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Update Employees ​

Endpoint ​

http
PATCH /unified/accounting/employees/{id}
Integrations supported
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero

Path parameters ​

id
string
REQUIRED · 

The ID of the resource.

Example: 23423523

Query parameters ​

Refer Specifying query parameters in Truto APIs

integrated_account_id
string · uuid
REQUIRED · 

The ID of the integrated account to use for the request.

Example: 62f44730-dd91-461e-bd6a-aedd9e0ad79d
truto_response_format
string

The format of the response.

  • unified returns the response with unified mappings applied.
  • raw returns the unprocessed, raw response from the remote API.
  • normalized applies the unified mappings and returns the data in a normalized format.
  • stream returns the response as a stream, which is ideal for transmitting large datasets, files, or binary data. Using streaming mode helps to efficiently handle large payloads or real-time data flows without requiring the entire data to be buffered in memory.

Defaults to unified.

All possible enum values:
  • unified
  • raw
  • normalized
  • stream
Example: unified
truto_ignore_remote_data
boolean

Excludes the remote_data attribute from the response.

truto_exclude_fields
array

Array of fields to exclude from the response.

Example: truto_exclude_fields[]=id&truto_exclude_fields[]=name
remote_query
object

Query parameters to pass to the underlying API without any transformations. Refer this guide to see how to structure the query parameters.

Example: remote_query[foo]=bar

Request Body ​

Refer Writing data using Unified APIs

first_name
string

The first name of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
last_name
string

The last name of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
id
string
REQUIRED · 

The unique identifier for employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
name
string

The display name of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
emails
object[]

The emails of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
email
string

The email of the employee

type
string

The type of the email

phones
object[]

The phone numbers of employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
number
string

The phone number

extension
string

The extension of the phone number

type
string

The type of phone

addresses
object[]
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
street_1
string

The street 1 of the address

street_2
string

The street 2 of the address

city
string

The city of the address

state
string

The state of the address

country
string

The country of the address

postal_code
string

The postal code of the address

type
string

The type of the address

remote_data
object

Any additional data that should be passed as part of the request body. This data is not transformed by Truto and is passed as is to the remote API.

Response Body ​

id
string
REQUIRED · 

The unique identifier for employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
first_name
string

The first name of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
last_name
string

The last name of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
name
string

The display name of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
emails
object[]

The emails of the employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
email
string

The email of the employee

type
string

The type of the email

phones
object[]

The phone numbers of employee

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
number
string

The phone number

extension
string

The extension of the phone number

type
string

The type of phone

addresses
object[]
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
street_1
string

The street 1 of the address

street_2
string

The street 2 of the address

city
string

The city of the address

state
string

The state of the address

country
string

The country of the address

postal_code
string

The postal code of the address

type
string

The type of the address

created_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the employee was created

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
updated_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the employee was updated

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
remote_data
object

Raw data returned from the remote API call.