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Working with Leave in Zoho People

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Last updated: Mar 20, 2015
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Overview

The following operations allow you to work with leaves. Click an operation name to see details on how to use it.

For a sample proxy service that illustrates how to work with leaves, see Sample configuration. 

OperationDescription

createLeave

Adds a leave for an employee.

getLeaveTypesRetrieves leave types.

Operation details

This section provides further details on the operations related to leaves.

 Adding a leave

The createLeave operation adds a leave for an employee.

createLeave
<zohopeople.createLeave>
	<xmlData>{$ctx:xmlData}</xmlData>
</zohopeople.createLeave>
Properties
  • xmlData: The data to be used when creating the leave.
Sample request

Following is a sample REST/JSON request that can be handled by the createLeave operation.

Sample Request for createLeave
{
	"apiUrl" : "https://people.zoho.com",
	"authToken" : "be5fd9396dbda44f2d3e026dabbe700a",
	"xmlData" : "<Request><Record><field name=\"Employee_ID\">281860000000054003</field><field name=\"From\">26-Sep-2014</field><field name=\"To\">27-Sep-2014</field><field name=\"Daystaken\">2</field><field name=\"Leavetype\">281860000000054059</field></Record></Request>",
	"responseType" : "application/json"
}
Related Zoho People API documentation

https://www.zoho.com/people/help/api/leave-api.html#2

Retrieving leave types

The getLeaveTypes operation retrieves the types of leaves.

getLeaveTypes
<zohopeople.getLeaveTypes>
	<userId>{$ctx:userId}</userId>
</zohopeople.getLeaveTypes>
Properties
  • userId: Employee ID/Employee Mail ID/Record ID of the employee.
Sample request

Following is a sample REST/JSON request that can be handled by the getLeaveTypes operation.

Sample Request for getLeaveTypes 
{
	"apiUrl" : "https://people.zoho.com",
	"authToken" : "462f5f36b8fb6c95e7b4d279894021b9",
	"userId":"1",
	"responseType" : "application/json"
}
Related Zoho People API documentation

https://www.zoho.com/people/help/api/leave-api.html#3

Sample configuration

Following is a sample proxy service that illustrates how to connect to Zoho People with the init operation and use the createLeave operation. The sample request for this proxy can be found in createLeave sample request.

Sample Proxy
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<proxy xmlns="http://ws.apache.org/ns/synapse" name="zohopeople_createLeave" transports="https,http" statistics="disable" trace="disable" startOnLoad="true">
	<target>
		<inSequence onError="faultHandlerSeq">
			<property name="apiUrl" expression="json-eval($.apiUrl)" />
			<property name="authToken" expression="json-eval($.authToken)" />
			<property name="xmlData" expression="json-eval($.xmlData)" />
			<property name="responseType" expression="json-eval($.responseType)" />						
			<zohopeople.init>
				<apiUrl>{$ctx:apiUrl}</apiUrl>
				<authToken>{$ctx:authToken}</authToken>
				<responseType>{$ctx:responseType}</responseType>
			</zohopeople.init>			
			<zohopeople.createLeave>
				<xmlData>{$ctx:xmlData}</xmlData>
			</zohopeople.createLeave>			
			<respond />
		</inSequence>
		<outSequence>
			<send />
		</outSequence>
	</target>
	<description />
</proxy>