Personio Absence Periods API

Manage absence periods.

Operations 2

GET /absence-periods List absence periods #
POST /absence-periods Create an absence period #

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OpenAPI Specification

personio-absence-periods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Personio Public API v2 Absence Periods API
  description: 'Next-generation Personio Public API for HR management data including

    persons, absence periods, projects, and webhooks. Authenticates via OAuth

    2.0 Client Credentials Grant: exchange a Client ID and Secret at

    POST /v2/auth/token for a short-lived Bearer access token, then include

    it in the Authorization header of subsequent calls.


    Only a representative subset of the public v2 surface (persons, absence

    periods, projects, webhooks) is modeled here. See the API reference

    linked under externalDocs for the full catalog.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Personio Developer Hub
    url: https://developer.personio.de/
  license:
    name: Personio Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.personio.de/v2
  description: Personio Public API v2 production base URL
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Absence Periods
  description: Manage absence periods.
paths:
  /absence-periods:
    get:
      tags:
      - Absence Periods
      summary: List absence periods
      description: Returns a paginated, filterable list of absence periods.
      operationId: listAbsencePeriods
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: limit
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 50
      - in: query
        name: cursor
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of absence periods.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/AbsencePeriod'
    post:
      tags:
      - Absence Periods
      summary: Create an absence period
      operationId: createAbsencePeriod
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AbsencePeriod'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Absence period created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AbsencePeriod'
components:
  schemas:
    AbsencePeriod:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        person_id:
          type: string
        absence_type:
          type: string
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'Bearer access token obtained from POST /v2/auth/token using the

        OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials grant.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: Personio Developer Hub
  url: https://developer.personio.de/