fatture-cli

🇮🇹 Documentazione in italiano — versione ridotta.

Command-line client for the Fatture in Cloud API, built for both humans and AI agents. Default output strips empty fields, --json produces NDJSON suitable for piping into LLMs or jq.

Part of MayAI.

Installation

pip install mayai-fatture-cli

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/mayai-it/fatture-cli
cd fatture-cli
pip install -e .

For development with linting and tests:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Requires Python 3.11+ and a free Fatture in Cloud developer app from https://developers.fattureincloud.it/.

Quick start

# 1. Authenticate (opens a browser for OAuth2 consent)
fatture auth login --client-id YOUR_ID --client-secret YOUR_SECRET

# 2. Verify
fatture auth status

# 3. List the 10 most recent paid invoices, as NDJSON
fatture --json list invoices --status paid --limit 10

# 4. Fetch a single invoice with lines and payments
fatture get invoice 526346861

Example output

Default (compact, human-readable):

$ fatture list invoices --status paid --limit 3
526346861  2026-03-15  Rossi SRL              €1,200.00  paid
526346840  2026-03-12  Studio Bianchi & Co    €  450.00  paid
526346801  2026-03-08  ACME Italia            €2,300.00  paid

With --json (NDJSON, one object per line, pipe-able to jq):

$ fatture --json list invoices --status paid --limit 1
{"id":526346861,"date":"2026-03-15","client":"Rossi SRL","total":"1200.00","status":"paid"}

With --verbose (HTTP timing on stderr, response on stdout):

$ fatture --verbose get invoice 526346861
[fatture] GET https://api-v2.fattureincloud.it/c/123/issued_documents/526346861 -> 200 in 287ms
{ ... invoice details on stdout ... }

Why this exists

Most CLIs for Italian invoicing services are wrappers around heavy SDKs, not designed for terminal workflows or AI agents. fatture-cli is built for both:

• Agent-friendly: NDJSON output, stable exit codes, errors on stderr — pipe it into Claude, jq, or any LLM workflow.
• Human-friendly: compact text output that strips empty fields, one command per common task.
• Italian-native: built for the real workflows of Italian SMEs and accounting studios.
• Self-hosted auth: OAuth2 round-trip handled locally, tokens stored with 0600 permissions.

Command reference

Command	Description
fatture auth login --client-id ID --client-secret SECRET	Run the OAuth2 flow and save credentials.
fatture auth status	Show whether credentials are present and valid.
fatture auth logout	Delete saved credentials.
fatture list invoices [--year Y] [--status S] [--overdue] [--limit N]	List issued invoices.
fatture get invoice <id>	Fetch a single invoice with lines and payments.
fatture create invoice --client ID --product NAME --amount AMT --date YYYY-MM-DD	Create a new invoice with a single line item.
fatture update invoice <id> [--status ... --date ... --notes ...]	Patch fields on an invoice (delta mode).
fatture mark-paid invoice <id> [--date YYYY-MM-DD]	Shortcut for update --status paid.
fatture send invoice <id> --to EMAIL [--from EMAIL] [--subject S] [--body B]	Email the invoice to a recipient.
fatture export-pdf invoice <id> [--output FILE]	Download the invoice PDF locally.
fatture ei-status invoice <id>	Diagnostic: e-invoice / SDI transmission state (read-only).
fatture list clients [--limit N]	List all clients.
fatture get client <id>	Fetch a single client with address details.
fatture create client --name NAME [--email E] [--vat V]	Create a new client.
fatture update client <id> [--name ... --email ... --address-street ...]	Patch fields on a client.
fatture search clients <query>	Search clients by name (LIKE '%query%').
fatture list products [--limit N]	List products / services.
fatture get product <id>	Fetch a single product.
fatture export invoice <id> [--output FILE]	Export as FatturaPA v1.2.3 XML.
fatture validate invoice <id>	Validate an invoice against the FatturaPA XSD.

Global flags (work in any position): --json NDJSON output, --verbose HTTP timing on stderr, -h / --help per-command help.

Exit codes: 0 success, 1 application error (API 4xx/5xx, validation), 2 not authenticated.

Note on --overdue: applied client-side. Fatture in Cloud rejects payment_status inside the q filter expression, so the CLI fetches the page server-side then drops rows where status is paid or no payment line is past-due.

Note on SDI transmission: there is no fatture send-sdi command. The Fatture in Cloud REST API does not expose a "send to SDI" endpoint — transmission happens server-side when the invoice is created with e_invoice: true and a valid recipient (CodiceDestinatario or PEC). Use fatture ei-status invoice <id> to inspect the transmission state.

Engineering notes

A few choices worth calling out:

• All monetary fields are Decimal, not float. Fatture in Cloud's official Python SDK uses float for amounts; we override to Decimal to avoid the 0.1 + 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004 problem when talking to Italian accountants.

• MCP server is decoupled from the CLI. Shared helpers live in fatture_cli.transforms, so the CLI and the MCP server depend on transforms — not on each other. Either can change without breaking the other.

• Retry on rate limit (429) and 5xx with Retry-After handling for both delta-seconds and HTTP-date formats (RFC 7231).

• Config paths resolved lazily with three-tier fallback: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME → ~/.config → ./.fatture-cli. Works in sandboxed environments without HOME / USERPROFILE.

• mypy strict with zero unmotivated # type: ignore. Includes disallow_subclassing_any, strict_equality, extra_checks. Type regressions fail CI.

Quality bar: 96 tests on Ubuntu / macOS / Windows × Python 3.11 / 3.12 / 3.13. Coverage ~70%, critical paths (MCP server, API client) >85%.

MCP Server

fatture-cli ships with a native MCP server, letting AI agents like Claude access your Fatture in Cloud data directly.

Setup with Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fatture": {
      "command": "/path/to/fatture-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Find your path with which fatture-mcp.

Compatible MCP clients

Client	Status
Claude Desktop	Tested
Cursor	Same stdio config
Continue (VS Code)	Same stdio config
Zed	Same stdio config
ChatGPT	MCP support coming soon

Available tools

Tool	Description
fatture_list_invoices	List invoices (year, status, overdue, limit).
fatture_get_invoice	Get full invoice with lines and payments.
update_invoice	Patch fields on an invoice (delta mode).
mark_invoice_paid	Mark an invoice as paid; updates document-level status only.
send_invoice_email	Email an invoice to a recipient.
get_invoice_pdf	Download the PDF; returns base64-encoded bytes.
get_invoice_ei_status	Diagnostic read of e-invoice / SDI transmission state.
fatture_list_clients	List all clients.
fatture_search_clients	Search clients by name.
fatture_create_invoice	Create a new invoice.
fatture_create_client	Create a new client.
update_client	Patch fields on a client (delta mode).
fatture_auth_status	Check authentication status.

FatturaPA XML

Generate and validate FatturaPA v1.2.3 (FPR12) XML from a Fatture in Cloud invoice. The schema is the official one from fatturapa.gov.it, bundled and validated offline.

fatture export invoice <id>                          # print XML to stdout
fatture export invoice <id> --output IT12345.xml     # save to file
fatture validate invoice <id>                        # validate against XSD

Digital signature and SDI submission require a qualified certificate and are outside the scope of this tool.

Authentication

Fatture in Cloud uses OAuth2 Authorization Code flow; the CLI handles the full round-trip locally. Quick path:

1. Create an app at https://developers.fattureincloud.it/ with redirect URI http://127.0.0.1:<port>/callback (default port 8080; use --port 0 for auto).
2. fatture auth login --client-id ... --client-secret ... — opens browser, captures callback, exchanges code for tokens.
3. Tokens land in ~/.config/mayai-cli/fatture/credentials.json (0600). Refresh is automatic.

Full details, port configuration, and revocation steps in docs/AUTHENTICATION.md.

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/
ruff check fatture_cli/ tests/
mypy fatture_cli/

A Makefile is provided as a shortcut for the same commands (make test, make lint, make dev). See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full contribution workflow.

This repository contains a CLAUDE.md file with instructions for AI coding agents. Published for transparency; not required reading for users.

Help

See docs/FAQ.md for common issues and solutions. For bugs, please open an issue.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.