Get an approval request
Details of one request: dates, balance after approval, team overlap.
GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/personio/requests/{request_id}/approval-request
read
Returns what the request page shows. For time off: date range, whether it is open-ended, the remaining balance after approval, team members who are away on the same days, and the approval chain when there is more than one step. For employee data: the fields with old and new values.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| request_id string required | string | Approval request ID from list_approval_requests. |
Request
curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/personio/requests/request_8c41d2/approval-request \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"result = client.call("personio", "get_approval_request", {"request_id":"request_8c41d2"})const result = await cotlet.call('personio', 'get_approval_request', {"request_id":"request_8c41d2"});cotlet call personio get_approval_request --data '{"request_id":"request_8c41d2"}'Example response
{
"request_id": "apr_41c7e2",
"kind": "time_off",
"employee": "Maja Kowalska",
"time_off_type": "Vacation",
"start_date": "2026-11-03",
"end_date": "2026-11-05",
"days": 3,
"open_ended": false,
"balance_after": 15,
"overlaps": [],
"approval_chain": [
"Tom Becker"
]
}