Create raw time tracking shifts | Deel

curl -X POST https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/time_tracking/shifts/raw \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "data": {
    "shifts": [
      {
        "meta": {
          "end": {
            "date": "2024-02-12",
            "time": "16:00",
            "is_rest_day": false,
            "is_public_holiday": false
          },
          "start": {
            "date": "2024-02-12",
            "time": "08:00",
            "is_rest_day": false,
            "is_public_holiday": false
          }
        },
        "description": "This is a sample shift description.",
        "external_id": "shift_123d47dewdwe",
        "date_of_work": "2023-10-01",
        "payroll_cycle_ref": {
          "date": "2023-10-31T12:00:00.000Z"
        }
      }
    ],
    "contract_id": "35edggp"
  }
}'

{
  "data": [
    {
      "created_at": "2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "shift_type": "REGULAR",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
      "contract_id": "contract-id-456",
      "description": "Night shift at warehouse",
      "external_id": "external-id-123",
      "date_of_work": "2024-02-12",
      "meta": {
        "end": {
          "date": "2024-02-12",
          "time": "16:00",
          "is_rest_day": false,
          "is_public_holiday": false
        },
        "start": {
          "date": "2024-02-12",
          "time": "08:00",
          "is_rest_day": false,
          "is_public_holiday": false
        },
        "breaks": [
          {
            "end": {
              "date": "12:30",
              "time": "12:30"
            },
            "start": {
              "date": "2024-02-12",
              "time": "12:00"
            },
            "is_paid": true
          }
        ],
        "approval_date": "2024-02-11T12:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "summary": {
        "shift_rate_external_id": "shift-rate-id-789",
        "time_unit": "HOUR",
        "time_amount": 8,
        "total_break_hours": 0.5,
        "payable_break_hours": 0.5,
        "total_payable_hours": 7.5,
        "shift_duration_hours": 8
      },
      "payroll_cycle_ref": {
        "date": "2024-02-11T12:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "shift_reference_id": "shift-ref-123"
    }
  ]
}

Create raw shifts for the specified contract ID. “Raw shifts” refers to uncategorized entries—simply submit the clock-in and clock-out times. The classification of those hours (e.g., regular or overtime) will be handled by the Deel platform.

Token scopes: time-tracking:write

Authentication

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

Learn more about authentication

AuthorizationBearer

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

Request

Request body for creating raw shifts

dataobjectRequired

Response

Successful operation.

datalist of objects

Errors

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

500

Internal Server Error