Rest Api

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Currently icehrm expose employee details and attendance data via the REST api.

Full Api Documentation can be found here: https://icehrm.docs.apiary.io/#

Setting up IceHrm Open Source and Pro REST Api - Nginx

IceHrm includes a REST api but it needs to be configured via web server configurations.

Basically all the requests coming to icehrm.url/app/api/ should be redirected to icehrm.url/app/index.php

For an example if you are using Nginx web server you need to add following location block inside your sever block in Nginx config file for your site

location /app/api/ {
    try_files $uri /app/api/index.php?/$uri&$args;
}

If IceHrm is not loaded from web root, for an example if your icehrm url is your-icehrm-url.com/icehrm instead of your-icehrm-url.com you should add any directory in relative path to location block as in following example

location /icehrm/app/api/ {
    try_files $uri /icehrm/app/api/index.php?/$uri&$args;
}

Setting up IceHrm Open Source and Pro REST Api - Apache (XAMPP, WAMPP)

For apache web server we have already included a .htaccess file under icehrm/app/api. This will redirect api request properly

Testing Rest Api

  • First you should enable REST api via Settings -> Other -> Enable REST Api setting

  • Visit your-icehrm-url.com/app/api/echo

  • This should output an echo with a random number

Using REST Api with Open Source and IceHrmPro

Your api url base will be http://your-icehrm-url.com/app/api.

If you want to call employees/me, you should send a request to http://your-icehrm-url.com/app/api/employees/me.

Using REST Api with Cloud installations

First you should enable REST api via Settings -> Other -> Enable REST Api setting.

IceHrm uses OAuth 2.0 bearer authentication. So you have to send the bearer token with every request. Each icehrm user can find their auth token by opening Basic Information -> Personal Information -> Api Access (tab).

Making First Api call - Cloud

If your icehrm instance name is test1 (https://test1.icehrm.com), your Api url will be

Then according to https://icehrm.docs.apiary.io/# you can view own data by sending a GET request to

You can use following request by changing api url and auth token

curl -i https://icehrm.com/api/test1/employees/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer RRRRRRRR6fdeb20bb04b2c23DDDDD"

For creating a employee you can use

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer 9RRRRRRRR6fdeb20bb04b2c23DDDDD" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "employee_id": "D101",
  "first_name": "IceHrm 123",
  "middle_name": "Sample Ex1",
  "last_name": "Employee",
  "nationality": "35",
  "birthday": "1984-03-17",
  "gender": "Male",
  "marital_status": "Married",
  "ssn_num": "",
  "nic_num": "294-38-3535",
  "other_id": "294-38-3535",
  "driving_license": "",
  "employment_status": "3",
  "job_title": "11",
  "pay_grade": "2",
  "work_station_id": "",
  "address1": "2772 Flynn Street",
  "address2": "Willoughby",
  "city": "Willoughby",
  "country": "US",
  "province": "41",
  "postal_code": "44094",
  "home_phone": "440-953-4578",
  "mobile_phone": "440-953-4578",
  "work_phone": "440-953-4578",
  "work_email": "icehrm+admin@web-stalk.com",
  "private_email": "icehrm+admin@web-stalk.com",
  "joined_date": "2005-08-03",
  "confirmation_date": "0000-00-00",
  "supervisor": "1",
  "indirect_supervisors": "[\"3\",\"4\"]",
  "department": "1",
  "termination_date": "0000-00-00",
  "status": "Active",
  "approver1": "5",
  "approver2": "6",
  "approver3": "7"
}' "https://icehrm.com/api/test1/employees"
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