Update a shift | Deel | Documentation

curl -X PATCH https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/time_tracking/shifts/12345678g \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "data": {}
}'

{
  "data": {
    "summary": {
      "time_unit": "HOUR",
      "time_amount": 8,
      "total_break_hours": 2,
      "payable_break_hours": 2,
      "total_payable_hours": 2,
      "shift_duration_hours": 2,
      "shift_rate_external_id": "abcd"
    },
    "created_at": "2024-10-08T12:08:29.695Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-10-08T12:08:29.695Z",
    "contract_id": "abcd",
    "description": "sample description",
    "external_id": "abcd",
    "date_of_work": "2024-10-11",
    "payroll_cycle_ref": {
      "date": "2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  }
}

Update specific fields of an existing shift by its unique external_id. This includes shift summary details, description etc. 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.

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

Learn more about authentication

## 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)

AuthorizationBearer

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

Path parameters

external_idstringRequired

Unique identifier of the shift to be updated.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

dataobjectRequired

Shift update request data.

Response

Shift updated successfully.

dataobject

Updated shift record details.

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

500

Internal Server Error

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