Get a request
Read one request with the shifts it affects and what Quinyx warns about.
GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/quinyx/requests/{request_id}/approval-request
read
Returns the period, the employee's comment and the shifts scheduled inside it. For an absence request it adds the holiday days left when the organization uses Time Trackers. For a shift booking or swap it lists the agreement rules the shift would break, the ones Quinyx marks with an exclamation mark.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| request_id string required | string | Id from list_approval_requests. |
Request
curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/quinyx/requests/request_8c41d2/approval-request \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"result = client.call("quinyx", "get_approval_request", {"request_id":"request_8c41d2"})const result = await cotlet.call('quinyx', 'get_approval_request', {"request_id":"request_8c41d2"});cotlet call quinyx get_approval_request --data '{"request_id":"request_8c41d2"}'Example response
{
"request_id": "77310",
"category": "absence_request",
"employee": "Elena Ruiz",
"period": {
"from": "2026-11-04",
"to": "2026-11-05"
},
"employee_comment": "Family visit.",
"shifts": [
{
"shift_id": "90412",
"shift_type": "Opening",
"start": "2026-11-04T06:00",
"end": "2026-11-04T14:00"
},
{
"shift_id": "90437",
"shift_type": "Opening",
"start": "2026-11-05T06:00",
"end": "2026-11-05T14:00"
}
],
"time_tracker": {
"holiday_days_left": 11
},
"warnings": []
}