Create an Employee

//native

type Personio = {

	clientId: string

	clientSecret: string

}

/**

 * Create an Employee

 * Creates a new employee. If the employee's status is not provided, it will be set based on the `hire_date` value - if it is in the past, status will be `active`, otherwise `onboarding`. This endpoint responds with the `id` of the created employee in case of success.

 */

export async function main(

	auth: Personio,

	body: {

		employee?: {

			email: string

			first_name: string

			last_name: string

			preferred_name?: string

			gender?: string

			position?: string

			subcompany?: string

			department?: string

			office?: string

			hire_date?: string

			weekly_working_hours?: number

			status?: string

			supervisor_id?: number

			custom_attributes?: { 'dynamic_{{ field uid }}'?: string }

		}

	},

	X_Personio_Partner_ID?: string,

	X_Personio_App_ID?: string

) {

	const url = new URL(`https://api.personio.de/v1/company/employees`)

	const response = await fetch(url, {

		method: 'POST',

		headers: {

			...(X_Personio_Partner_ID ? { 'X-Personio-Partner-ID': X_Personio_Partner_ID } : {}),

			...(X_Personio_App_ID ? { 'X-Personio-App-ID': X_Personio_App_ID } : {}),

			'Content-Type': 'application/json',

			Authorization: 'Bearer ' + (await getOAuthToken(auth, 'https://api.personio.de/oauth2/token'))

		},

		body: JSON.stringify(body)

	})

	if (!response.ok) {

		const text = await response.text()

		throw new Error(`${response.status} ${text}`)

	}

	return await response.json()

}

async function getOAuthToken(auth: Personio, tokenUrl: string): Promise<string> {

	const params = new URLSearchParams({

		grant_type: 'client_credentials',

		client_id: auth.clientId,

		client_secret: auth.clientSecret

	})

	const response = await fetch(tokenUrl, {

		method: 'POST',

		headers: {

			Authorization: 'Basic ' + btoa(`${auth.clientId}:${auth.clientSecret}`),

			'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

		},

		body: params.toString()

	})

	if (!response.ok) {

		const text = await response.text()

		throw new Error(`OAuth token request failed: ${response.status} ${text}`)

	}

	const data = await response.json()

	return data.access_token

}