Retrieve a list

Returns a filtered list of absence instances.

Endpoint details

https://<tenant>.myprotime.eu/connector/protimeapi/api/v1/absences

Headers: Authorization: Bearer {token}, User-Agent: {agent} Scope: connector-protimeapi-absences.read

Response properties

Field	Type	Required	Writable	Description
changeVersion	string	—	Read-only	Property to indicate the order of changes.
id	integer	—	Read-only	Unique identifier for the absence instance.
person.id	integer	—	Read-only	Internal ID of the person for whom the absence is registered.
resultingAbsenceDefinition.id	integer	—	Read-only	Internal ID of the resulting absence definition.
requestedAbsenceDefinition.id	integer	—	Read-only	Internal ID of the originally requested absence definition.
shiftDefinition.id	integer	—	Read-only	Internal ID of the shift definition for the absence.
date	string	—	Read-only	Date of the absence (YYYY-MM-DD).
startTimeInMinutes	integer	—	Read-only	Start time of the absence in minutes since midnight.
durationInMinutes	integer	—	Read-only	Duration of the absence in minutes.
calculatedDurationInMinutes	integer	—	Read-only	Calculated duration of the absence in minutes.
dayPart	string	—	Read-only	Part of the day the absence applies to (First, Second, Unknown).
request.id	string	—	Read-only	ID of the related absence request, formatted as {TenantId}-{PersonId}-{RequestId}.
status	string	—	Read-only	How the absence was registered (Unknown, Manual, Auto, BeginOpen, Open, Terminal, Calendar).
approvalLevel	string	—	Read-only	Approval status (Unknown, AwaitingApproval, Approved, NotApproved, NotApprovedByPriorities, NotApprovedByCalculations).
isLocked	boolean	—	Read-only	Indicates if the absence is locked and cannot be changed.
periodType	string	—	Read-only	Type of period the absence applies to (Unknown, Day, Week, PayPeriod).

Filters

Filter	Type	Description
person	Optional	Filter by specific person IDs
date	Required	Date range (required with max of 1 year range)

Check the Fetching Resources page on how to use the filter.

External references

The endpoint supports predefined and custom external references. See the external references page for details.

The following collections are supported for this endpoint:

Collection	Predefined	Custom
people	@badge-number, @employee-number	Supported
shift-definitions	@shift-code	Supported
absence-definitions	@absence-code	Supported

Error responses

Status	Condition
400	Invalid filter syntax or unknown filter field
401	Missing or invalid access token, or insufficient scope
414	Request URI too long (filter + continuation token)

Examples

Filter on date range

Example with a date range between the 1st of January 2025 and 1st of January 2026:

https://<tenant>.myprotime.eu/connector/protimeapi/api/v1/absences?filter=date ge '2025-01-01' and date le '2026-01-01'

Filter on people and date range with external reference

Example with people and absence code:

https://<tenant>.myprotime.eu/connector/protimeapi/api/v1/absences?filter=person in (1,2,3) and date ge '2025-01-01' and date le '2026-01-01' &externalReferences=(absence-definitions,@absence-code)