Delivery note and invoice template

A combined delivery note and invoice with delivery date and location, payment due date, dated line items with tax rates, totals and consumption tax by rate, bank details, and a receipt stamp box. A layout example that includes fields for the items required on a qualified invoice in Japan.

A4 portrait
37 merge fields
Issued as PDF

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Company names, people, addresses and amounts in the sample are fictional.
The sample layout is in Japanese. You can change any text in the template editor.

Sample of the delivery note and invoice template (first page of a PDF issued with DocRelay)

Use cases

Billing at the time of delivery
Documents enclosed with retail or wholesale deliveries
Bulk issuance from sales management systems

Merge fields

The data fields you send to the API. Fields inside an array are shown as array.field.

Field	Description
`number`	Document number
`issued_at`	Issue date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`customer.name`	Customer name
`customer.postal_code`	Customer postal code
`customer.address`	Customer address
`total`	Total amount including tax
`issuer.name`	Issuer name
`issuer.registration_number`	Issuer registration number (T + 13 digits)
`issuer.postal_code`	Issuer postal code
`issuer.address`	Issuer address
`issuer.tel`	Issuer phone number
`issuer.contact`	Contact person
`delivered_at`	Delivery date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`place`	Delivery location
`order_number`	Order number
`due_date`	Payment due date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`items`	Line items (array)
`items.date`	Delivery date (transaction date)
`items.code`	Product code
`items.name`	Item name
`items.qty`	Quantity
`items.unit`	Unit
`items.price`	Unit price excluding tax
`items.tax_rate`	Tax rate (e.g. 10%, 8%※)
`items.amount`	Amount excluding tax
`tax.rate10.base`	Amount subject to 10% (excluding tax)
`tax.rate10.tax`	Consumption tax at 10%
`tax.rate8.base`	Amount subject to 8% (excluding tax)
`tax.rate8.tax`	Consumption tax at 8%
`subtotal`	Subtotal excluding tax
`tax_total`	Total consumption tax
`bank.name`	Bank name
`bank.branch`	Branch
`bank.type`	Account type
`bank.number`	Account number
`bank.holder`	Account holder
`note`	Notes

How to use it

In the dashboard, choose Create template, select "Start from a template" and pick "Delivery note and invoice". The layout and sample data are copied into your project.
Edit the company name, logo and field positions in the template editor to match your own format.
Send the template name and data to POST /v1/renders to issue a PDF.

With a test API key (sk_test_) you can issue documents from the draft. Publish a version before issuing with a production API key. From an AI assistant, specify the same template in the from of the MCP create_template tool.

Create and issue via the API

Create a template by setting from to the template ID (delivery-invoice) in POST /v1/templates, then send the template name and data to POST /v1/renders.

1. Create a template from the ready-made one

curl https://api.docrelay.jp/v1/templates \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOCRELAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "name": "Delivery note and invoice", "from": "delivery-invoice" }'

2. Send data and issue a PDF

curl https://api.docrelay.jp/v1/renders \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOCRELAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @delivery-invoice.json \
  -o delivery-invoice.pdf

delivery-invoice.json (sample data; arrays show the first item and long text is shortened)

{
  "template": "Delivery note and invoice",
  "format": "pdf",
  "data": {
    "number": "DI-2026-0815",
    "issued_at": "2026-11-05",
    "customer": {
      "name": "株式会社見本製作所",
      "postal_code": "530-0000",
      "address": "大阪府大阪市北区例示町4-5-6 見本ビル3F"
    },
    "issuer": {
      "name": "サンプル商事株式会社",
      "registration_number": "T1234567890123",
      "postal_code": "100-0000",
      "address": "東京都千代田区見本町1-2-3 サンプルビル5F",
      "tel": "03-0000-0000",
      "contact": "営業部　佐藤 一郎"
    },
    "delivered_at": "2026-11-05",
    "place": "貴社 本社 3 階 総務部",
    "order_number": "OR-2026-0602",
    "due_date": "2026-11-30",
    "items": [
      {
        "date": "2026-11-05",
        "code": "ST-CP-A4",
        "name": "コピー用紙 A4（500 枚×5 冊）",
        "qty": 20,
        "unit": "箱",
        "price": 2980,
        "tax_rate": "10%",
        "amount": 59600
      }
    ],
    "tax": {
      "rate10": {
        "base": 121800,
        "tax": 12180
      },
      "rate8": {
        "base": 17280,
        "tax": 1382
      }
    },
    "subtotal": 139080,
    "tax_total": 13562,
    "total": 152642,
    "bank": {
      "name": "見本銀行",
      "branch": "本店営業部",
      "type": "普通",
      "number": "1234567",
      "holder": "サンプルシヨウジ（カ）"
    },
    "note": "本書は納品書と請求書を兼ねております。…"
  }
}