Sesame HR

Sesame HR Departments and Org API

Departments, offices, and the organization chart.

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Operations 9

GET /departments List departments #

POST /departments Create department #

PATCH /departments/{id} Update department #

DELETE /departments/{id} Delete department #

GET /employees/{id}/departments List employee department assignments #

POST /employees/{id}/departments Assign employee to department #

GET /offices List offices #

POST /offices Create office #

GET /organization-chart/manager/{employeeId} Get manager by employee #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sesame HR Public Absences and Leave Departments and Org API
  description: The Sesame Public API (v3) exposes the Sesame HR platform - employees, time tracking (check-in / check-out), work hours, shifts and scheduling, vacations, absences and leave, departments, offices, and the organization chart - over a documented REST interface. All requests are authenticated with a Bearer API token generated in the Sesame admin panel (Settings > Integrations > API at app.sesametime.com). The base host is region-specific (api-{region}.sesametime.com, default region eu1) and every path is prefixed with /core/v3. This document models the subset of the ~500-endpoint API most relevant to HRIS, time-tracking, and workforce-management use cases; endpoint paths and the Bearer scheme are taken from the official documentation, while some request/response field shapes are modeled generically where the public docs do not publish a full schema.
  version: 3.0.0
  contact:
    name: Sesame HR
    url: https://www.sesamehr.com
servers:
- url: https://api-eu1.sesametime.com/core/v3
  description: Sesame Public API v3 (EU region eu1 - default; region is account-specific)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Departments and Org
  description: Departments, offices, and the organization chart.
paths:
  /departments:
    get:
      operationId: listDepartments
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: List departments
      description: Lists the company's departments.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of departments.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Department'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createDepartment
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: Create department
      description: Creates a new department.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DepartmentInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created department.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Department'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /departments/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    patch:
      operationId: updateDepartment
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: Update department
      description: Updates a department.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DepartmentInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated department.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Department'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteDepartment
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: Delete department
      description: Deletes a department.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deletion confirmation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /employees/{id}/departments:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: listEmployeeDepartments
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: List employee department assignments
      description: Lists the departments an employee is assigned to.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The employee's department assignments.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Department'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: assignEmployeeDepartment
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: Assign employee to department
      description: Assigns an employee to a department.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - departmentId
              properties:
                departmentId:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Assignment result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /offices:
    get:
      operationId: listOffices
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: List offices
      description: Lists the company's offices (work centers).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of offices.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Office'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createOffice
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: Create office
      description: Creates a new office / work center.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/OfficeInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created office.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Office'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /organization-chart/manager/{employeeId}:
    parameters:
    - name: employeeId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the employee.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    get:
      operationId: getManagerByEmployee
      tags:
      - Departments and Org
      summary: Get manager by employee
      description: Returns the manager of a given employee in the organization chart.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The employee's manager.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    DepartmentInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
    OfficeInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        address:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
    Office:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/OfficeInput'
      - type: object
        properties:
          id:
            type: string
            format: uuid
    DeleteResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        deleted:
          type: boolean
    Employee:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmployeeInput'
      - type: object
        properties:
          id:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          companyId:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          createdAt:
            type: string
            format: date-time
          updatedAt:
            type: string
            format: date-time
    EmployeeInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - firstName
      - lastName
      properties:
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - inactive
        code:
          type: string
          description: Employee code / identifier used internally.
        phone:
          type: string
        nid:
          type: string
          description: National identity document number.
    Department:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DepartmentInput'
      - type: object
        properties:
          id:
            type: string
            format: uuid
  parameters:
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The UUID of the resource.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Bearer API token generated in the Sesame admin panel under Settings > Integrations > API at app.sesametime.com. Passed as `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN`.'