REST API Send invoice button

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Topic summary

Main issue: How to trigger the “Send invoice” action for an order via API.

What’s confirmed: An API call exists to send invoices for draft orders only.

  • REST: POST /draft_orders/{id}/send_invoice (per Shopify Admin REST docs).
  • GraphQL: draftOrderInvoiceSend mutation.

Clarification: The request is for regular (non-draft) orders, not drafts.

Open question: Another participant asks Shopify API support to confirm whether there is any API to send an invoice for orders that are already paid (payment captured and marked as paid).

Status: No provided endpoint or confirmation for sending invoices on normal, paid orders. The thread remains unresolved on this point.

Notes:

  • “Draft order” = a provisional order not yet finalized; “normal order” = a completed order in the store.
  • REST and GraphQL are two API styles for interacting with Shopify’s Admin APIs.
Summarized with AI on February 2. AI used: gpt-5.
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Dear Community,

Its possible to call the “Send invoice” button in order page with REST API?

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Thanks.

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Hi @spearox

Yes, there’s an endpoint for this in both the REST and GraphQL APIs:
REST: https://shopify.dev/api/admin-rest/2022-01/resources/draftorder#post-draft-orders-draft-order-id-send-invoice

GraphQL: https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/2021-04/mutations/draftorderinvoicesend

Hope this helps!

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I look for normal orders not for drafts.

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Can someone from the API Support confirm that there is no provision to send invoice for Orders that have already captured the payment and marked as paid ?