Employment Hero

Employment Hero Departments API

The Departments API from Employment Hero — 2 operation(s) for departments.

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Operations 2

POST /api/v1/organisations/{organisation_id}/departments Create department #

PATCH /api/v1/organisations/{organisation_id}/departments/{department_id} Update department #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Employment Hero REST Bank Accounts Departments API
  description: 'Employment Hero is an AI-powered Employment Operating System covering HR, payroll, recruitment, onboarding, learning, and employee benefits. This versioned REST API exposes organisations, employees, departments, documents, custom fields, forms, certifications, cost centres, emergency contacts, contractor job histories, and bank account data. Authentication is OAuth 2.0 with short-lived (15-minute) bearer access tokens.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Employment Hero Developer Portal
    url: https://developer.employmenthero.com
servers:
- url: https://api.employmenthero.com
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Departments
paths:
  /api/v1/organisations/{organisation_id}/departments:
    post:
      summary: Create department
      operationId: createDepartment
      tags:
      - Departments
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrganisationId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Department created
  /api/v1/organisations/{organisation_id}/departments/{department_id}:
    patch:
      summary: Update department
      operationId: updateDepartment
      tags:
      - Departments
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrganisationId'
      - name: department_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Department updated
components:
  parameters:
    OrganisationId:
      name: organisation_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://oauth.employmenthero.com/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://oauth.employmenthero.com/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: https://oauth.employmenthero.com/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}