---
title: "Check-in an employee"
method: POST
path: "/v1/employees/{employee_id}/checkin"
---

# Check-in an employee

`POST /v1/employees/{employee_id}/checkin`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.zenoti.com`
- URL: `https://api.zenoti.com/v1/employees/{employee_id}/checkin`
- Auth: none required
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/zenoti/apis/zenoti-authentication/docs/v1/employees/:employee_id/checkin/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

This API helps you to check-in an employee.

You must specify the unique identifier of the employee as `employee_id` in the API request.

## Path parameters

- `EmployeeId` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `Center id` string: Mandatory, Unique 32-character identifier of the center where the employee is checking in.
  - `fingerprint_data` string: Optional, Fingerprint data if biometric is used. Use Guid.Empty instead of employee_id in this case.
  - `work_task_id` string: Optional. Work task against which check-in is done.

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `is_employee_checked_in` boolean
  - `check_in_time` string

## Other responses

- `400`: 400

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/zenoti/apis/zenoti-authentication.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/zenoti/apis/zenoti-authentication/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/zenoti/apis/zenoti-authentication/revisions/e628f892391a?raw)