Before you begin

Explore Attendance API to learn about the attendance module in Bob and how to use the API.

Required permissions

To use the attendance API, make sure the service user has the following permissions granted:

Action	Permission
Import attendance entries, Manage attendance entries, Fetch attendance summaries and daily breakdowns	People's data > Time attendance > Manage time attendance sheets

Rate limiting

Rate limits are restrictions that our API imposes on the number of times a user can access our endpoints within a specified period of time. To learn more about rate limiting best practices, see Rate limiting.

Below is a table detailing the rate limits for each endpoint in the attendance endpoints.

Method	Endpoint	Limit per minute
POST	Import attendance data	5
POST	Fetch attendance summaries	100
POST	Fetch daily attendance breakdown	100
POST	Create entries	100
POST	Update entries for an employee	100
PATCH	Delete entry	100
POST	Search entries	200
PATCH	Clock in	100
DEL	Clock out	100