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POST
/
platform
/
api
/
leave_requests
/
{id}
/
process
POST Process Leave Request
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rippling.com/platform/api/leave_requests/{id}/process \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "createdAt": "<string>",
  "updatedAt": "<string>",
  "role": "<string>",
  "roleName": "<string>",
  "requestedBy": "<string>",
  "requestedByName": "<string>",
  "status": "PENDING",
  "startDate": "<string>",
  "endDate": "<string>",
  "startDateStartTime": "<string>",
  "endDateEndTime": "<string>",
  "startDateCustomHours": "<string>",
  "endDateCustomHours": "<string>",
  "comments": "<string>",
  "numHours": 123,
  "numMinutes": 123,
  "leavePolicy": "<string>",
  "leaveTypeUniqueId": "VACATION",
  "policyDisplayName": "<string>",
  "reasonForLeave": "<string>",
  "processedAt": "<string>",
  "processedBy": "<string>",
  "processedByName": "<string>",
  "roleTimezone": "<string>",
  "dates": [
    {
      "date": "2023-12-25",
      "numMinutes": 123
    }
  ],
  "isPaid": true,
  "managedBy": "PTO",
  "partialDays": [
    {
      "partialDay": "2023-12-25",
      "numMinutes": 123
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

Unique identifier of the leave request being processed.

Query Parameters

​
action
enum<string>
required

The action to be taken on the leave request. Can be either approved or declined.

Available options:
approve,
decline

Response

200 - 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
(object | null)[]