Create employees
Create an employee object in Dynamics 365 Business Central.
HTTP request
Replace the URL prefix for Dynamics 365 Business Central depending on environment following the guideline.
POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/employees
Request headers
Header | Value |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. |
Content-Type | application/json |
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of an employees object.
Response
If successful, this method returns 201 Created
response code and an employees object in the response body.
Example
Request
Here is an example of a request.
POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/beta/companies({id})/employees
Content-type: application/json
{
"id": "id-value",
"number": "AH",
"givenName": "Annette",
"surname": "Hill",
"jobTitle": "Production Assistant",
"address": {
"street": "677 Fifth Avenue",
"city": "New York",
"state": "",
"countryLetterCode": "",
"postalCode": "10022"
},
"phoneNumber": "4465-4899-4643",
"mobilePhone": "4564-4564-7831",
"personalEmail": "ah@cronus-demosite.com",
"employmentDate": "2001-06-01",
"birthDate": "1973-12-12"
}
Response
Here is an example of the response.
Note
The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
"id": "id-value",
"number": "AH",
"displayName": "Annette Hill",
"givenName": "Annette",
"middleName": "",
"surname": "Hill",
"jobTitle": "Secretary",
"address": {
"street": "677 Fifth Avenue",
"city": "New York",
"state": "",
"countryLetterCode": "",
"postalCode": "10022"
},
"phoneNumber": "4465-4899-4643",
"mobilePhone": "4564-4564-7831",
"email": "",
"personalEmail": "ah@cronus-demosite.com",
"employmentDate": "2001-06-01",
"terminationDate": "0001-01-01",
"status": "Active",
"birthDate": "1973-12-12",
"picture@odata.mediaReadLink": "https://api.financials.dynamics.com/v1.0/api/beta/companies({id})/employees({id})/picture",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-03-16T14:57:19.497Z"
}
See also
Tips for working with the APIs
Working with Dynamics 365 Business Central in Microsoft Graph
Enabling the APIs for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Endpoints for the APIs
Error Codes
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