Knit Employees API

Operations for managing employee data across connected HRIS platforms.

Operations 2

GET /employees List Employees #
GET /employees/{id} Get Employee #

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OpenAPI Specification

knit-employees-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Knit Unified Departments Employees API
  description: Knit provides a unified API for B2B products, AI agents, and MCP clients to integrate with HR, recruitment, and collaboration tools. Knit handles cron jobs, rate limits, and retries for predictable data syncing at scale. The API provides standardized endpoints for accessing employee data, time-off, departments, locations, and more across multiple HRIS, ATS, and communication platforms.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Knit Developer Support
    url: https://developers.getknit.dev/
  license:
    name: Knit Terms of Service
    url: https://www.getknit.dev/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.getknit.dev/v1
  description: Knit API production endpoint
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Employees
  description: Operations for managing employee data across connected HRIS platforms.
paths:
  /employees:
    get:
      operationId: listEmployees
      summary: List Employees
      description: Returns a list of employees from connected HRIS integrations with standardized fields.
      tags:
      - Employees
      parameters:
      - name: integration_id
        in: query
        description: Filter by integration ID.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number for pagination.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: page_size
        in: query
        description: Number of records per page.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: updated_after
        in: query
        description: Filter employees updated after this timestamp.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of employees.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
                  pagination:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
  /employees/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getEmployee
      summary: Get Employee
      description: Returns details for a specific employee.
      tags:
      - Employees
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Employee details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
        '404':
          description: Employee not found.
components:
  schemas:
    Employee:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the employee.
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        job_title:
          type: string
        department:
          type: string
        location:
          type: string
        employment_status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - inactive
          - terminated
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        termination_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
        manager_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        integration_id:
          type: string
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        page:
          type: integer
        page_size:
          type: integer
        total_count:
          type: integer
        total_pages:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API key authentication via Bearer token.