Remove a former employee from an open pay run
Undoes adding a former employee to a pay run. Deletes their payslip from the run and decrements the run’s employee count, so a person added by mistake leaves no trace on the totals or on the FPS.
Only works while the run is open and only for a payslip that is still a preview. A person who is still employed cannot be removed this way, because their place on the run is owned by the payroll-config roster.
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId} \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}"
headers = {
"X-Auth-Token": "<api-key>",
"X-Org-Id": "<api-key>"
}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'DELETE',
headers: {'X-Auth-Token': '<api-key>', 'X-Org-Id': '<api-key>'}
};
fetch('https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Auth-Token: <api-key>",
"X-Org-Id: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}")
.header("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-Auth-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Org-Id"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}Authorizations
Access token obtained from OAuth2 client credentials flow
Organisation to scope the request to. Required when the principal can access more than one organisation; optional for single-organisation principals (the authorizer resolves it automatically).
Path Parameters
The ID of the payroll configuration
The year in format yyyy
2026
The period in format mm
"1"
The former employee to remove
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curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId} \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}"
headers = {
"X-Auth-Token": "<api-key>",
"X-Org-Id": "<api-key>"
}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'DELETE',
headers: {'X-Auth-Token': '<api-key>', 'X-Org-Id': '<api-key>'}
};
fetch('https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-Auth-Token: <api-key>",
"X-Org-Id: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}")
.header("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/payroll/{payrollConfigId}/{year}/{period}/employees/{employeeId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-Auth-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Org-Id"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
"dateTimeFormat": "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}
],
"messageToken": "<string>"
}