# Submit the document Source: https://developer.avalara.com/products/e-invoicing/integration-guides/elr/rkz5197923133334/ Guide: E-Invoicing and Live Reporting # Submit the document Submit a document to Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting using the SubmitDocument endpoint. **Endpoint**: `POST /einvoicing/documents` Submit a document to E-Invoicing and Live Reporting (ELR). Provide users with a clear and guided process to submit documents. Users must be able to: - Manually submit a document at any time, regardless of its current status - Configure conditions for automatic submission based on the document status in the source system. For example, when the document status is Approved or Posted. This approach ensures that document submission is predictable, auditable, and aligned with internal approval workflows. **Headers** Name Description **avalara-version** API version. **X-Avalara-Client** Provided by Avalara. **Request body** Key Description **metadata** Payload metadata that defines how ELR process the document. Example: ``` { "workflowId":"partner-einvoicing", "dataFormat":"ubl-invoice", "dataFormatVersion":"2.1", "countryCode":"GB", "countryMandate":"GB-B2B-PEPPOL" } ``` Use the [GetMandates](https://developer.avalara.com/api-reference/e-invoicing/v1.5/methods/Mandates/GetMandates/) endpoint to retrieve valid `countryMandate` and `countryCode` values. **data** This is a UBL 2.1 document. Use the [GetDataInputFields](https://developer.avalara.com/api-reference/e-invoicing/v1.6/methods/Mandates/GetMandateDataInputFields/) endpoint to get the required data fields. ``` urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017#compliant#urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:3.0 urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:01:1.0 PEPPOL-GB{{documentNumber}} {{documentDate}} 2026-02-04 380 Please note we have a new phone number: 22 22 22 22 2017-12-01 EUR SEK 4025:123:4343 0150abc 2017-12-01 2017-12-31 framework no 1 See section Activation Management See section Activation Management SupplierOfInvoice Lancaster House, Trafalgar Pl 1st Floor Brighton BN1 4FU GB GB987123654 VAT SupplierOfInvoice GB987123654 See section Activation Management CustomerOfInvoice Hovedgatan 32 Po box 878 London 456 34 GB GB987123654 VAT CustomerOfInvoice GB987123654 Lisa Johnson 23434234 lj@buyer.se 2023-04-01 9483759475923478 Delivery street 2 Building 56 Stockholm 21234 Södermalm Gate 15 SE Delivery party Name 30 Snippet1 IBAN32423940 AccountName BIC324098 Payment within 10 days, 2% discount true CG Cleaning 20 200 1000 S 25 VAT false 95 Discount 200 S 25 VAT 1225.00 4900.0 1225 S 25 VAT 1000.0 0 E 0 Reason for tax exempt VAT 9324.00 5900 5900 7125 200 200 1000 6125.00 1 Testing note on line level 10 4000.00 Konteringsstreng true CG Cleaning 1 1 100 false 95 Discount 101 Description of item item name 97iugug876 NO 09348023 S 25.0 VAT 410 1 false 40 450 2 Testing note on line level 10 1000.00 Konteringsstreng 2017-12-01 2017-12-05 124 Description of item item name 97iugug876 86776 E 0.0 VAT AdditionalItemName AdditionalItemValue 200 2 3 Testing note on line level 10 900.00 Konteringsstreng 2017-12-01 2017-12-05 124 true CG Charge 1 1 100 false 95 Discount 101 Description of item item name 97iugug876 86776 S 25.0 VAT AdditionalItemName AdditionalItemValue 100 ``` ## Example request ``` curl --location '/einvoicing/documents' \ --header 'avalara-version: 1.5' \ --header 'X-Avalara-Client: ProvidedToYouByAvalara' \ --form 'metadata="{ \"workflowId\":\"partner-einvoicing\", \"dataFormat\": \"ubl-invoice\", \"dataFormatVersion\": \"2.1\", \"countryCode\": \"GB\", \"countryMandate\": \"GB-B2B-PEPPOL\"}";type=application/json' \ --form 'data=" urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017#compliant#urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:3.0 urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:01:1.0 PEPPOL-GB{{documentNumber}} {{documentDate}} 2026-02-04 380 Please note we have a new phone number: 22 22 22 22 2017-12-01 EUR SEK 4025:123:4343 0150abc 2017-12-01 2017-12-31 framework no 1 See section Activation Management See section Activation Management SupplierOfInvoice Lancaster House, Trafalgar Pl 1st Floor Brighton BN1 4FU GB GB987123654 VAT SupplierOfInvoice GB987123654 See section Activation Management CustomerOfInvoice Hovedgatan 32 Po box 878 London 456 34 GB GB987123654 VAT CustomerOfInvoice GB987123654 Lisa Johnson 23434234 lj@buyer.se 2023-04-01 9483759475923478 Delivery street 2 Building 56 Stockholm 21234 Södermalm Gate 15 SE Delivery party Name 30 Snippet1 IBAN32423940 AccountName BIC324098 Payment within 10 days, 2% discount true CG Cleaning 20 200 1000 S 25 VAT false 95 Discount 200 S 25 VAT 1225.00 4900.0 1225 S 25 VAT 1000.0 0 E 0 Reason for tax exempt VAT 9324.00 5900 5900 7125 200 200 1000 6125.00 1 Testing note on line level 10 4000.00 Konteringsstreng true CG Cleaning 1 1 100 false 95 Discount 101 Description of item item name 97iugug876 NO 09348023 S 25.0 VAT 410 1 false 40 450 2 Testing note on line level 10 1000.00 Konteringsstreng 2017-12-01 2017-12-05 124 Description of item item name 97iugug876 86776 E 0.0 VAT AdditionalItemName AdditionalItemValue 200 2 3 Testing note on line level 10 900.00 Konteringsstreng 2017-12-01 2017-12-05 124 true CG Charge 1 1 100 false 95 Discount 101 Description of item item name 97iugug876 86776 S 25.0 VAT AdditionalItemName AdditionalItemValue 100 ";type=application/xml' ``` ## Example response **Response body** ``` { "id": "3d044034-86d5-46e0-a58e-164deaa2f0eb" } ``` **Response header** Name Value Date Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:39:41 GMT Content-Type application/json; charset=utf-8 Content-Length 45 Connection keep-alive content-security-policy ``` default-src 'self' *.fullstory.com file: data: blob: filesystem: *.avalara.io *.avalara.com *.vimeocdn.com *.vimeo.com *.youtube.com; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'nonce-45ad3bc4-3a78-4dbf-8865-9d642a89b774' 'strict-dynamic' *.avalara.com *.fullstory.com iph.zoominsoftware.io *.siteintercept.qualtrics.com www.googletagmanager.com; style-src 'self' 'nonce-45ad3bc4-3a78-4dbf-8865-9d642a89b774' *.avalara.com *.avalara.io https://fonts.googleapis.com; img-src 'self' *.avalara.com *.avalara.io data: *.vimeocdn.com *.vimeo.com *.youtube.com; font-src 'self' *.avalara.com *.avalara.io https://fonts.gstatic.com; base-uri 'self'; form-action 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self'; object-src 'none'; script-src-attr 'none'; upgrade-insecure-requests; require-trusted-types-for 'script' ``` cross-origin-opener-policy same-origin cross-origin-resource-policy same-origin origin-agent-cluster ?1 referrer-policy no-referrer strict-transport-security max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains X-Content-Type-Options nosniff x-dns-prefetch-control off x-download-options noopen x-frame-options SAMEORIGIN x-permitted-cross-domain-policies none x-xss-protection 0 etag W/"2d-u9RwyuXQUZw3CIjzVJP9e+SCVRs" x-correlation-id fe6b1885-e1d7-4e7f-a52c-8e9753c538bf x-avalara-uid fe6b1885-e1d7-4e7f-a52c-8e9753c538bf