Toast · Schema
ExternalReference
A wrapper object with fields that allow reference to a Toast platform entity by Toast GUID or an external identifier.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| externalId | string | External identifier string that is prefixed by the naming authority. You can, for example, use the labor API to `POST` an `externalId` for an employee and then `GET` the employee with that `externalId |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/toast/refs/heads/main/json-schema/labor-external-reference-schema.json",
"title": "ExternalReference",
"description": "A wrapper object with fields that allow reference to a Toast \nplatform entity by Toast GUID or an external identifier.\n",
"type": "object",
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/ToastReference"
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"externalId": {
"description": "External identifier string that is prefixed by the naming \nauthority. You can, for example, use the labor API to \n`POST` an `externalId` for an employee and then `GET` the \nemployee with that `externalId`.\n",
"type": "string"
}
}
}
]
}
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