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Credit Note

  • Render-verified
  • Commercial
  • Version 1.0.0

Country-agnostic credit note issued against a prior commercial invoice. Reflects Art. 219 Council Directive 2006/112/EC (documents treated as invoices) — the country profile supplies local mandatory mentions.

JSON Schema

Fields in this template

Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 41 fields:

Field Required Type Description
supplier Required object
supplier.name Required string
supplier.address Required string
supplier.vat_id Optional string
supplier.contact_email Required string
customer Required object
customer.name Required string
customer.address Required string
customer.vat_id Optional string
credit_note Required object
credit_note.number Required string
credit_note.issue_date Required date
credit_note.notes Optional string
credit_note.language_currency_overrides Optional object
original_invoice_reference Required object
original_invoice_reference.number Required string
original_invoice_reference.issue_date Required date
reason Required enum
reason_detail Optional string Optional free text expanding on the reason code.
lines Required array of object
lines[].description Required string
lines[].quantity Required number
lines[].unit Required string
lines[].unit_price Required number
lines[].vat_rate_pct Required number
lines[].amount_net Required number
totals Required object
totals.subtotal Required number
totals.vat_total Required number
totals.credit_total Required number

+11 more fields — the full JSON Schema is available in the dashboard and via the API.

POST /render

Generate it

One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.

curl 
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "generic.business.credit_note",
    "data": { ... },
    "options": {"language": "en"}
  }' -o credit-note.pdf
Generate with AI on chut.app Try in the dashboard

Frequently asked questions

What is “Credit Note”?

Country-agnostic credit note issued against a prior commercial invoice. Reflects Art. 219 Council Directive 2006/112/EC (documents treated as invoices) — the country profile supplies local mandatory mentions. On papii this document is available as template generic.business.credit_note: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.

Can I generate a Credit Note with AI?

Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.

Is the Credit Note template legally compliant?

This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.