Get expense document

GET https://api.light.inc/v1/expenses/{expenseId}/document

Returns the attached receipt document as a PDF download

Answers 307 Temporary Redirect to a pre-signed download URL valid for two hours, not the PDF bytes; follow it without your Light Authorization header.

Authorization

Send one of these on every request. See Authentication for how to get credentials.

API key
Basic authentication header of the form Basic <api_key>, where <api_key> is your api key.
Bearer token

Path parameters

expenseId string · uuidrequired

Response

Returns a file (application/pdf) rather than JSON.

curl -X GET "https://api.light.inc/v1/expenses/3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a/document" \
  -H "Authorization: Basic YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://api.light.inc/v1/expenses/3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a/document", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Basic ${process.env.LIGHT_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
const data = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.light.inc/v1/expenses/3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a/document",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Basic {os.environ['LIGHT_API_KEY']}"},
)
data = res.json()