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GET
/
lucca-api
/
departments
/
{id}
Retrieve a department
curl --request GET \
  --url https://{host}/lucca-api/departments/{id} \
  --header 'Api-Version: <api-version>' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "id": "32",
  "type": "department",
  "url": "https://example.ilucca.net/lucca-api/departments/32",
  "name": "Finances",
  "description": null,
  "remoteId": "FIN",
  "isArchived": false,
  "parent": null,
  "level": 1,
  "manager": {
    "id": "416",
    "type": "employee",
    "url": "https://example.ilucca.net/lucca-api/employees/416"
  },
  "sortOrder": 2,
  "links": {
    "activeEmployees": {
      "href": "https://example.ilucca.net/lucca-api/employees?applicableJobPosition.department.id=32"
    }
  },
  "embedded": {}
}
Scopes: 
    • departments.readonly
    • departments.readwrite
Business-establishments: Any.
About authentication

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The Lucca API implements the oAuth 2 protocol with the client-credentials-flow. Refer to RFC8725.

Headers

​
Api-Version
enum<string>
required

Set the API version.

Available options:
2024-11-01
Allowed value: "2024-11-01"
Maximum string length: 10
​
If-None-Match
string

Only execute the request if current cached version of the resource does not match the one given here.

​
If-Match
string

Only execute the request if current cached version of the resource matches the one given here. Useful to avoid concurrency conflicts.

​
Accept-Encoding
string

List of compression algorithms you support.

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

Identifier of the department to retrieve.

Minimum string length: 1

Query Parameters

​
include
enum<string>[]

Include metadata:

  • embedded: the partial or complete representations of related resources (e.g. the employee the resource belongs to).
  • links: links to related resources or actions (e.g. approving a leave-request). May be null when you do not have access to the resource (or action).
  • totalCount: only applicable on collections (i.e. lists of resources), gives the total number of items across all pages.

Read more about expanding responses.

Available options:
embedded,
links,
totalCount

Response

OK

A department resource.

​
name
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 255
​
id
string
Minimum string length: 1
​
type
string
Allowed value: "department"
​
url
string<uri>
​
remoteId
null | string

Identifier of this object in a third-party software.

Maximum string length: 255
​
isArchived
boolean

If this department is archived. Only possible if there are no more employees attached.

​
description
null | string
​
parent
department-reference · object

Reference to the department this department is a child of.

​
level
integer<int32>

Read-only. Depth level of this department in the department tree. At level "1", the department has no parent.

Required range: x >= 1
​
manager
employee-reference · object

Reference to the employee that acts as the Head of this department.

​
sortOrder
integer<int32>

Index (0-based) of the department among its siblings.

Required range: x >= 0
​
links
object
​
embedded
object