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POST
/
platform
/
api
/
leave_requests
POST Leave Request
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rippling.com/platform/api/leave_requests \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "role": "5ae0b2cb40cae73202bd66cc",
  "status": "PENDING",
  "startDate": "2018-08-22",
  "endDate": "2018-08-24",
  "startDateStartTime": "2018-08-22T12:00:00.235000-07:00",
  "endDateEndTime": "2018-08-24T15:00:00.235000-07:00",
  "startDateCustomHours": "8",
  "endDateCustomHours": "4",
  "reasonForLeave": "Visiting hometown for my brother’s wedding",
  "companyLeaveType": "4c397f3b3c304e478da575da",
  "leavePolicy": "5b998cf940cae798a83e87fd"
}'
[
  {
    "id": "5b998dfb40cae798a83e8874",
    "createdAt": "2018-08-12T15:06:51.681000-07:00",
    "updatedAt": "2018-08-13T15:06:51.684000-07:00",
    "role": "5ae0b2cb40cae73202bd66cc",
    "roleName": "Jane Doe",
    "requestedBy": "5ae0b2cb40cae73202bd66cc",
    "requestedByName": "Jane Doe",
    "status": "PENDING",
    "startDate": "2018-08-22",
    "endDate": "2018-08-24",
    "startDateStartTime": "2018-08-22T12:00:00.235000-07:00",
    "endDateEndTime": "2018-08-24T15:00:00.235000-07:00",
    "startDateCustomHours": 8,
    "endDateCustomHours": 4,
    "comments": null,
    "numHours": 20,
    "numMinutes": 1200,
    "leavePolicy": "5b998cf940cae798a83e87fd",
    "leaveType": "VACATION",
    "policyDisplayName": "Vacation",
    "processedAt": null,
    "processedBy": null,
    "processedByName": null,
    "reasonForLeave": "Visiting hometown for my brother’s wedding",
    "externalId": "qwerty12345",
    "roleTimezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
    "dates": [
      {
        "date": "2018-08-22",
        "numMinutes": 480
      },
      {
        "date": "2018-08-23",
        "numMinutes": 480
      },
      {
        "date": "2018-08-24",
        "numMinutes": 240
      }
    ]
  }
]

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
​
role
string
required

Unique identifier of the employee who is taking leave.

​
startDate
string
required
​
endDate
string
required
​
companyLeaveType
string
required

Unique identifier of the company leave type

​
leavePolicy
string
required

Unique identifier of the leave policy. Required if request is not managed by TILT

​
requestedBy
string
​
status
string

The status to create the leave request in. Only TILT managed requests can take a status other than PENDING.

​
startDateStartTime
string
​
endDateEndTime
string
​
startDateCustomHours
string
​
endDateCustomHours
string
​
reasonForLeave
string
​
managedBy
string

String identifier for third party that manages this leave request. This may be null.

​
externalId
string

Object id for corresponding leave obejct in third party system. This may be null.

Response

201 - application/json

OK

Leave request object.

​
id
string

Unique identifier of the leave request.

​
createdAt
string
​
updatedAt
string
​
role
string

Unique identifier of the employee who is taking leave.

​
roleName
string
​
requestedBy
string | null
​
requestedByName
string | null

Unique identifier of the employee who made the request (in most cases this is the same as role).

​
status
enum<string>
Available options:
PENDING,
APPROVED,
REJECTED,
CANCELED
​
startDate
string
​
endDate
string
​
startDateStartTime
string | null
​
endDateEndTime
string | null
​
startDateCustomHours
string | null
​
endDateCustomHours
string | null
​
comments
string | null
​
numHours
integer | null
​
numMinutes
integer | null
​
leavePolicy
string
​
leaveTypeUniqueId
enum<string>
Available options:
VACATION,
SICK,
JURY_DUTY
​
policyDisplayName
string
​
reasonForLeave
string | null
​
processedAt
string | null
​
processedBy
string | null

Unique identifier of the employee who approved or rejected the request. This may be null.

​
processedByName
string | null
​
roleTimezone
string | null

Timezone of the role. This will be work location timezone, or home timezone for employees without a work location.

​
dates
object[]
​
isPaid
boolean

If the leave request is paid this will be TRUE. Otherwise, this will be FALSE.

​
managedBy
enum<string>

This indicates the system that manages the Leave Request. PTO = managed by Rippling's Time Off app. LEAVES = managed by Rippling's Leave Management app. TILT = managed by third-party partner Tilt.

Available options:
PTO,
LEAVES,
TILT
​
partialDays
array