Paper Invoice Preference API overview

Overview

The Share A Refund Paper Invoice Preference API lets you manage billing delivery settings for users and websites. You can develop applications that integrate with Share A Refund to programmatically opt accounts in or out of physical mailings, ensuring that billing preferences align with organizational sustainability goals or accounts payable workflows.

View Doc: https://app.sharearefund.com/api/doc#api-Paper_Invoice_Preference →

The following figure shows the relationship between your Share A Refund app, the Share A Refund API, and Paper Invoice Preferences.

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Figure 1. Share A Refund API relationship diagram.

Share A Refund App

Share A Refund’s preference services give users control over how they receive financial documents, allowing them to toggle between digital-only delivery and traditional paper statements based on their administrative needs.

Share A Refund API

The REST API that allows users to retrieve current settings and update invoice delivery methods for specific users or websites from within your app.

Preference Management

A system that stores and enforces the delivery flags (enabled/disabled), ensuring that the billing engine generates and mails physical copies only to those entities that have explicitly requested them.

What can users do with the Share A Refund Paper Invoice Preference API?

Users can use the Share A Refund Paper Invoice Preference API to perform common workflows, such as:

  • Retrieve the current paper invoice setting for a specific user ID
  • Check if a specific website profile is configured for physical mail
  • Programmatically disable paper invoices to support “Go Green” initiatives
  • Enable paper billing for accounts requiring physical audit trails
  • Synchronize billing preferences between internal systems and Share A Refund

Paper Invoice Preference properties available to view and modify through the Share A Refund Paper Invoice Preference API:

  • Paper Invoices Enabled (Boolean)
  • User IDs
  • Website IDs

Additional info

Learn more about developing with Share A Refund Paper Invoice Preference API, including handling authentication, authorization, reference the Develop on Share A Refund API for your workspace. More

Learn more about how to launch and run a Share A Refund Paper Invoice Preference API app, read the Developer Getting Started Guide. More

Updated on January 23, 2026
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