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PATCH
/
employees
/
{external_id}
Update Employee
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://{tenant_name}.{region}.techwolf.ai/employees/{external_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "assigned_position": "Python Developer",
  "assigned_position_id": "b3903505-eb84-42dc-a79f-5e7b1fe897b7",
  "active": true,
  "organisational_unit": "e4d3a59c-2f37-4a3f-9318-9d75e0e7a8f1",
  "working_history": [
    {
      "job_title": "HR Manager",
      "start_date": "2018-09-05",
      "end_date": "2020-06-17",
      "company": "TechWolf BV",
      "job_description": "Manage the HR department and perform workforce planning"
    }
  ],
  "education_history": [
    {
      "degree_name": "Master in Human Resources Management",
      "start_date": "2016-09-05",
      "end_date": "2018-09-05",
      "school": "Harvard University"
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "nl",
      "level": 2
    }
  ],
  "desired_functions": [
    {
      "title": "Business Analyst",
      "importance": 0.5
    },
    {
      "title": "Police Officer",
      "importance": 1
    }
  ],
  "non_desired_functions": "<array>",
  "location": {
    "lat": 51.0216707,
    "lng": 3.6887328
  },
  "employee_documents": [
    {
      "mimeType": "application/pdf",
      "base64Content": "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"
    }
  ]
}
'
[
  {
    "title": "400 Bad Request",
    "description": "The request body was not structured correctly."
  }
]

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Path Parameters

​
external_id
string<uuid>
required

The unique ID in your system, consisting of alphanumeric characters, hyphens and underscores.

Required string length: 1 - 100
Example:

"a3903505-eb84-42dc-a79f-5e7b1fe897b7"

Query Parameters

​
language
enum<string>
required

The language of the input data, which has an impact on the Skill extraction. auto will automatically detect the language used in the provided data.

Available options:
auto,
nl,
fr,
en,
de
Example:

"en"

​
strict
boolean
default:true

If strict is enabled, entity creation will fail when a Skill Profile cannot be constructed. If strict is set to false, failed Skill Profile creation will still result in entity creation, but the Skill Profile will be empty.

Body

application/json

Default structure for updating Employee data.

​
assigned_position
string | null

Job title of the Employee's assigned position. Only one of assigned_position or assigned_position_id should be provided upon creation or update.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"Python Developer"

​
assigned_position_id
string<uuid>

external_id of the Job the Employee is assigned to. Only one of assigned_position or assigned_position_id should be provided upon creation or update. The assigned_position is automatically filled in with the job_name of the Job. Upon update or delete of the Job, the assigned_position is also updated accordingly.

Required string length: 1 - 100
Example:

"b3903505-eb84-42dc-a79f-5e7b1fe897b7"

​
active
boolean | null
default:true

The Employee will not be used in matching if active is false. This is useful when an Employee is being phased out. The Employee will not be used in matching if active is false. This is useful when an Employee is being phased out.

Example:

true

​
organisational_unit
string | null

The external ID of the Organisational Unit the Employee is assigned to. The external ID of the Organisational Unit the Employee is assigned to. The external ID of the Organisational Unit the Employee is assigned to.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"e4d3a59c-2f37-4a3f-9318-9d75e0e7a8f1"

​
working_history
object[] | null

The working history of an Employee. It is recommended to add these through the Skill Event endpoints as to not overwrite any existing Working History events.

​
education_history
object[] | null

The education history of an Employee. It is recommended to add these through the Skill Event endpoints as to not overwrite any existing Education History events.

​
languages
object[] | null

List of ISO 639-1 codes for languages spoken by the Employee, combined with the proficiency level. The proficiency levels go from 1 (elementary proficiency) to 5 (native proficiency). If the level is omitted, the default proficiency level of 2 is used.

​
desired_functions
object[] | null

List of desired functions of the Employee. Elements consist of a title and an importance. The title can be either a single-line string or free text. The desired function is only processed and stored when the desired function is recognized by TechWolf AI.

Example:
[
  {
    "title": "Business Analyst",
    "importance": 0.5
  },
  {
    "title": "Police Officer",
    "importance": 1
  }
]
​
non_desired_functions
array | null
deprecated

List of non-desired functions of the Employee. Elements consist of a title and an importance. The title can be either a single-line string or free text. The non-desired function is only processed and stored when the non-desired function is recognized by TechWolf AI.

​
location
Location · object

A geographic location, expressed in latitude and longitude. This can represent a home address, an office location... Each entity is limited to having a single location. To get the latitude and longitude for a given address, you can use the Google Maps Geocoding API or a predefined lookup table (for example by zip code). If location is present in matching or filters, it will act as an override for geo-distance calculations.

  • Location
  • Address
​
employee_documents
object[]

List of base64 encoded documents (e.g. CVs) related to the Employee in PDF (.pdf), Word (.doc or .docx) or plain-text (.txt) format.

Response

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