
"type": "string"
},
"due_days": {
"type": "number"
},
"notes": {
"type": "string"
},
"discount_percent": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
},
"round_total": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "D-R46: when converting with fx_rates, round the line's TOTAL to the exact converted amount instead of rounding the hourly rate to cents first. Default false keeps the D-R24 basis (unit price x hours always equals the printed line, so a rounding_note explains any drift from the exact conversion); true removes the drift but unit_price x hours may then be a cent or two off the printed total."
}
},
"required": [
"client",
"hours",
"rate"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}