Employee Data
🆕 Multi-source Employee API

Collect

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Overview

Find instructions for collection endpoint usage and data collection.

Use the Multi-source employee collection endpoints to collect employee data using employee IDs or profile shorthand names.

Used key

Collect endpoints

Employee ID

/v1/multi_source/employee/collect/{employee_id}

Shorthand name

/v1/multi_source/employee/collect/{shorthand_name}

Employee ID

Retrieved using Employee API search endpoints.

Employee shorthand name

Taken directly from profile URL (e.g., john-doe from www.professional-network.com/john-doe).



Other tutorials/helpful information for you to check before using the Multi-source Employee API collection endpoints:

Collection using IDs

Examples in this article are prepared using Postman.

However, you can use the most convenient tool for you: terminal, Postman, or any API-compatible application.

Remember to replace {JWT} with the personal token that was generated for you.

  • Collection using shorthand names
  • Paste in the numeric employee ID instead of {employee_id} and your JWT token instead of {JWT} in the request template:
cURL request example

  • Copy the edited request.
  • Import the request in Postman by clicking the Import button and pasting the request in:
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  • Click Authorization:
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  • Select the Bearer token from the selection menu:
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  • Make sure your JWT token has been imported to Postman:
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  • Send the request.
  • Collect employee data from Body:
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Collection using shorthand names

Examples in this article are prepared using Postman.

However, you can use the most convenient tool for you: terminal, Postman, or any API-compatible application.

Remember to replace {JWT} with the personal token that was generated for you.

  • Paste in the selected company shorthand name instead of {shorthand_name} and your JWT token instead of {JWT} in the request template:
cURL request example

  • Copy the edited request.
  • Import the request in Postman by clicking the Import button and pasting the request in:
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  • Click Authorization:
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  • Select Bearer token and paste your token in:
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  • Make sure your JWT token has been imported to Postman.
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  • Send the request:
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  • Collect employee data from Body.