# When I Work Punch API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-punch-api/  
**Provider:** When I Work — https://apis.io/providers/when-i-work/  
**Base URL:** https://api.wheniwork.com/2  
**Documentation:** https://apidocs.wheniwork.com/external/index.html

When I Work Punch API is one of 22 APIs that [When I Work](https://apis.io/providers/when-i-work/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Punch. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and 8 JSON Schemas.

A punch is an event where a user clocks in or clocks out. Punches can be managed to restrict where an employee can clock in/out and from what devices. If a user forgets to clock out, they will be allowed to clock in after 9 hours from the end of their scheduled shift. If there is no scheduled shift, the user can clock in again after 18 hours from when they originally clocked in.

## Machine-readable artifacts (16)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/openapi/when-i-work-punch-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://apidocs.wheniwork.com/external/index.html
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-shift-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-user-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-time-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-position-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-schedule-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-site-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-schema/when-i-work-shifttemplate-schema.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/examples/when-i-work-examples.json
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/when-i-work-vocabulary.yml
- **JSONLDContext** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/json-ld/when-i-work-context.jsonld
- **Plans** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/plans/when-i-work-plans-pricing.yml
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/when-i-work-rate-limits.yml
- **FinOps** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/when-i-work/refs/heads/main/finops/when-i-work-finops.yml

## Other When I Work APIs (12)

- [When I Work Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-accounts-api/)
- [When I Work Annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-annotations-api/)
- [When I Work Availabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-availabilities-api/)
- [When I Work Import API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-import-api/)
- [When I Work OpenShift Requests API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-openshift-requests-api/)
- [When I Work Payrolls API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-payrolls-api/)
- [When I Work Positions API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-positions-api/)
- [When I Work Request Type API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-request-type-api/)
- [When I Work Schedule Templates API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-schedule-templates-api/)
- [When I Work Schedules (Locations) API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-schedules-locations-api/)
- [When I Work Shift Break - Paid Rest API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-shift-break-paid-rest-api/)
- [When I Work Shift Breaks API](https://apis.io/apis/when-i-work/when-i-work-shift-breaks-api/)

## Tags

Punch

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