POST
/
hris
/
employees
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.kombo.dev/v1/hris/employees \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Integration-Id: <x-integration-id>' \
  --data '{
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "work_email": "john.doe@acme.com",
  "gender": "MALE",
  "date_of_birth": "1986-01-01",
  "start_date": "2020-04-07",
  "job_title": "Integrations Team Lead",
  "home_address": {
    "city": "Berlin",
    "country": "DE",
    "state": "Berlin",
    "street_1": "Sonnenallee 63",
    "zip_code": "12045"
  }
}'
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "26vafvWSRmbhNcxJYqjCzuJg",
    "remote_id": "32",
    "employee_number": "3243422",
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "nationality": "French",
    "display_full_name": "John Doe",
    "job_title": "Integrations Team Lead",
    "work_email": "john.doe@acme.com",
    "personal_email": "john@doe.me",
    "mobile_phone_number": "801-555-4687",
    "ssn": "555-32-6395",
    "tax_id": "12 345 678 901",
    "gender": "MALE",
    "ethnicity": "BLACK_AFRICAN_AMERICAN",
    "marital_status": "MARRIED",
    "employment_status": "INACTIVE",
    "employment_type": "FULL_TIME",
    "weekly_hours": 40,
    "avatar": "https://resources.bamboohr.com/images/photo_person_150x150.png",
    "work_location_id": "7E2gyuv6TmvtByzBxW9Sxt53",
    "legal_entity_id": "xB32bied320csBSsl3XWdlw33",
    "manager_id": "9pf2pxBB8VX8EQMC9aipW2Bo",
    "home_address": {
      "city": "Berlin",
      "country": "DE",
      "raw": "Sonnenallee 63\n12045 Berlin\nGermany",
      "state": "Berlin",
      "street_1": "Sonnenallee 63",
      "street_2": null,
      "zip_code": "12045"
    },
    "bank_accounts": [
      {
        "account_number": "1234567890",
        "bank_name": "Commerzbank",
        "bic": "COBADEFFXXX",
        "domestic_bank_routing": {
          "number": "34567890",
          "type": "DE_BANKLEITZAHL"
        },
        "holder_name": "John Doe",
        "iban": "DE12345678901234567890"
      }
    ],
    "date_of_birth": "1986-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "start_date": "2020-04-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "termination_date": "2022-05-20T00:00:00.000Z",
    "remote_created_at": "2020-04-07T12:32:01.000Z",
    "changed_at": "2022-08-07T14:01:29.196Z",
    "remote_deleted_at": null,
    "custom_fields": {},
    "integration_fields": [],
    "remote_data": null
  }
}

We are deprecating this endpoint in favor of the new create employee form endpoint.

This endpoint requires the permission Create and manage employees to be enabled in your scope config.

​
Example Request Body

{
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "work_email": "john.doe@acme.com",
  "gender": "MALE",
  "date_of_birth": "1986-01-01",
  "start_date": "2020-04-07",
  "job_title": "Integrations Team Lead",
  "home_address": {
    "city": "Berlin",
    "country": "DE",
    "state": "Berlin",
    "street_1": "Sonnenallee 63",
    "zip_code": "12045"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Create an API key on the Secrets page in the Kombo dashboard.

Headers

​
X-Integration-Id
string
required

ID of the integration you want to interact with.

Body

application/json

POST /hris/employees request body

The body is of type object.

Response

200
application/json

POST /hris/employees Successful response

The response is of type object.