Working patterns
Remove a working-pattern version from an employee
Removes the working-pattern version taking effect on the given date. Removing every version is the only way back to an inherited pattern: the employee then falls through to the payroll-config default, then the organisation default, then Monday to Friday. A pattern synthesised for an employee who predates effective dating is not a stored version and cannot be removed, so that returns 404. Responds with the remaining history.
DELETE
/
employees
/
{employeeId}
/
working-pattern
/
{effectiveFrom}
Remove a working-pattern version from an employee
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom} \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}"
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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}', 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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}",
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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}"
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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}")
.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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}")
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": {
"versions": [
{
"effectiveFrom": "2026-04-06",
"configuration": {
"standardWorkingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
},
"shiftPattern": {
"rotationStartDate": "2024-01-01",
"shifts": [
{
"name": "Morning Shift",
"workingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
},
"durationInDays": 5
},
{
"name": "Night Shift",
"workingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
},
"durationInDays": 5
}
],
"patternType": "FourOnFourOff"
},
"workingPattern": "Standard",
"explicitSchedule": {
"weeks": [
{
"weekCommencing": "2026-07-06",
"workingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
}
}
]
}
},
"createdDate": "<string>",
"createdBy": "<string>",
"updatedDate": "<string>",
"updatedBy": "<string>"
}
]
},
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}{
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}{
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}{
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}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 employee
The effective date of the version to remove (YYYY-MM-DD)
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Remove a working-pattern version from an employee
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom} \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}"
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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}', 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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}",
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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}"
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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}")
.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/employees/{employeeId}/working-pattern/{effectiveFrom}")
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": {
"versions": [
{
"effectiveFrom": "2026-04-06",
"configuration": {
"standardWorkingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
},
"shiftPattern": {
"rotationStartDate": "2024-01-01",
"shifts": [
{
"name": "Morning Shift",
"workingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
},
"durationInDays": 5
},
{
"name": "Night Shift",
"workingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
},
"durationInDays": 5
}
],
"patternType": "FourOnFourOff"
},
"workingPattern": "Standard",
"explicitSchedule": {
"weeks": [
{
"weekCommencing": "2026-07-06",
"workingDays": {
"monday": true,
"tuesday": true,
"wednesday": true,
"thursday": true,
"friday": true,
"saturday": false,
"sunday": false
}
}
]
}
},
"createdDate": "<string>",
"createdBy": "<string>",
"updatedDate": "<string>",
"updatedBy": "<string>"
}
]
},
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}{
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}{
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}{
"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>"
}
]
}
]
}