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# Update a member

> Update a member. Employment period: changing employment_start_date or employment_end_date so that existing absences would fall outside the new period is rejected with 400 (error code EMPLOYMENT_PERIOD_ABSENCES_AFFECTED, including the affected counts). The API never cancels absences; resolve them in the absentify UI, which asks for explicit confirmation before cancelling.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/openapi.json put /members/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: absentify CRUD API
  description: OpenAPI compliant REST API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.absentify.com/api/v1
security: []
tags:
  - name: Departments
  - name: Leave types
  - name: Members
  - name: Requests
  - name: Public holidays
  - name: Workspace
  - name: Absences
  - name: Allowance Management
externalDocs:
  url: https://absentify.com/docs/en/api-reference
paths:
  /members/{id}:
    put:
      tags:
        - Members
      summary: Update a member
      description: >-
        Update a member. Employment period: changing employment_start_date or
        employment_end_date so that existing absences would fall outside the new
        period is rejected with 400 (error code
        EMPLOYMENT_PERIOD_ABSENCES_AFFECTED, including the affected counts). The
        API never cancels absences; resolve them in the absentify UI, which asks
        for explicit confirmation before cancelling.
      operationId: member-updateMember
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: id
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            pattern: >-
              ^([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)$
          required: true
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                is_admin:
                  type: boolean
                department_ids:
                  minItems: 1
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                        pattern: >-
                          ^([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)$
                    required:
                      - id
                employment_start_date:
                  anyOf:
                    - description: >-
                        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.
                      type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                employment_end_date:
                  anyOf:
                    - description: >-
                        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.
                      type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                public_holiday_id:
                  type: string
                birthday:
                  anyOf:
                    - description: >-
                        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.
                      type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                custom_id:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                status:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - INACTIVE
                    - ACTIVE
                    - ARCHIVED
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: uuid
                pattern: >-
                  ^([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)$
        '400':
          description: Invalid input data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.BAD_REQUEST'
        '401':
          description: Authorization not provided
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.UNAUTHORIZED'
        '403':
          description: Insufficient access
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.FORBIDDEN'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.NOT_FOUND'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR'
      security:
        - ApiKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    error.BAD_REQUEST:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Invalid input data
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: BAD_REQUEST
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Invalid input data error (400)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: BAD_REQUEST
        message: Invalid input data
        issues: []
    error.UNAUTHORIZED:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Authorization not provided
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: UNAUTHORIZED
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Authorization not provided error (401)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: UNAUTHORIZED
        message: Authorization not provided
        issues: []
    error.FORBIDDEN:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Insufficient access
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: FORBIDDEN
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Insufficient access error (403)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: FORBIDDEN
        message: Insufficient access
        issues: []
    error.NOT_FOUND:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Not found
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: NOT_FOUND
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Not found error (404)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: NOT_FOUND
        message: Not found
        issues: []
    error.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message
          example: Internal server error
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code
          example: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
        issues:
          description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error
          example: []
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - message
        - code
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Internal server error error (500)
      description: The error information
      example:
        code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
        message: Internal server error
        issues: []
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-API-KEY
      in: header

````