Update Employee

Update an employee’s information

PUT /employees/{id}

cURL (PUT)

curl -X PUT https://api.companyflow.com/employees/emp-uuid-here \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "phone": "[phone]",
    "status": "on_leave",
    "address": "456 New Street, City, State"
  }'

200 Success

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "emp-uuid-here",
    "company_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "phone": "[phone]",
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "employee_code": "EMP001",
    "department_id": "new-dept-uuid",
    "designation_id": "new-desig-uuid",
    "level_id": "level-uuid-here",
    "role_id": "role-uuid-here",
    "manager_id": "manager-uuid-here",
    "status": "on_leave",
    "employment_type": "full_time",
    "date_of_birth": "1990-01-15T00:00:00Z",
    "hire_date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "termination_date": null,
    "gender": "Male",
    "address": "456 New Street, City, State",
    "emergency_contact_name": "Jane Doe",
    "emergency_contact_phone": "[phone]",
    "profile_image_url": "",
    "last_login_at": "2024-03-01T15:30:00Z",
    "created_at": "2024-01-01T10:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-03-03T10:15:00Z"
  }
}

Authentication

This endpoint requires Bearer token authentication with one of the following roles:

• super_admin
• hr_manager

Path Parameters

id · string · required

The unique identifier of the employee (UUID format)

Request Body

All fields are optional. Only include fields you want to update.

phone · string

Employee phone number

first_name · string

Employee first name

last_name · string

Employee last name

date_of_birth · string

Employee date of birth (format: YYYY-MM-DD)

department_id · string

Department UUID

designation_id · string

Designation UUID

level_id · string

Level UUID

manager_id · string

Manager UUID

status · string

Employee status. Must be one of:

• active
• inactive
• on_leave
• terminated
• probation

gender · string

Employee gender

address · string

Employee address

emergency_contact_name · string

Emergency contact name

emergency_contact_phone · string

Emergency contact phone number

profile_image_url · string

Profile image URL

termination_date · string

Termination date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)

Response

success · boolean

Indicates if the request was successful

data · object

id · string

Employee UUID

company_id · string

Company UUID

email · string

Employee email address

phone · string

Employee phone number

first_name · string

Employee first name

last_name · string

Employee last name

employee_code · string

Internal employee code

department_id · string

Department UUID

designation_id · string

Designation UUID

level_id · string

Level UUID

role_id · string

Role UUID

manager_id · string

Manager UUID

status · string

Employee status

employment_type · string

Employment type

date_of_birth · string

Date of birth (ISO 8601 format)

hire_date · string

Hire date (ISO 8601 format)

termination_date · string

Termination date (ISO 8601 format)

gender · string

Employee gender

address · string

Employee address

emergency_contact_name · string

Emergency contact name

emergency_contact_phone · string

Emergency contact phone

profile_image_url · string

Profile image URL

last_login_at · string

Last login timestamp (ISO 8601 format)

created_at · string

Creation timestamp (ISO 8601 format)

updated_at · string

Last update timestamp (ISO 8601 format)

cURL (PUT)

curl -X PUT https://api.companyflow.com/employees/emp-uuid-here \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "phone": "[phone]",
    "status": "on_leave",
    "address": "456 New Street, City, State"
  }'

200 Success

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "emp-uuid-here",
    "company_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "phone": "[phone]",
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "employee_code": "EMP001",
    "department_id": "new-dept-uuid",
    "designation_id": "new-desig-uuid",
    "level_id": "level-uuid-here",
    "role_id": "role-uuid-here",
    "manager_id": "manager-uuid-here",
    "status": "on_leave",
    "employment_type": "full_time",
    "date_of_birth": "1990-01-15T00:00:00Z",
    "hire_date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "termination_date": null,
    "gender": "Male",
    "address": "456 New Street, City, State",
    "emergency_contact_name": "Jane Doe",
    "emergency_contact_phone": "[phone]",
    "profile_image_url": "",
    "last_login_at": "2024-03-01T15:30:00Z",
    "created_at": "2024-01-01T10:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-03-03T10:15:00Z"
  }
}