Deel People API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Deel ATS Adjustments People API
  description: 'Applicant Tracking System API for managing the full recruiting pipeline — jobs and

    job postings, candidates, applications, attachments, offers, departments, locations,

    email templates, hiring members, employment types, application sources, tags, and

    reasons — with an end-to-end candidate-to-contract flow via Deel Hire.

    '
  version: '2026-05-25'
  contact:
    name: Deel Developer Support
    url: https://developer.deel.com/api/ats-guides/introduction
servers:
- url: https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2
  description: Production
- url: https://api-sandbox.demo.deel.com/rest/v2
  description: Sandbox
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: People
  description: Unified directory across IC, EOR, and direct employees
paths:
  /people:
    get:
      operationId: getPeople
      summary: List Of People
      description: Returns a paginated unified directory across all worker types.
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - name: after_cursor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 20
          maximum: 100
      - name: hiring_type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - contractor
          - eor
          - direct_employee
          - global_payroll
      - name: employment_status
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - terminated
          - onboarding
          - offboarded
      - name: country
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: People list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
    post:
      operationId: createPersonWithoutContract
      summary: Create A Person Without A Contract
      description: Create a person record (for example a future hire) before any contract exists.
      tags:
      - People
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Person created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
  /people/{person_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getPersonById
      summary: Retrieve A Single Person
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - name: person_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
  /people/{person_id}/working-location:
    patch:
      operationId: updateWorkingLocation
      summary: Update Working Location
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - name: person_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkingLocationUpdate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Location updated
components:
  schemas:
    PersonCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - first_name
      - last_name
      - email
      properties:
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        preferred_name:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
        job_title:
          type: string
        external_id:
          type: string
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        preferred_name:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        work_email:
          type: string
          format: email
        hiring_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - contractor
          - eor
          - direct_employee
          - global_payroll
        employment_status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - terminated
          - onboarding
          - offboarded
        country:
          type: string
        working_location:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkingLocation'
        department:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
        manager:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
        job_title:
          type: string
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        external_id:
          type: string
    WorkingLocationUpdate:
      type: object
      required:
      - country
      properties:
        country:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        address:
          type: string
        timezone:
          type: string
        effective_date:
          type: string
          format: date
    WorkingLocation:
      type: object
      properties:
        country:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        address:
          type: string
        timezone:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: opaque