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      • POSTCreate a new HRIS Organization Structure.
      • DELDelete an Org Structure from the Organization
      • DELDelete an Org Structure from the Organization by external ID
      • DELDelete Organization Structure
      • GETFetch an Org Structure from the Organization
      • GETFetch an Org Structure from the Organization
      • GETGet Organization Structure
      • GETGet Organization Structure
      • GETRetrieve custom fields for organization
      • PATCHUpdate an existing HRIS Org Structure
      • PATCHUpdate an existing HRIS Org Structure by external ID
      • PUTUpdate organization structure
      • PATCHUpdate Organization Structure
      • PATCHUpdate organization structure team custom fields
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EndpointsOrganization Structure

Update organization structure

PUT
/people/:id/department
PUT
/rest/v2/people/:id/department
$curl -X PUT "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/people/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/department?replace_other_positions=true" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "body": {
>    "data": {
>      "department_id": "d4f1a2b3-9c8e-4f7a-8b2d-1e3f5a6c7d8e",
>      "effective_date": "2024-06-01"
>    }
>  }
>}'
1{
2  "data": {
3    "updated": true
4  }
5}

Assigns a worker to a department by their HRIS profile ID. By default the new assignment appends to existing positions; set replace_other_positions to true to replace all current positions instead. Token scopes: people:write

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AuthorizationBearer
## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)
OR
AuthorizationBearer

Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

Path parameters

idstringRequired
Hris profile ID

Query parameters

replace_other_positionsbooleanOptional
Indicates if this department position should replace all other positions or only append to the existing ones.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
dataobjectRequired

Response

Successful operation.
dataobject

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error
500
Internal Server Error

Authentication

The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail.

1curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
2  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'

Learn more about authentication