# Retrieve an absence type

Operation ID: `getAbsenceType`

Group: People Management › Absence Types

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`GET /people/absence-types/{id}`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Retrieves an absence type.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | string · 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 of the absence type you want to retrieve. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (getAbsenceTypeOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the absence type. |
| `name` | string | yes | The name of the absence type. |
| `category` | any | yes | The category the absence type belongs to. One of: `"sickLeave"`, `"vacation"`, `"other"`, `"overtime"`. |
| `description` | string | no | A description of the absence type. |

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "name": "<name>",
    "category": "sickLeave",
    "description": "<description>"
  },
  "diagnostics": [
    {
      "code": "<code>",
      "message": "<message>",
      "severity": "error",
      "path": [
        "<path>"
      ],
      "details": "<details>"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

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

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND
- `401` — The request carries no valid access token.
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests from this client address. The response has no body and no `Retry-After` header.
- `500` — Internal server error