--- title: "Connect ikas to Factur-X by InvoiceXML - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Order\" fires in ikas, your agent runs \"Create Factur-X Invoice\" in Factur-X by InvoiceXML." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ikas-to-factur-x-by-invoicexml" --- # Connect ikas to Factur-X by InvoiceXML When **New Order** fires in [ikas](https://apiant.ai/connections/ikas), your agent runs **Create Factur-X Invoice** in [Factur-X by InvoiceXML](https://apiant.ai/connections/factur-x-by-invoicexml). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ikas **3** triggers ikas **10** actions Factur-X by InvoiceXML **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ikas and Factur-X by InvoiceXML to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ikas can start in Factur-X by InvoiceXML - When **New Order** in ikas then **Create Factur-X Invoice** in Factur-X by InvoiceXML - When **New Product** in ikas then **Extract Invoice JSON** in Factur-X by InvoiceXML Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with ikas and Factur-X by InvoiceXML ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 20 actions - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is created on ikas.com. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created on ikas.com. - Trigger **Updated Order** Triggers when an order is updated on ikas.com. - Action **Add Order** Creates a new order (with transactions) in the ikas store; returns Order. - Action **Add product** Create a product via GraphQL mutation saveProduct (no id) - Action **List customers** List customers via GraphQL query listCustomer. - Action **List inventory levels** List product stock/inventory levels via GraphQL query listProductStockLocation. - Action **List orders** List orders via GraphQL query listOrder. - Action **List products** List products via GraphQL query listProduct. - Action **List Sales Channels** Lists the store's sales channels (read-only); supplies the salesChannelIds that saveProduct requires for new products. - Action **Update inventory level** Update stock quantity via GraphQL mutation saveProductStockLocations. - Action **Update order** Update an order / order status via GraphQL order mutations (e.g. updateOrderLine, saveOrder) - Action **Update product** Update a product via GraphQL mutation saveProduct (with id) - Action **Convert CII XML to Factur-X** Converts a CII XML invoice into a Factur-X compliant PDF/A-3 with the XML embedded. The API generates a visual PDF rendering of the invoice and packages it with the source CII XML. - Action **Convert Factur-X PDF to CII** Extracts the embedded CII (UN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice) XML from a Factur-X PDF and returns it as a standalone XML file. - Action **Convert Factur-X PDF to UBL** Extracts the embedded CII XML from a Factur-X PDF and converts it to UBL (Universal Business Language) XML. - Action **Convert UBL XML to Factur-X** Converts a UBL XML invoice into a Factur-X compliant PDF/A-3. The API maps UBL to CII, generates a visual PDF rendering, and embeds the CII XML in the PDF/A-3 container. - Action **Create Factur-X Invoice** Builds a Factur-X invoice from structured header, party, payment, and line-item data, then returns a ready-to-deliver PDF/A-3b file. - Action **Embed XML Into PDF (Factur-X)** Takes a PDF and a CII XML and produces a Factur-X compliant PDF/A-3 with the XML attached as factur-x.xml. Use this when you already have both the visual PDF and the structured XML of an invoice and just need the hybrid wrapper. - Action **Extract Invoice JSON** Pulls invoice fields from a PDF into structured JSON, preferring embedded Factur-X XML when present and falling back to intelligent extraction when not. - Action **Extract Invoice XML** Retrieves machine-readable invoice XML from a PDF, returning embedded Factur-X XML directly or generating compliant XML when none is embedded. - Action **Render CII as PDF** Renders a CII (UN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice) XML document into a human-readable PDF. The output is a visual PDF, not a Factur-X hybrid file. - Action **Validate Factur-X Invoice** Checks whether a Factur-X invoice is structurally and semantically valid, including schema status, conformance level, and rule-level issues. ## Each app on its own - [ **ikas** ikas is a headless e-commerce platform for SME's.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ikas) - [ **Factur-X by InvoiceXML** Factur-X by InvoiceXML is an e-invoice automation: create, transform, validate, and extract Factur-X PDFs...](https://apiant.ai/connections/factur-x-by-invoicexml) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ikas - [ **ikas to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ikas-to-salesforce) - [ **ikas to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Factur-X by InvoiceXML to ikas? Factur-X by InvoiceXML has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ikas. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Factur-X by InvoiceXML's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ikas or Factur-X by InvoiceXML? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use ikas and Factur-X by InvoiceXML without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.