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# Generate Vendor Invoice PDF

> Generate a single-order vendor invoice PDF (S3 URL, 48h expiry)

<Note>
  **V2 Preview** — This endpoint is part of the V2 API preview. Breaking changes may occur.
</Note>

## Overview

Generate a vendor invoice PDF for a single order. Returns an S3 URL that expires in **48 hours**. Vendor tokens are scoped automatically; merchant tokens must pass `vendorId` as a query parameter.

<Info>
  For multi-order / multi-vendor invoices, use `POST /v2/orders/invoice` or `POST /v2/orders/invoice/grouped` instead.
</Info>

## Query Parameters

<ParamField query="vendorId" type="string">
  Vendor ObjectId — required for merchant tokens.
</ParamField>

## Request Body

<ParamField body="orderId" type="string" required>
  Order ObjectId.
</ParamField>

## Response

```json 200 theme={null}
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://puppetvendors-pdfs.s3.amazonaws.com/invoices/...",
    "expiresAt": "2026-04-17T14:22:31Z"
  }
}
```

## Example

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST "https://staging-api.puppetvendors.com/documents/invoice" \
  -H "x-access-token: YOUR_VENDOR_JWT" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "orderId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439014" }'
```