curl --request POST \
--url https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"email": "jsmith@example.com",
"department_ids": [
{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
],
"employment_start_date": "<string>",
"public_holiday_id": "<string>",
"annual_allowance_current_year": 123,
"annual_allowance_next_year": 123,
"birthday": "<string>",
"custom_id": "<string>",
"defaultAllowances": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"current_year": 123,
"next_year": 123,
"default": true,
"disabled": true
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"email": "jsmith@example.com",
"department_ids": [{ "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a" }],
"employment_start_date": "<string>",
"public_holiday_id": "<string>",
"annual_allowance_current_year": 123,
"annual_allowance_next_year": 123,
"birthday": "<string>",
"custom_id": "<string>",
"defaultAllowances": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"current_year": 123,
"next_year": 123,
"default": True,
"disabled": True
}
]
}
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
email: 'jsmith@example.com',
department_ids: [{id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'}],
employment_start_date: '<string>',
public_holiday_id: '<string>',
annual_allowance_current_year: 123,
annual_allowance_next_year: 123,
birthday: '<string>',
custom_id: '<string>',
defaultAllowances: [
{
id: '<string>',
current_year: 123,
next_year: 123,
default: true,
disabled: true
}
]
})
};
fetch('https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'email' => 'jsmith@example.com',
'department_ids' => [
[
'id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
]
],
'employment_start_date' => '<string>',
'public_holiday_id' => '<string>',
'annual_allowance_current_year' => 123,
'annual_allowance_next_year' => 123,
'birthday' => '<string>',
'custom_id' => '<string>',
'defaultAllowances' => [
[
'id' => '<string>',
'current_year' => 123,
'next_year' => 123,
'default' => true,
'disabled' => true
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n \"department_ids\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n }\n ],\n \"employment_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n \"public_holiday_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"annual_allowance_current_year\": 123,\n \"annual_allowance_next_year\": 123,\n \"birthday\": \"<string>\",\n \"custom_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"defaultAllowances\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"<string>\",\n \"current_year\": 123,\n \"next_year\": 123,\n \"default\": true,\n \"disabled\": true\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n \"department_ids\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n }\n ],\n \"employment_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n \"public_holiday_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"annual_allowance_current_year\": 123,\n \"annual_allowance_next_year\": 123,\n \"birthday\": \"<string>\",\n \"custom_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"defaultAllowances\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"<string>\",\n \"current_year\": 123,\n \"next_year\": 123,\n \"default\": true,\n \"disabled\": true\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n \"department_ids\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n }\n ],\n \"employment_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n \"public_holiday_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"annual_allowance_current_year\": 123,\n \"annual_allowance_next_year\": 123,\n \"birthday\": \"<string>\",\n \"custom_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"defaultAllowances\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"<string>\",\n \"current_year\": 123,\n \"next_year\": 123,\n \"default\": true,\n \"disabled\": true\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"message": "Invalid input data",
"issues": []
}{
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Authorization not provided",
"issues": []
}{
"code": "FORBIDDEN",
"message": "Insufficient access",
"issues": []
}{
"code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
"message": "Internal server error",
"issues": []
}Invite a member
Invite a member
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"email": "jsmith@example.com",
"department_ids": [
{
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
],
"employment_start_date": "<string>",
"public_holiday_id": "<string>",
"annual_allowance_current_year": 123,
"annual_allowance_next_year": 123,
"birthday": "<string>",
"custom_id": "<string>",
"defaultAllowances": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"current_year": 123,
"next_year": 123,
"default": true,
"disabled": true
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"email": "jsmith@example.com",
"department_ids": [{ "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a" }],
"employment_start_date": "<string>",
"public_holiday_id": "<string>",
"annual_allowance_current_year": 123,
"annual_allowance_next_year": 123,
"birthday": "<string>",
"custom_id": "<string>",
"defaultAllowances": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"current_year": 123,
"next_year": 123,
"default": True,
"disabled": True
}
]
}
headers = {
"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
email: 'jsmith@example.com',
department_ids: [{id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'}],
employment_start_date: '<string>',
public_holiday_id: '<string>',
annual_allowance_current_year: 123,
annual_allowance_next_year: 123,
birthday: '<string>',
custom_id: '<string>',
defaultAllowances: [
{
id: '<string>',
current_year: 123,
next_year: 123,
default: true,
disabled: true
}
]
})
};
fetch('https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'email' => 'jsmith@example.com',
'department_ids' => [
[
'id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
]
],
'employment_start_date' => '<string>',
'public_holiday_id' => '<string>',
'annual_allowance_current_year' => 123,
'annual_allowance_next_year' => 123,
'birthday' => '<string>',
'custom_id' => '<string>',
'defaultAllowances' => [
[
'id' => '<string>',
'current_year' => 123,
'next_year' => 123,
'default' => true,
'disabled' => true
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n \"department_ids\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n }\n ],\n \"employment_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n \"public_holiday_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"annual_allowance_current_year\": 123,\n \"annual_allowance_next_year\": 123,\n \"birthday\": \"<string>\",\n \"custom_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"defaultAllowances\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"<string>\",\n \"current_year\": 123,\n \"next_year\": 123,\n \"default\": true,\n \"disabled\": true\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n \"department_ids\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n }\n ],\n \"employment_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n \"public_holiday_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"annual_allowance_current_year\": 123,\n \"annual_allowance_next_year\": 123,\n \"birthday\": \"<string>\",\n \"custom_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"defaultAllowances\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"<string>\",\n \"current_year\": 123,\n \"next_year\": 123,\n \"default\": true,\n \"disabled\": true\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/members")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n \"department_ids\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n }\n ],\n \"employment_start_date\": \"<string>\",\n \"public_holiday_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"annual_allowance_current_year\": 123,\n \"annual_allowance_next_year\": 123,\n \"birthday\": \"<string>\",\n \"custom_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"defaultAllowances\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"<string>\",\n \"current_year\": 123,\n \"next_year\": 123,\n \"default\": true,\n \"disabled\": true\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"message": "Invalid input data",
"issues": []
}{
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Authorization not provided",
"issues": []
}{
"code": "FORBIDDEN",
"message": "Insufficient access",
"issues": []
}{
"code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
"message": "Internal server error",
"issues": []
}Authorizations
Body
255^(?!\.)(?!.*\.\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\-\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$1Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Date/time in ISO 8601 format, e.g. 2026-06-01 (interpreted as UTC midnight) or 2026-06-01T09:00:00Z. Always include a time zone designator (Z for UTC) when sending a time of day. Localized formats such as 01.06.2026 or 06/01/2026 are misinterpreted and must not be used.
Date/time in ISO 8601 format, e.g. 2026-06-01 (interpreted as UTC midnight) or 2026-06-01T09:00:00Z. Always include a time zone designator (Z for UTC) when sending a time of day. Localized formats such as 01.06.2026 or 06/01/2026 are misinterpreted and must not be used.
One entry per allowance type the member should get. default and disabled can be changed later via PUT /members/{member_id}/allowance-type-configurations/{allowance_type_id}.
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Response
Successful response
The response is of type string<uuid>.
^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$Was this page helpful?