Sesame HR

Sesame HR Employees API

Employee records and their manager relationships.

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Operations 7

GET /employees List employees #

POST /employees Create employee #

GET /employees/{id} Get employee #

PATCH /employees/{id} Update employee #

DELETE /employees/{id} Delete employee #

GET /employees/{id}/managers List employee managers #

POST /employees/{id}/managers Assign manager #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sesame HR Public Employees 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.
  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: Employees
  description: Employee records and their manager relationships.
paths:
  /employees:
    get:
      operationId: listEmployees
      tags:
      - Employees
      summary: List employees
      description: Lists employees for the company, with pagination and filtering.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of employees.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmployeeList'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createEmployee
      tags:
      - Employees
      summary: Create employee
      description: Creates a new employee record.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmployeeInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created employee.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /employees/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: getEmployee
      tags:
      - Employees
      summary: Get employee
      description: Retrieves a single employee by ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested employee.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updateEmployee
      tags:
      - Employees
      summary: Update employee
      description: Updates an existing employee record.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmployeeInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated employee.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteEmployee
      tags:
      - Employees
      summary: Delete employee
      description: Deletes an employee record.
      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}/managers:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: listEmployeeManagers
      tags:
      - Employees
      summary: List employee managers
      description: Lists the managers assigned to an employee.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The employee's managers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: assignEmployeeManager
      tags:
      - Employees
      summary: Assign manager
      description: Assigns a manager to an employee.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - managerId
              properties:
                managerId:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Manager assigned.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    DeleteResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        deleted:
          type: boolean
    PageMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        currentPage:
          type: integer
        lastPage:
          type: integer
        total:
          type: integer
    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
    EmployeeList:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageMeta'
    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.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of items per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 100
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The UUID of the resource.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Page number for pagination.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1
  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`.'