Create employees
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 is 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 is 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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