diff --git a/tools/renderinvoice.py b/tools/renderinvoice.py
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+from app import stripe
+from app import app
+
+from util.invoice import renderInvoiceToPdf
+
+from data import model
+
+import argparse
+
+from flask import Flask, current_app
+from flask_mail import Mail
+
+def sendInvoice(invoice_id):
+  invoice = stripe.Invoice.retrieve(invoice_id)
+  if not invoice['customer']:
+    print 'No customer found'
+    return
+
+  customer_id = invoice['customer']
+  user = model.get_user_or_org_by_customer_id(customer_id)
+  if not user:
+    print 'No user found for customer %s' % (customer_id)
+    return
+
+
+  with app.app_context(): 
+    file_data = renderInvoiceToPdf(invoice, user)
+    with open('invoice.pdf', 'wb') as f:
+      f.write(file_data)
+
+    print 'Invoice output as invoice.pdf'
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate an invoice')
+parser.add_argument('invoice_id', help='The invoice ID')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+sendInvoice(args.invoice_id)