Exports - absentify®

An administrator starts an export with POST /exports. The response is 202 Accepted with a Location URL. Poll that URL with GET /exports/{id}/file until it returns 200 and the file. Send the API key on every request. It is not part of the Location URL. Only an administrator can start or download an export. The REST API requires Plus. A period without absences produces a file. The job also appears under Recent exports on Settings > Export, with via API next to the requester. Any admin can select Download there when the file is Ready.

Formats

Send format as one of these values. They match the formats on Settings > Export for a Range.

`format`	File
`EXCEL`	Allowances and absences (Excel)
`PAYROLL_EXCEL`	Absences for payroll (Excel)
`PAYROLL_CSV`	Absences for payroll (CSV)
`LEAVE_BALANCE_EXCEL`	Leave balances (Excel)

Start an export

curl -X POST "https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/exports" \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"format":"EXCEL","start":"2026-01-01","end":"2026-01-31"}'

start is the first day. end is the last day, inclusive. Only the UTC date is used. The range may span at most 1826 days (5 years). Wider or inverted ranges return 400. Optional department_id limits the file to one department. Omit it for all departments. For PAYROLL_CSV, optional csv_separator is comma or semicolon. Send the key as X-API-KEY or as Authorization: Bearer <key>. In a Power Automate HTTP action, set Authentication to Raw with Bearer <key>, so the same header is sent on the poll requests. The JSON body of a 202 is { "id": "...", "status": "processing" }. Poll the Location URL. Wait the number of seconds in Retry-After (15) between requests. If POST /exports returns 429, see API limits.

Download the file

GET /exports/{id}/file uses the same credentials.

Status	What to do
`202`	The export is running. Wait `Retry-After` seconds and request the same URL again.
`200`	Save the file. It remains available for 24 hours.
`422`	The export failed. See `error` in the JSON body.
`410`	The file has expired. Start a new export.
`404`	The export is unknown or older than 30 days.
`403`	Only an administrator can download the file.

​Formats

​Start an export

​Download the file

Formats

Start an export

Download the file