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Scheduling
Public API

Get Shift

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Retrieves a single shift by its UUID. Returns the full shift object including recurrence settings, assigned employee IDs, and status. Returns 404 if the shift does not exist or has been deleted.

OAuth Scopes: scheduling:shifts, time_tracking

get/api/v1/scheduling/shifts/{id}

Request

Path parameters

idstring uuid required

The shift uuid

Response

Successfully fetched a shift

idstring required

The ID of the shift. This can be the UUIDv7 of the shift instance, or a composite ID (<recurringShiftDefinitionId>_<recurrenceId>) for uninstantiated recurring shifts.

scheduleIdstring uuid required

The ID of the schedule the shift belongs to.

namestring nullable

The name of the shift.

status'planned' | 'published' | 'cancelled' | 'deleted' required

The status of the shift.

colorstring required

6 character color hex code.

capacityinteger nullable

The expected headcount for the shift. Null when capacity is not tracked for this shift.

claimableboolean required

Whether employees can claim this shift.

claimsRequireApprovalboolean required

Whether a claim on this shift requires manager approval before it takes effect.

startstring date-time nullable required

UTC timestamp of the start of the shift.

endstring date-time nullable required

UTC timestamp of the end of the shift.

timezonestring required

The timezone for the shift.

recurrenceRulestring nullable

The recurrence rule. Follows the iCalendar RFC 5545 RRULE syntax.

recurrenceIdstring nullable

The stable identifier for a recurrence, which is the original start of shift according to recurrence rules. Null for non-recurring shifts.

recurrenceDtstartstring nullable

The UTC start time for a recurring shift and the anchor point for the recurrence rule. Null for non-recurring shifts.

recurrenceDtendstring nullable

The UTC end time for a recurring shift. Null for non-recurring shifts.

recurrenceUntilstring nullable

The UTC datetime when the recurrence series stops generating new occurrences (UNTIL in RRULE). Null for non-recurring shifts.

employeeIdsinteger[]

The list of employee IDs currently assigned.

unpublishedChangesobject nullable

The pending changes that have not been published.

createdAtstring date-time

UTC timestamp when the shift was created

updatedAtstring date-time nullable

UTC timestamp when the shift was last updated

deletedAtstring date-time nullable

UTC timestamp when the shift was deleted

Example response

{
  "id": "019aa09f-0712-74cb-9186-8ad0eb6038dc_20240101T093000",
  "scheduleId": "0199de9b-6bcb-77e7-941d-3caf74b9a372",
  "name": "Morning Shift",
  "color": "00FFAA",
  "capacity": 1,
  "claimsRequireApproval": true,
  "start": "2025-01-01T06:00:00Z",
  "end": "2025-01-01T14:00:00Z",
  "timezone": "America/Denver",
  "recurrenceRule": "FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1",
  "recurrenceId": "20240101T090000",
  "recurrenceDtstart": "2024-01-01T09:00:00Z",
  "recurrenceDtend": "2024-12-31T23:59:59Z",
  "recurrenceUntil": "2024-12-31T23:59:59Z",
  "employeeIds": [
    10,
    20
  ],
  "createdAt": "2025-01-01T06:00:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2025-01-01T06:00:00Z",
  "deletedAt": "2025-01-01T06:00:00Z"
}

Changes

  • 922fc15f43a7Revision changes
    • info

      the security scope scheduling:shifts was added to the endpoint's security scheme oauth

    • info

      the security scope time_tracking was removed from the endpoint's security scheme oauth

    • info

      added the required property to the response with the status

    • info

      added the required property to the response with the status