(Quick Reference)
Service: Show an employee
Description: Returns the requested employee in json format when successful. Returns a json response, describing the failure condition when unsuccessful.
URL:
https://BASE_URL/api/VERSION/employees/{id}
URL with external_id:
https://BASE_URL/api/VERSION/employees/reference/{id}
Method: GET
Parameters:
Name | Description | Type | Required | Example values |
---|
id | The ID of the desired employee | Long/String | yes | 12 |
Success Output
Success case: response.status=200
{
"id": 22,
"reference": "emp22",
"firstName": "Jane",
"lastName": "Doe",
"mobile": "001-555-555-1212",
"enabled": true,
"managerReference": "emp-00",
"employeeGroupReference": "60837-111",
"manager": {
"id": 3,
"reference": "emp-00",
"href": "/api/v1.0/employees/3"
},
"employeeGroup": {
"id": 1,
"reference": "60837-111",
"name": "Group1",
"href": "/api/v1.0/employeeGroups/1"
},
"avatar": null,
"organization": "entity1",
"dateCreated": "2016-08-17T13:45:17Z",
"lastUpdated": "2016-08-17T13:45:17Z"
}
To get resized images, add prefix small_
or medium_
to the link url before the image's name, for example:
<BASE_URL>/entity1-1450169988465/avatar/medium_1471442935596_1448038178_supportfemale.png
Failure Output
Failure case:response.status = 400
{
"error": "invalid_param_type",
"error_description": "The type of parameter id you provided is not valid for this request."
}
Failure case:response.status = 404
{
"error": "not_found",
"error_description": "The employee with the id 7065 doesn't exist."
}