Create an employee object in Business Central.
HTTP request
Replace the URL prefix for Business Central depending on environment following the guideline.
POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/employees
Request headers
Header | Value |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. |
Content-Type | application/json |
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of an employees object.
Response
If successful, this method returns 201 Created
response code and an employees object in the response body.
Example
Request
Here's an example of a request.
POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/employees
Content-type: application/json
{
"id": "258bb9c0-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"number": "AH",
"givenName": "Annette",
"middleName": "",
"surname": "Hill",
"jobTitle": "Secretary",
"addressLine1": "677 Fifth Avenue",
"addressLine2": "",
"city": "",
"state": "",
"country": "",
"postalCode": "",
"phoneNumber": "4465-4899-4643",
"mobilePhone": "4564-4564-7831",
"email": "",
"personalEmail": "ah@contoso.com",
"employmentDate": "2001-06-01",
"terminationDate": "0001-01-01",
"status": "Active",
"birthDate": "1973-12-12",
"statisticsGroupCode": ""
}
Response
Here's an example of the response.
Note
The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
"id": "258bb9c0-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"number": "AH",
"displayName": "Annette Hill",
"givenName": "Annette",
"middleName": "",
"surname": "Hill",
"jobTitle": "Secretary",
"addressLine1": "677 Fifth Avenue",
"addressLine2": "",
"city": "",
"state": "",
"country": "",
"postalCode": "",
"phoneNumber": "4465-4899-4643",
"mobilePhone": "4564-4564-7831",
"email": "",
"personalEmail": "ah@contoso.com",
"employmentDate": "2001-06-01",
"terminationDate": "0001-01-01",
"status": "Active",
"birthDate": "1973-12-12",
"statisticsGroupCode": "",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-03-16T14:57:19.497Z"
}
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