University of Helsinki

EmployeeInformationAPI

Employee information lookup. Returns records about identifiable staff — structural examples only, no live response stored. The portal card advertises 1.4.0 while the spec it serves declares info.version 2.0.0.

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GET /v1/ Searches and returns employee information based on the provided search query parameter. Returns matching employees with their basic information including employee number, username, #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: EmployeeInformationAPI
  contact:
    name: Helsingin yliopiston tietotekniikkakeskus, integraatiopalvelut
    url: https://www.helsinki.fi
    email: tike-integraatiopalvelu@helsinki.fi
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
- url: https://gw.api.helsinki.fi/employeeinformation
tags:
- name: /v1
  description: Employee Information REST service
paths:
  /v1/:
    get:
      tags:
      - /v1
      summary: Searches and returns employee information based on the provided search query parameter.                  Returns
        matching employees with their basic information including employee number, username, first                  name,
        lastname and email address. Possible null values are included in the response. The response                  contains
        a maximum of five matching employees. The data is refreshed once every 24 hours from the                  source
        systems.
      operationId: findMatchingEmployees
      parameters:
      - name: search
        in: query
        description: The query parameter for finding matching employees. Must be at least 3 characters
          long.                     Supports exact and partial matching with usernames and names. Also
          supports multi-word queries with                     first names and lastnames.
        required: true
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Output type
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
      security:
      - Apikey: []
components:
  schemas:
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        employeeNumber:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          example: 1234567
        titles:
          type: array
          description: List of currently active employee titles. An employee may have multiple titles
            due to multiple employment contracts. Future or past titles are excluded.
          example:
          - fi: professori
            en: Professor
            sv: professor
          - fi: dosentuuri
            en: Docentship
            sv: docentur
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Title'
        username:
          type: string
          example: janedoe
        lastName:
          type: string
          example: Doe
        firstName:
          type: string
          example: Jane
        email:
          type: string
          example: jane.doe@helsinki.fi
      description: Represents a person entity
    Title:
      type: object
      properties:
        fi:
          type: string
          example: kirjastosihteeri
        en:
          type: string
          example: Assistant Librarian
        sv:
          type: string
          example: bibliotekssekreterare
      description: Represents a title with multi-language support (Finnish, English, and Swedish)
      example:
      - fi: professori
        en: Professor
        sv: professor
      - fi: dosentuuri
        en: Docentship
        sv: docentur
  securitySchemes:
    Apikey:
      type: apiKey
      description: APIKey Auth
      name: X-Api-Key
      in: header