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# Get employee planner

> Reads one employee's holidays or absences for a date range from their Planner tab. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/peoplehr/get_employee_planner

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Reads one employee's holidays or absences for a date range from their Planner tab.

PeopleHR API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/peoplehr.md

`GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/peoplehr/employees/{employee_id}/planner`

Access: read.

Returns each entry in the range with its dates and duration in days, in date order. Holidays include the status of the request. Anything that deducts days from the entitlement, emergency leave included, shows up under holidays.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `employee_id` | string | yes | Employee ID from list_employees, for example PW15. |
| `type` | string | yes | holidays or absences. |
| `start_date` | string | yes | First day, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `end_date` | string | yes | Last day, YYYY-MM-DD. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl "https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/peoplehr/employees/employee_8c41d2/planner?type=type&start_date=start+date&end_date=end+date" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("peoplehr", "get_employee_planner", {"employee_id":"employee_8c41d2","type":"type","start_date":"start date","end_date":"end date"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('peoplehr', 'get_employee_planner', {"employee_id":"employee_8c41d2","type":"type","start_date":"start date","end_date":"end date"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call peoplehr get_employee_planner --data '{"employee_id":"employee_8c41d2","type":"type","start_date":"start date","end_date":"end date"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "employee_id": "PW15",
  "type": "holidays",
  "entries": [
    {
      "start_date": "2026-11-16",
      "end_date": "2026-11-18",
      "duration_days": 3,
      "status": "Pending"
    },
    {
      "start_date": "2026-11-26",
      "end_date": "2026-11-27",
      "duration_days": 2,
      "status": "Approved"
    }
  ]
}
```

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