# Returns the absence with the given identifier.

`GET /people/absences/{id}`

Group: People Management › Absences · Operation ID: `getAbsence`

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/?op=getAbsence)

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | `"v1"` | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |
| `id` | path | string | yes | The unique identifier for the absence to return. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (getAbsenceOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the absence. |
| `leaveNumber` | string | no | The absence number. |
| `employeeId` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the employee the absence belongs to. See id on GET people/:id. |
| `absenceTypeId` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the absence type. See id on GET people/absence-types/:id. |
| `startDate` | string (date-time) | yes | The date and time the absence starts, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |
| `endDate` | string (date-time) | yes | The date and time the absence ends, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |
| `days` | string (decimal) | no | The number of absence days. May be fractional for partial days. |
| `status` | string, one of `"requested"`, `"approved"`, `"rejected"`, `"canceled"` | no | The status of the absence. |
| `leaveDescription` | string | no | The free-text reason for the absence. |

## Errors

| Code | Status |
| --- | --- |
| `NOT_FOUND` | 400 |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error