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  tags:
    - billing
    - GET
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  description: >-
    Returns default invoice text templates for a specific… Reference for the GET
    /billing/invoices/{id}/default-texts endpoint in the Leadtime Public API
    API.
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  badge: GET
  label: Get default invoice texts
title: Get default invoice texts
type: openapi-operation
---
Returns default invoice text templates for a specific language. These are the default texts that will be used if no custom texts are set for the invoice.

**How default texts are determined:**
1. Workspace-level defaults for the specified language
2. Organization-level defaults (if available)
3. System defaults (translated to the specified language)

**Language selection:**
If no language is provided, the system uses:
1. Invoice language (if set)
2. Organization invoice language (if set)
3. Workspace invoice language (if set)
4. Workspace default language

**What is returned:**
All default text templates as HTML:
- Closing salutation (withBestRegards)
- Invoice greeting
- Invoice footer
- Reminder fee warning
- First and second reminder greetings and footers
- Cancellation body

**Use cases:**
- Preview default texts before customizing
- Reset custom texts to defaults
- Display default texts in UI for reference

<Operation source="api-reference" id="invoicescontroller-getdefaultinvoicetexts" />