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# Get an employee

> One employee profile with the fields your role may read. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/personio/get_employee

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One employee profile with the fields your role may read.

Personio API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/personio.md

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

Access: read.

Returns the Personal Info fields of one profile that your role may read, such as name, work email, team, position, supervisor and employment dates. Fields hidden from your role, for example salary without the right permission, are left out, not blanked. The result is the same data the profile page shows you.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `employee_id` | string | yes | Employee ID from list_employees. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/personio/employees/employee_8c41d2 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("personio", "get_employee", {"employee_id":"employee_8c41d2"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('personio', 'get_employee', {"employee_id":"employee_8c41d2"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call personio get_employee --data '{"employee_id":"employee_8c41d2"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "employee_id": "emp_2041",
  "name": "Maja Kowalska",
  "email": "maja.kowalska@example.com",
  "team": "Marketing",
  "position": "Content Lead",
  "supervisor": "Tom Becker",
  "employment_start": "2024-03-01",
  "weekly_hours": 40
}
```

Previous: [List employees](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/personio/list_employees.md)
Next: [List time off types](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/personio/list_time_off_types.md)

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## For AI agents: sign your user up

Is your user asking you to sign them up for Cotlet? You can do it for them, no account or key needed.

1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

One call creates the account and sends the access request; we email the user when access is granted.