Send an invoice by email

This API lets you send an invoice to the buyer by email.

Note

This API currently only supports the XCyber and MISA providers.

POST

URLhttps://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/send-email

Send an invoice to the buyer by email.

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	✕	Account configuration ID. The system prefers the account that issued this invoice; only if that cannot be determined does it use `accountId` (or the default account if empty).
`invoiceCode`	string	✓	Invoice code (`invoiceCode`) you passed when calling Create and issue an invoice.
`recipientEmail`	string	✓	Recipient email.
`buyerName`	string	✕	Recipient name displayed in the email. Only applies to MISA (Default: `Khách hàng`).

Code samples

cURL
NestJS
C#
Java
PHP

curl --location --request POST 'https://open-api.tingee.vn/v1/e-invoice/send-email' \
--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 '{
  "invoiceCode": "INV-20251209-001",
  "recipientEmail": "buyer@example.com"
}'

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 eInvoiceSendEmail() {
    const body = {
        invoiceCode: "INV-20251209-001",
        recipientEmail: "buyer@example.com",
    };

    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/send-email",
        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);
}

eInvoiceSendEmail();

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
        {
            invoiceCode = "INV-20251209-001",
            recipientEmail = "buyer@example.com"
        };

        // 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/send-email");
        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();
    }
}

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 = "{\"invoiceCode\":\"INV-20251209-001\",\"recipientEmail\":\"buyer@example.com\"}";

        // 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/send-email"))
                .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
$clientId = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
$secretKey = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";

$body = [
    "invoiceCode" => "INV-20251209-001",
    "recipientEmail" => "buyer@example.com",
];

// 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/send-email",
    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": null
}

Field	Type	Description
`code`	string	Status code.
`message`	string	Result message.
`data`	null	No data returned.

Common error codes

Code	Description	How to handle
`2035`	The invoice has not been issued successfully	You can only send email for invoices issued via Create and issue an invoice.
`2007`	The provider does not support sending invoice emails	HiLo, S-Invoice and BKAV are not supported; use Download invoice to get the PDF and send it yourself.
`2032`	No default provider account is configured	Configure a default account or pass `accountId`.
`1057`	No account found for `accountId`	Check `accountId` with List accounts.
`1095`, `1096`	Master Merchant `merchantId` error	Pass the `merchantId` of a sub-Merchant 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.

Header Request​

Body Parameter​

Code samples​

Sample Response​

Common error codes​

Header Request

Body Parameter

Code samples

Sample Response

Common error codes