A Factur-X electronic invoice

An electronic invoice: a PDF/A-3 file carrying its own XML.

JSON write_facturx.json 89 lines

This one is not a program. It is the request the document server is sent: the same page, asked for over the network by an application that writes no PDF code at all.

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      "type": "text",
      "rect": {
        "llx": 72.0,
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        "ury": 779.2
      },
      "content": [
        "Invoice No. 1964413"
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 16.0
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {
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        "ury": 741.2
      },
      "content": [
        "Issued 14 July 2026 — due within 30 days"
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 11.0
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {
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        "urx": 520.0,
        "ury": 719.2
      },
      "content": [
        "Rendering engine development .............. 4 250.00 EUR"
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 11.0
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {
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        "ury": 697.2
      },
      "content": [
        "VAT at 20 % ................................. 850.00 EUR"
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 11.0
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "rect": {
        "llx": 72.0,
        "lly": 662.0,
        "urx": 520.0,
        "ury": 676.4
      },
      "content": [
        "Total due ................................. 5 100.00 EUR"
      ],
      "font": "DejaVuSans",
      "font_size": 12.0
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "title": "Invoice No. 1964413",
    "author": "Olivier Pons",
    "subject": "An electronic invoice, in the Factur-X format",
    "producer": "hqf-pdf",
    "created": "2026-07-14T09:30:00+02:00"
  },
  "archive": "pdfa3b",
  "invoice": {
    "xml": "invoice_xml",
    "profile": "MINIMUM",
    "version": "1.0",
    "relationship": "data",
    "issued": "2026-07-14T09:30:00+02:00"
  }
}