Get employee

employees.retrieve() -> Employee

get/v1/employees/{employee_id}

Retrieves detailed information for a specific employee by ID. Returns employee details including personal information and employment status.

ParametersExpand Collapse

employee_id: str

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class Employee: …

Serializer for Employee entity in public API responses.

Note: Employee is in the company module but exposed via account public API. Contains nested MemberEntity with personal identity information.

id: str

Unique employee identifier with 'empl_' prefix

active: bool

Whether the employee is currently active

created_at: datetime

Timestamp when the employee was created

formatdate-time

employer_id: str

ID of the employer this employee works for (empr_*)

member: Member

Nested member entity containing personal identity information.

Matches MemberEntity from account module domain.

id: str

Unique member identifier with 'mbr_' prefix

date_of_birth: date

Member's date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD)

formatdate

first_name: str

Member's legal first name

last_name: str

Member's legal last name

sex: Sex

Male - Male
Female - Female
Other - Other
Unknown - Unknown

Accepts one of the following:

"Male"

"Female"

"Other"

"Unknown"

email: Optional[str]

Email address for communications

formatemail

gender: Optional[str]

Gender identity, if provided

phone: Optional[str]

Phone number

suffix: Optional[str]

Name suffix (e.g., Jr., Sr., III)

start_date: date

Employee's start/hire date with the employer

formatdate

updated_at: datetime

Timestamp when the employee was last updated

formatdate-time

address: Optional[Address]

Nested address for employee.

city: str

City name

state: str

Two-letter state code

street_1: str

Primary street address

zip_code: str

ZIP code

country: Optional[str]

Country code

street_2: Optional[str]

Secondary street address

employee_class: Optional[EmployeeClass]

Full Time - Full Time
Part Time - Part Time
Temporary - Temporary
Intern - Intern
Seasonal - Seasonal
Individual Contractor - Individual Contractor

Accepts one of the following:

"Full Time"

"Part Time"

"Temporary"

"Intern"

"Seasonal"

"Individual Contractor"

termination_date: Optional[date]

Employee's termination date, if terminated

formatdate

Get employee

from vitable_connect_api import VitableConnectAPI

client = VitableConnectAPI(
    api_key="My API Key",
)
employee = client.employees.retrieve(
    "empl_abc123def456",
)
print(employee.id)

{
  "id": "id",
  "active": true,
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "employer_id": "employer_id",
  "member": {
    "id": "id",
    "date_of_birth": "2019-12-27",
    "first_name": "first_name",
    "last_name": "last_name",
    "sex": "Male",
    "email": "dev@stainless.com",
    "gender": "gender",
    "phone": "phone",
    "suffix": "suffix"
  },
  "start_date": "2019-12-27",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "address": {
    "city": "city",
    "state": "state",
    "street_1": "street_1",
    "zip_code": "zip_code",
    "country": "country",
    "street_2": "street_2"
  },
  "employee_class": "Full Time",
  "termination_date": "2019-12-27"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "active": true,
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "employer_id": "employer_id",
  "member": {
    "id": "id",
    "date_of_birth": "2019-12-27",
    "first_name": "first_name",
    "last_name": "last_name",
    "sex": "Male",
    "email": "dev@stainless.com",
    "gender": "gender",
    "phone": "phone",
    "suffix": "suffix"
  },
  "start_date": "2019-12-27",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "address": {
    "city": "city",
    "state": "state",
    "street_1": "street_1",
    "zip_code": "zip_code",
    "country": "country",
    "street_2": "street_2"
  },
  "employee_class": "Full Time",
  "termination_date": "2019-12-27"
}