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# List approval requests

> Requests waiting for you in the Personio Inbox. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

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

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Requests waiting for you in the Personio Inbox.

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

`GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/personio/approval-requests`

Access: read.

Returns the approval tasks in your Inbox: time off, attendance and employee data change requests, oldest first. Only requests you are an approver for appear, including ones delegated to you. Filter by kind to get only time off. Pages hold up to 50 items; pass next_cursor back as cursor.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `kind` | string | no | 'time_off', 'attendance' or 'employee_data'. Default all. |
| `cursor` | string | no | Next page cursor from the previous call. |

## Request

**cURL**

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

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("personio", "list_approval_requests")
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('personio', 'list_approval_requests');
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call personio list_approval_requests
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "requests": [
    {
      "request_id": "apr_41c7e2",
      "kind": "time_off",
      "employee": "Maja Kowalska",
      "summary": "Vacation, 2026-11-03 to 2026-11-05",
      "submitted_at": "2026-10-15T08:12:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": null
}
```

Previous: [List attendance](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/personio/list_attendance.md)
Next: [Get an approval request](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/personio/get_approval_request.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.