> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.sandbox.co.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get e-Invoice by IRN

> Fetch the e-Invoice by passing the invoice registration number (IRN). To fetch an e-Invoice, the authenticated taxpayer has to be a party in the transaction, either the seller or the buyer.

#### Response body schema

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<Info>
  Only e-Invoices within the last 6 months can be fetched.
</Info>


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/gst/compliance/openapi.json GET /gst/compliance/tax-payer/e-invoice/{irn}
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: compliance
  description: >-
    **GST Compliance API** enables businesses to automate compliance
    requirements like [Taxpayer
    verification](https://developer.sandbox.co.in/reference/search-gstin-api),
    [GSTR
    Filing](https://developer.sandbox.co.in/reference/gst-taxpayer-authentication),
    [Generating
    E-Invoices](https://developer.sandbox.co.in/reference/e-invoice-authentication-api),
    and [E-Way
    Bills](https://developer.sandbox.co.in/reference/e-way-bill-authentication-api).We
    provide these APIs from GSTN-authorised GST Suvidha Providers, handling the
    encryption-decryption and signing so you don't have to handle the
    complexities.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.sandbox.co.in
  - url: https://test-api.sandbox.co.in
security: []
tags:
  - name: Public
  - name: Taxpayer
  - name: Taxpayer Auth
  - name: Returns
  - name: GSTR-1 Documents
  - name: File GSTR-1
  - name: GSTR-2A Documents
  - name: GSTR-2B Document
  - name: File GSTR-3B
  - name: GSTR-4
  - name: File GSTR-9
  - name: Invoice Management System
  - name: GSTR-1A Documents
  - name: File GSTR-1A
  - name: Ledgers
  - name: e-Invoice
  - name: Sales e-Invoices for return period
  - name: Purchase e-Invoices for return period
  - name: Front Office Notices
  - name: Front Office
  - name: AATO
  - name: e-Invoice1
  - name: Authentication
  - name: e-Invoice12
  - name: E-Way Bill
  - name: E-Way Bill1
  - name: Authentication1
  - name: Consignor
  - name: Consolidated E-Way Bill
  - name: Multi-Vehicle Movement
  - name: Consignee
  - name: Transporter
  - name: Consolidated E-Way Bill1
  - name: Multi-vehicle Movement
  - name: Common
paths:
  /gst/compliance/tax-payer/e-invoice/{irn}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Taxpayer
        - e-Invoice
      summary: Get E-Invoice by IRN
      operationId: getEInvoiceByIrn
      parameters:
        - name: irn
          in: path
          description: ''
          required: true
          example: ''
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: authorization
          in: header
          description: >-
            GST taxpayer access token. For token-generation steps, refer to the
            [Generate Taxpayer
            Session](/recipes/gst/authentication/generate_tax_payer_session)
            recipe, then pass the token in the authorization header.
          required: true
          example: ''
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: x-api-version
          in: header
          description: API version
          required: false
          example: ''
          schema:
            type: string
            default: 1.0.0
        - name: x-api-key
          in: header
          description: API key for identification
          required: true
          example: ''
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            200 E-Invoice fetched / 200 EINV30118 Record not found / 200
            EINV30119 E-Invoice older than 6 months
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: number
                    example: 200
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      data:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          RequestDate:
                            type: string
                            example: '2024-11-14 13:31:05'
                          data:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              AckDt:
                                type: string
                                example: '2024-02-22 17:42:00'
                              AckNo:
                                type: number
                                example: 112410188589976
                              Irn:
                                type: string
                                example: >-
                                  7859346583894f8602c10f5a1d4a40265c90824ad63ba999f04836a57aa70e7c
                              SignedInvoice:
                                type: string
                                example: >-
                                  eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjE1MTNCODIxRUU0NkM3NDlBNjNCODZFMzE4QkY3MTEwOTkyODdEMUYiLCJ4NXQiOiJGUk80SWU1R3gwbW1PNGJqR0w5eEVKa29mUjgiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.WVQy062ECtQtIgVYLMKT3qQWXNnAlguX2Wb5qMfanhA6ku5H0O_ixU3tYsKhUVxj_vmiZZzhETFEpw0YypimwUF7bl1w4Y7tWvRRP-eP6BxMgmdILltY5l2zStGPm3nMKbKG6lsh02PiK2bdPDGaEBAzz3ZxrHgws4710a-8a5pCTN7EE1n49EGyGvQS9gLBEASYinrzQHI4lzNjY_NTZ6iK5zlah1WWbAVBY0Hg4fH_yC89ydMj_upPJvJkF50X9de8vPUNKBuMP8tpnTgD-eUsE0VjtNCpczUZ9nKRvOUQlz54EVGfa61Yqq5Tn7oPMXOW90h1QAUlZ_7uINP8sQ
                              SignedQRCode:
                                type: string
                                example: >-
                                  eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjE1MTNCODIxRUU0NkM3NDlBNjNCODZFMzE4QkY3MTEwOTkyODdEMUYiLCJ4NXQiOiJGUk80SWU1R3gwbW1PNGJqR0w5eEVKa29mUjgiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJkYXRhIjoie1wiU2VsbGVyR3N0aW5cIjpcIjI5QUFBQ1EzNzcwRTAwMFwiLFwiQnV5ZXJHc3RpblwiOlwiMjlBV0dQVjcxMDdCMVoxXCIsXCJEb2NOb1wiOlwiRE9DLzExMVwiLFwiRG9jVHlwXCI6XCJJTlZcIixcIkRvY0R0XCI6XCIwMS8wMS8yMDI0XCIsXCJUb3RJbnZWYWxcIjo5OTksXCJJdGVtQ250XCI6MSxcIk1haW5Ic25Db2RlXCI6XCI5OTgzMTRcIixcIklyblwiOlwiNzg1OTM0NjU4Mzg5NGY4NjAyYzEwZjVhMWQ0YTQwMjY1YzkwODI0YWQ2M2JhOTk5ZjA0ODM2YTU3YWE3MGU3Y1wiLFwiSXJuRHRcIjpcIjIwMjQtMDItMjIgMTc6NDI6MDBcIn0iLCJpc3MiOiJOSUMgU2FuZGJveCJ9.BcQeCgE3S9NjLEzoJCADyiG71P-dE5C8PFE3d0TWWay8TEPuEdaShXBZjsAz7-n8VS0vox99Kj1p2_Qbo8pQ4g9NB3h3yC1O-FL9FLokVF6t1pzb5l8_t8Ej4MIzUjTxGhLrW-rFxCyIWuOz6ixzuAaUfyDjXW5mhAVeREXrE0pioMhFuFbnsLkyVLUsxJFk3Jc90fActOyRLm6xgEeJ5oAoR8IpzHySSTMM4_tx910f0u-IuXf59GxLQQAKyjF1UfrRmTjN3sPmDk4SSKxz0aqQ0yS-LHiAx5vL8kSws2Icyri6dS8WLLHR0_cWKs_VWf4xg87oFM5MgKTVq3mdzg
                              Status:
                                type: string
                                example: ACT
                      error:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          error_cd:
                            type: string
                            example: EINV30118
                          message:
                            type: string
                            example: No record found.
                      status_cd:
                        type: string
                        example: '1'
                  timestamp:
                    type: number
                    example: 1763446641000
                  transaction_id:
                    type: string
                    example: 30a2c438-bc17-44f7-a778-0dc6909ca118
              examples:
                200 EINV30118 Record not found:
                  summary: 200 EINV30118 Record not found
                  value:
                    code: 200
                    data:
                      error:
                        error_cd: EINV30118
                        message: No record found.
                      status_cd: '0'
                    timestamp: 1763446641000
                    transaction_id: d4a49c94-da0f-403c-8195-ebc172f77df2
                200 EINV30119 e-Invoice older than 6 months:
                  summary: 200 EINV30119 e-Invoice older than 6 months
                  value:
                    code: 200
                    data:
                      error:
                        error_cd: EINV30119
                        message: >-
                          Please enter an IRN which is not older than six
                          months.
                      status_cd: '0'
                    timestamp: 1763446641000
                    transaction_id: 2d60636e-67ee-40c3-9bc3-0a3ad15f9a1b
                200 e-Invoice fetched:
                  summary: 200 e-Invoice fetched
                  value:
                    code: 200
                    data:
                      data:
                        RequestDate: '2024-11-14 13:31:05'
                        data:
                          AckDt: '2024-02-22 17:42:00'
                          AckNo: 112410188589976
                          Irn: >-
                            7859346583894f8602c10f5a1d4a40265c90824ad63ba999f04836a57aa70e7c
                          SignedInvoice: >-
                            eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjE1MTNCODIxRUU0NkM3NDlBNjNCODZFMzE4QkY3MTEwOTkyODdEMUYiLCJ4NXQiOiJGUk80SWU1R3gwbW1PNGJqR0w5eEVKa29mUjgiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.WVQy062ECtQtIgVYLMKT3qQWXNnAlguX2Wb5qMfanhA6ku5H0O_ixU3tYsKhUVxj_vmiZZzhETFEpw0YypimwUF7bl1w4Y7tWvRRP-eP6BxMgmdILltY5l2zStGPm3nMKbKG6lsh02PiK2bdPDGaEBAzz3ZxrHgws4710a-8a5pCTN7EE1n49EGyGvQS9gLBEASYinrzQHI4lzNjY_NTZ6iK5zlah1WWbAVBY0Hg4fH_yC89ydMj_upPJvJkF50X9de8vPUNKBuMP8tpnTgD-eUsE0VjtNCpczUZ9nKRvOUQlz54EVGfa61Yqq5Tn7oPMXOW90h1QAUlZ_7uINP8sQ
                          SignedQRCode: >-
                            eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjE1MTNCODIxRUU0NkM3NDlBNjNCODZFMzE4QkY3MTEwOTkyODdEMUYiLCJ4NXQiOiJGUk80SWU1R3gwbW1PNGJqR0w5eEVKa29mUjgiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJkYXRhIjoie1wiU2VsbGVyR3N0aW5cIjpcIjI5QUFBQ1EzNzcwRTAwMFwiLFwiQnV5ZXJHc3RpblwiOlwiMjlBV0dQVjcxMDdCMVoxXCIsXCJEb2NOb1wiOlwiRE9DLzExMVwiLFwiRG9jVHlwXCI6XCJJTlZcIixcIkRvY0R0XCI6XCIwMS8wMS8yMDI0XCIsXCJUb3RJbnZWYWxcIjo5OTksXCJJdGVtQ250XCI6MSxcIk1haW5Ic25Db2RlXCI6XCI5OTgzMTRcIixcIklyblwiOlwiNzg1OTM0NjU4Mzg5NGY4NjAyYzEwZjVhMWQ0YTQwMjY1YzkwODI0YWQ2M2JhOTk5ZjA0ODM2YTU3YWE3MGU3Y1wiLFwiSXJuRHRcIjpcIjIwMjQtMDItMjIgMTc6NDI6MDBcIn0iLCJpc3MiOiJOSUMgU2FuZGJveCJ9.BcQeCgE3S9NjLEzoJCADyiG71P-dE5C8PFE3d0TWWay8TEPuEdaShXBZjsAz7-n8VS0vox99Kj1p2_Qbo8pQ4g9NB3h3yC1O-FL9FLokVF6t1pzb5l8_t8Ej4MIzUjTxGhLrW-rFxCyIWuOz6ixzuAaUfyDjXW5mhAVeREXrE0pioMhFuFbnsLkyVLUsxJFk3Jc90fActOyRLm6xgEeJ5oAoR8IpzHySSTMM4_tx910f0u-IuXf59GxLQQAKyjF1UfrRmTjN3sPmDk4SSKxz0aqQ0yS-LHiAx5vL8kSws2Icyri6dS8WLLHR0_cWKs_VWf4xg87oFM5MgKTVq3mdzg
                          Status: ACT
                      status_cd: '1'
                    timestamp: 1763446641000
                    transaction_id: 30a2c438-bc17-44f7-a778-0dc6909ca118
          headers: {}
      deprecated: false
      security: []

````