Personio Webhooks API

Manage event webhook subscriptions.

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OpenAPI Specification

personio-webhooks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Personio Public API v2 Absence Periods Webhooks 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: Webhooks
  description: Manage event webhook subscriptions.
paths:
  /webhooks:
    post:
      tags:
      - Webhooks
      summary: Create a webhook subscription
      description: 'Subscribes a callback URL to receive event payloads for selected

        Person events.

        '
      operationId: createWebhook
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Webhook created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Webhook'
  /webhooks/{webhook_id}:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: webhook_id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    delete:
      tags:
      - Webhooks
      summary: Delete a webhook subscription
      operationId: deleteWebhook
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Webhook deleted.
components:
  schemas:
    WebhookCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - url
      - events
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    Webhook:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookCreate'
      - type: object
        properties:
          id:
            type: string
  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/