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Zoho People

Zoho People is Zoho's cloud-based, AI-first HR management system (HRMS) spanning core HR, time and attendance, leave, performance, learning, recruitment, payroll and analytics — bundled inside the Zoho One business suite. The Zoho People REST API exposes employee records, custom forms, leave, attendance, time tracking, automation, and dashboard data in XML or JSON, secured with Zoho OAuth 2.0 via the Zoho Accounts service and the seven `ZOHOPEOPLE` scopes (employee, forms, dashboard, automation, timetracker, attendance, leave).

Zoho People publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Attendance API, Automation API, Dashboard API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include HR, HRMS, Human Resources, HRIS, and Employee Management.

The Zoho People catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Zoho People’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, engineering blog, and 13 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
51.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
7 APIs
HRHRMSHuman ResourcesHRISEmployee ManagementAttendanceLeave ManagementTime TrackingPerformance ManagementOnboardingZohoOAuth 2.0

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 51.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Zoho People Attendance API

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

Zoho People Automation API

Workflow and automation triggers.

Zoho People Dashboard API

Dashboard data reads for analytics widgets.

Zoho People Employee API

Employee record CRUD across the People HRIS.

Zoho People Forms API

Custom and standard form record operations.

Zoho People Leave API

Leave types, balances, and request lifecycle.

Zoho People Time Tracker API

Projects, jobs, and timesheet entries.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Zoho People REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Zoho People Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Zoho People Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Zoho People Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Zoho People Context

27 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Zoho People API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Zoho People API Rules

6 rules · 3 errors 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 5

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ZohoPeopleAttendanceEntry

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ZohoPeopleEmployee

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ZohoPeopleLeaveRequest

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ZohoPeopleLeaveType

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ZohoPeopleTimeLog

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Apply For Leave Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Check In Out Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Create Time Log Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

List Employees Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

List Leave Types Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Trigger Workflow Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Zoho People Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Zoho People Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Zoho People Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Zoho People Scopes

13 scopes · authorizationCode

13 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Zoho People Agentic Access

20 operations · 10 acting

20 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup
 Login
Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

HelpCenter
HelpCenter
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 StatusPageRSS
StatusPageRSS
 Community
Community

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ProductOverview
ProductOverview
 ZohoOneSuite
ZohoOneSuite

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: zoho-people
name: Zoho People
description: Zoho People is Zoho's cloud-based, AI-first HR management system (HRMS) spanning core HR, time and attendance,
  leave, performance, learning, recruitment, payroll and analytics — bundled inside the Zoho One business suite. The Zoho
  People REST API exposes employee records, custom forms, leave, attendance, time tracking, automation, and dashboard data
  in XML or JSON, secured with Zoho OAuth 2.0 via the Zoho Accounts service and the seven `ZOHOPEOPLE` scopes (employee, forms,
  dashboard, automation, timetracker, attendance, leave).
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zoho-people.png
tags:
- HR
- HRMS
- Human Resources
- HRIS
- Employee Management
- Attendance
- Leave Management
- Time Tracking
- Performance Management
- Onboarding
- Zoho
- OAuth 2.0
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zoho-people/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
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  name: Zoho People Attendance API
  description: Attendance entries, check-in / check-out, regularization.
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  baseURL: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  tags:
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  - type: API Guide
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  - type: OAuth Overview
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/oauth.html
  - type: Scopes
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  - type: Authentication
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  - type: OAuth 2.0 Protocol
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  name: Zoho People Automation API
  description: Workflow and automation triggers.
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  tags:
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  properties:
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  - type: API Guide
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  - type: Scopes
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/scopes.html
  - type: Authentication
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  - type: OAuth 2.0 Protocol
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- aid: zoho-people:zoho-people-dashboard-api
  name: Zoho People Dashboard API
  description: Dashboard data reads for analytics widgets.
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  tags:
  - Dashboard
  properties:
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    url: openapi/zoho-people-dashboard-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  - type: API Guide
    url: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/people/api-guide
  - type: OAuth Overview
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/oauth.html
  - type: Scopes
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/scopes.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/authentication.html
  - type: OAuth 2.0 Protocol
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  - type: SpectralRules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONLD
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- aid: zoho-people:zoho-people-employee-api
  name: Zoho People Employee API
  description: Employee record CRUD across the People HRIS.
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  tags:
  - Employee
  properties:
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    url: openapi/zoho-people-employee-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  - type: API Guide
    url: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/people/api-guide
  - type: OAuth Overview
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/oauth.html
  - type: Scopes
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/scopes.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/authentication.html
  - type: OAuth 2.0 Protocol
    url: https://www.zoho.com/accounts/protocol/oauth.html
  - type: SpectralRules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - type: Vocabulary
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- aid: zoho-people:zoho-people-forms-api
  name: Zoho People Forms API
  description: Custom and standard form record operations.
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  tags:
  - Forms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zoho-people-forms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  - type: API Guide
    url: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/people/api-guide
  - type: OAuth Overview
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/oauth.html
  - type: Scopes
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/scopes.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/authentication.html
  - type: OAuth 2.0 Protocol
    url: https://www.zoho.com/accounts/protocol/oauth.html
  - type: SpectralRules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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- aid: zoho-people:zoho-people-leave-api
  name: Zoho People Leave API
  description: Leave types, balances, and request lifecycle.
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  tags:
  - Leave
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  - type: API Guide
    url: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/people/api-guide
  - type: OAuth Overview
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/oauth.html
  - type: Scopes
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/scopes.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/authentication.html
  - type: OAuth 2.0 Protocol
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- aid: zoho-people:zoho-people-time-tracker-api
  name: Zoho People Time Tracker API
  description: Projects, jobs, and timesheet entries.
  humanURL: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://people.zoho.com/people/api
  tags:
  - Time Tracker
  properties:
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
  - type: API Guide
    url: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/people/api-guide
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  - type: Scopes
    url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/scopes.html
  - type: Authentication
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common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/zoho-people-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/zoho-people-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zoho-people-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/zoho-people-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/zoho-people-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.zoho.com/people/
- type: ProductOverview
  url: https://www.zoho.com/people/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.zoho.com/people/api/overview.html
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/people
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.zoho.com/people/zohopeople-pricing.html
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.zoho.com/people/signup.html
- type: Login
  url: https://people.zoho.com/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.zoho.com/people/integrations.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.zoho.com/blog/people/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.zoho.com/
- type: StatusPageRSS
  url: https://status.zoho.com/rss
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/zoho
- type: ZohoOneSuite
  url: https://www.zoho.com/one/
- type: Community
  url: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/community/zoho-people
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com