Connect a tax account

Use this API to connect your invoice lookup account on the General Department of Taxation (TCT) portal, which is the basis for syncing the business's purchase invoices.

POST

URLhttps://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/input/connect

Connect a General Department of Taxation (TCT) account to an e-invoice account.

Header Request

Header	Required	Description
Content-Type	✓	application/json
x-client-id	✓	Partner identifier issued by TINGEE.
x-signature	✓	HMAC SHA512 authentication signature. See How to generate the signature.
x-request-timestamp	✓	Time the request is sent (format: yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS, UTC+7)

Body Parameter

Field	Type	Required	Description
merchantId	number	~	Merchant ID (Required if you connect with a Master Merchant account).
accountId	number	✕	E-invoice account ID (from List accounts). Leave empty to use the default account.
tctUsername	string	✕	Username for the General Department of Taxation e-invoice portal. Leave empty to use the information saved in the business profile at the provider.
tctPassword	string	✕	Password for the General Department of Taxation e-invoice portal. Leave empty to use the saved information.

Code samples

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/input/connect' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'x-client-id: YOUR_CLIENT_ID' \
--header 'x-request-timestamp: 20240509154004003' \
--header 'x-signature: YOUR_SIGNATURE' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "tctUsername": "0101234567",
  "tctPassword": "YOUR_TCT_PASSWORD"
}'

NestJS

import axios from "axios";
import { createHmac } from "crypto";

const CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const SECRET_KEY = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";

// Timestamp in UTC+7, format yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS
function getTimestamp() {
    return new Date(Date.now() + 7 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
        .toISOString()
        .replace(/[-:TZ.]/g, "")
        .slice(0, 17);
}

async function eInvoiceInputConnect() {
    const body = {
        tctUsername: "0101234567",
        tctPassword: "YOUR_TCT_PASSWORD",
    };

    const bodyJson = JSON.stringify(body);
    const timestamp = getTimestamp();
    const signature = createHmac("sha512", SECRET_KEY)
        .update(`${timestamp}:${bodyJson}`)
        .digest("hex");

    const res = await axios.request({
        method: "POST",
        url: "https://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/input/connect",
        data: bodyJson,
        headers: {
            accept: "application/json",
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
            "x-client-id": CLIENT_ID,
            "x-request-timestamp": timestamp,
            "x-signature": signature,
        },
    });

    console.log(res.data);
}

eInvoiceInputConnect();

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Program
{
    private const string ClientId = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
    private const string SecretKey = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";
    private static readonly HttpClient Client = new HttpClient();

    public static async Task Main()
    {
        var body = new
        {
            tctUsername = "0101234567",
            tctPassword = "YOUR_TCT_PASSWORD"
        };

        // Do not escape non-ASCII / special characters so the JSON matches TINGEE's JSON.stringify
        var jsonOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions { Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping };
        var bodyJson = JsonSerializer.Serialize(body, jsonOptions);

        // Timestamp in UTC+7, format yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS
        var timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(7).ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmssfff");
        var signature = HmacSha512(SecretKey, $"{timestamp}:{bodyJson}");

        var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/input/connect");
        request.Headers.Add("accept", "application/json");
        request.Headers.Add("x-client-id", ClientId);
        request.Headers.Add("x-request-timestamp", timestamp);
        request.Headers.Add("x-signature", signature);
        request.Content = new StringContent(bodyJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

        var response = await Client.SendAsync(request);
        Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
    }

    private static string HmacSha512(string key, string message)
    {
        using var hmac = new HMACSHA512(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key));
        var hash = hmac.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message));
        return Convert.ToHexString(hash).ToLower();
    }
}

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import javax.crypto.Mac;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;

public class Main {
    private static final String CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
    private static final String SECRET_KEY = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // Minified JSON, same as JSON.stringify()
        String bodyJson = "{\"tctUsername\":\"0101234567\",\"tctPassword\":\"YOUR_TCT_PASSWORD\"}";

        // Timestamp in UTC+7, format yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS
        String timestamp = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneId.of("Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh"))
                .format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS"));
        String signature = hmacSha512(SECRET_KEY, timestamp + ":" + bodyJson);

        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create("https://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/input/connect"))
                .header("accept", "application/json")
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .header("x-client-id", CLIENT_ID)
                .header("x-request-timestamp", timestamp)
                .header("x-signature", signature)
                .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(bodyJson, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
                .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
                .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    private static String hmacSha512(String key, String data) throws Exception {
        Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA512");
        mac.init(new SecretKeySpec(key.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), "HmacSHA512"));
        byte[] hash = mac.doFinal(data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
        StringBuilder hex = new StringBuilder();
        for (byte b : hash) hex.append(String.format("%02x", b));
        return hex.toString();
    }
}

PHP

<?php
$clientId = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
$secretKey = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";

$body = [
    "tctUsername" => "0101234567",
    "tctPassword" => "YOUR_TCT_PASSWORD",
];

// Do not escape "/" or non-ASCII characters so the JSON matches TINGEE's JSON.stringify
$bodyJson = json_encode($body, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);

// Timestamp in UTC+7, format yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS
$now = new DateTime("now", new DateTimeZone("Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh"));
$timestamp = $now->format("YmdHisv");
$signature = hash_hmac("sha512", $timestamp . ":" . $bodyJson, $secretKey);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/input/connect",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $bodyJson,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Accept: application/json",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
        "x-client-id: " . $clientId,
        "x-request-timestamp: " . $timestamp,
        "x-signature: " . $signature,
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
if ($response === false) {
    echo "cURL Error: " . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    echo $response;
}
curl_close($ch);

Sample Response

{
  "code": "00",
  "message": "Success",
  "data": "Kết nối thành công"
}

Field	Type	Description
code	string	Result code (00 = Success).
message	string	Response message.
data	string	Result message from the provider.

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Common error codes

Code	Description	How to handle
400	Failed to connect the TCT account	Check tctUsername / tctPassword. message contains the details.
2036	The account is not registered for the purchase invoice service	Update the account so that services contains input-invoice via the Create/Update account API.
2007	The provider is not supported	Purchase invoices only support x-cyber provider accounts.
2032	No default account is configured	Pass accountId, or set an account as the default.
1057	Account information not found	Check accountId.
1095, 1096	Master Merchant merchantId error	Pass a merchantId belonging to the Master Merchant calling the API.
90, 91, 92, 97	Request authentication error (timestamp, client-id, signature)	See System error codes.
Others	Other errors	See Error codes.