Returns the absences that match the given filters.

POST /people/absences/search

Group: People Management › Absences · Operation ID: searchAbsences

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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.

Request body

Required, application/json: searchAbsencesInput.

Field Type Required Description
filters object yes The filters to apply. An absence must match every filter you send. Omit to return all absences.
filters.employeeId string no Limits results to absences for this employee.
filters.absenceTypeId string no Limits results to absences of this absence type.
filters.status string, one of "requested", "approved", "rejected", "canceled" no Limits results to absences with this status.
filters.startsAfter string (date-time) no Limits results to absences whose startDate is on or after this value, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ.
filters.endsBefore string (date-time) no Limits results to absences whose endDate is on or before this value, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ.
filters.descriptionContains string no Limits results to absences whose description contains this text. The match is case-insensitive.
page object no Pagination controls. Omit for the first page.
page.cursor string no The cursor from the previous response's pagination.nextCursor. Omit on the first request.
page.size number no The number of absences per page, at most 100. Defaults to 25. A value above 100 is treated as 100, not rejected.

Example:

{
  "filters": {
    "employeeId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "absenceTypeId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "status": "requested",
    "startsAfter": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z",
    "endsBefore": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z",
    "descriptionContains": "<descriptionContains>"
  },
  "page": {
    "cursor": "<cursor>",
    "size": 0
  }
}

Response

200 Success

Under data (searchAbsencesOutput):

Field Type Required Description
items array of object yes The absences on this page. An empty array when nothing matches.
items[].id string yes The unique identifier for the absence.
items[].leaveNumber string no The absence number.
items[].employeeId string yes The unique identifier for the employee the absence belongs to. See id on GET people/:id.
items[].absenceTypeId string yes The unique identifier for the absence type. See id on GET people/absence-types/:id.
items[].startDate string (date-time) yes The date and time the absence starts, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ.
items[].endDate string (date-time) yes The date and time the absence ends, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ.
items[].days string (decimal) no The number of absence days. May be fractional for partial days.
items[].status string, one of "requested", "approved", "rejected", "canceled" no The status of the absence.
items[].leaveDescription string no The free-text reason for the absence.
pagination object yes The pagination details for this page.
pagination.nextCursor string no The cursor for the next page. Pass it as page.cursor. Absent on the last page.
pagination.hasMore boolean yes Whether more absences remain after this page.

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