Get expense document

GET

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

Returns the attached receipt document as a PDF download

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

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

cURL

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

JavaScript

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();

Python

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()