Zoho People Attendance API

Attendance entries, check-in / check-out, regularization.

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OpenAPI Specification

zoho-people-attendance-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Zoho People REST Attendance API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'OpenAPI specification for the Zoho People HRMS REST API. Endpoints are

    organized around the seven `ZOHOPEOPLE` OAuth scopes that the provider

    publishes: `employee`, `forms`, `dashboard`, `automation`, `timetracker`,

    `attendance`, and `leave`. All requests are authenticated with Zoho

    Accounts OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens issued for the relevant scope and

    operation type (READ, CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE, ALL).


    Reference: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html

    '
  contact:
    name: Zoho People
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/
  license:
    name: Zoho Terms of Service
    url: https://www.zoho.com/terms.html
servers:
- url: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  description: Zoho People — US data center (default)
- url: https://people.zoho.eu/people/api
  description: Zoho People — EU data center
- url: https://people.zoho.in/people/api
  description: Zoho People — India data center
- url: https://people.zoho.com.au/people/api
  description: Zoho People — Australia data center
- url: https://people.zoho.jp/people/api
  description: Zoho People — Japan data center
- url: https://people.zoho.com.cn/people/api
  description: Zoho People — China data center
- url: https://people.zohocloud.ca/people/api
  description: Zoho People — Canada data center
- url: https://people.zoho.sa/people/api
  description: Zoho People — Saudi Arabia data center
security:
- ZohoOAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Attendance
  description: Attendance entries, check-in / check-out, regularization.
paths:
  /attendance:
    post:
      tags:
      - Attendance
      summary: Check In Or Check Out
      operationId: checkInOut
      description: Mark an attendance entry (check-in or check-out) for the authenticated user.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - checkIn
              - checkOut
              properties:
                checkIn:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                checkOut:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                empId:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Attendance entry recorded.
  /attendance/getUserReport:
    get:
      tags:
      - Attendance
      summary: Get User Attendance Report
      operationId: getUserAttendanceReport
      parameters:
      - name: empId
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sdate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: edate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Attendance report returned.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttendanceReport'
  /attendance/bulkImport:
    post:
      tags:
      - Attendance
      summary: Bulk Import Attendance
      operationId: bulkImportAttendance
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Bulk import accepted.
components:
  schemas:
    AttendanceReport:
      type: object
      properties:
        empId:
          type: string
        records:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              date:
                type: string
                format: date
              firstIn:
                type: string
                format: date-time
              lastOut:
                type: string
                format: date-time
              totalHours:
                type: string
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - Present
                - Absent
                - Leave
                - Holiday
                - Weekend
  securitySchemes:
    ZohoOAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'Zoho Accounts OAuth 2.0 — Authorization Code grant. Access tokens

        live for 1 hour; refresh tokens are long-lived until revoked.

        Scope syntax is `ZOHOPEOPLE.<scope>.<operation>` where scope is

        one of employee, forms, dashboard, automation, timetracker,

        attendance, leave; operation is ALL, READ, CREATE, UPDATE, or

        DELETE.

        '
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token
          refreshUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token
          scopes:
            ZohoPeople.employee.ALL: Full access to employee records
            ZohoPeople.forms.ALL: Full access to form records
            ZohoPeople.forms.READ: Read form records
            ZohoPeople.forms.CREATE: Create form records
            ZohoPeople.forms.UPDATE: Update form records
            ZohoPeople.leave.ALL: Full access to leave operations
            ZohoPeople.leave.READ: Read leave records
            ZohoPeople.leave.CREATE: Submit leave requests
            ZohoPeople.leave.UPDATE: Update leave requests
            ZohoPeople.attendance.ALL: Full access to attendance operations
            ZohoPeople.timetracker.ALL: Full access to time-tracker operations
            ZohoPeople.dashboard.ALL: Full access to dashboard reads
            ZohoPeople.automation.ALL: Full access to automation / workflows