> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.filexpress.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create employee > Registers an employee. The document number must be unique within the business. **Required permission:** `hr.employees.write` ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.en.json post /hr/employees openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: FileXpress External API version: 1.0.0 description: >- API for integrating third-party systems with FileXpress: billing, HR, accounting, inventory, projects, accounts receivable and payable, treasury, pricing and promotions, and cash. Current base URL: /api/external/v1. The legacy unversioned path (/api/external) will be removed on January 1, 2027; migrate to /api/external/v1 (same endpoints, only the base URL changes). The v2 API (/api/external/v2) exposes currencies and exchange rates, sales and purchases in foreign currency, taxes by id, payrolls with branch, and errors with a stable `code`; its operations carry the /v2 prefix in the path. We suggest migrating to the available v2 routes before March 30, 2027. servers: - url: https://api.filexpress.app/api/external/v1 description: Production security: - ApiKey: [] tags: - name: General - name: Billing · Sales - name: Billing · Purchases - name: Billing · Customers - name: Billing · Suppliers - name: Billing · Products - name: Catalogs - name: HR · Employees - name: HR · Attendance - name: HR · Labor rules - name: HR · Schedules - name: HR · Holidays - name: HR · Attendance results - name: HR · Leave requests - name: HR · Payrolls - name: Accounting - name: Inventory - name: Projects - name: Accounts receivable - name: Accounts payable - name: Treasury - name: Pricing and promotions - name: Cash - name: Points of sale - name: API v2 · General - name: API v2 · Currencies and rates - name: API v2 · Countries - name: API v2 · Sales - name: API v2 · Purchases - name: API v2 · Payrolls paths: /hr/employees: post: tags: - HR · Employees summary: Create employee description: >- Registers an employee. The document number must be unique within the business. **Required permission:** `hr.employees.write` requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmployeeRequest' example: first_name: María last_name: López document_type: DUI document_number: 01234567-8 tax_number: 0614-010190-101-1 email: maria@empresa.com phone: 7000-0000 type: permanent job_title_id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 manager_id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 hire_date: '2026-10-01' salary: 850 bank_name: Banco Agrícola bank_account_type: Ahorro bank_account_number: '3000123456' responses: '201': description: Employee created content: application/json: example: status: true data: id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 first_name: María last_name: López document_type: DUI document_number: 01234567-8 tax_number: 0614-010190-101-1 email: maria@empresa.com phone: 7000-0000 type: permanent job_title: Contadora hire_date: '2024-02-01' salary: 850 employment_relationship: labor pay_type: salaried hourly_rate: null is_active: true '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/E401' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/E403' '409': description: Duplicate document content: application/json: example: status: false message: An employee with this document number already exists. employee_id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 '422': $ref: '#/components/responses/E422' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/E429' components: schemas: EmployeeRequest: type: object properties: first_name: type: string last_name: type: string type: type: string description: Contract type. enum: - permanent - temporary - project_based hire_date: type: string format: date description: Hire date. salary: type: number description: Monthly salary. document_type: type: string document_number: type: string description: Unique within the business. tax_number: type: string description: NIT. email: type: string phone: type: string address: type: string birth_date: type: string format: date job_title_id: type: string format: uuid description: Job title (GET /hr/job-titles). manager_id: type: string format: uuid description: Direct supervisor. emergency_contact_name: type: string emergency_contact_phone: type: string bank_name: type: string bank_account_type: type: string bank_account_number: type: string is_active: type: boolean description: false to deactivate. employment_relationship: type: string description: 'Relationship: employment or professional services.' enum: - labor - services pay_type: type: string description: Payment mode. enum: - salaried - hourly - fee hourly_rate: type: number minimum: 0 description: Hourly rate. Required if pay_type = hourly. required: - first_name - last_name - type - hire_date - salary responses: E401: description: Missing or invalid API Key content: application/json: example: status: false message: Invalid API Key. E403: description: Integration without the required permission or deactivated content: application/json: example: status: false message: This integration does not have the 'hr.employees' permission. required_scope: hr.employees E422: description: Validation error content: application/json: example: status: false message: Validation errors errors: start_date: - The start date field is required. E429: description: Rate limit exceeded content: application/json: example: status: false message: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later. rate_limit: 100 securitySchemes: ApiKey: type: apiKey in: header name: X-API-Key description: Integration API Key (Integrations → New Integration). ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.