Approve an absence request

Approve a pending absence request (transition pending → approved), consuming the employee’s balance.

No request body (an optional note is accepted).
A reviewer cannot approve the request they themselves created (422).
For a terminated employee, an absence that ends after their termination date returns 422 business_rule_violation (employee_inactive) and stays pending.
Returns the updated request.

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Your API key as a bearer token: fact_live_… in production, fact_test_… in sandbox. See the authentication guide.

In: header

Path Parameters

company*string

Public identifier (UUID v7) of the company. Get it from GET /v1/me (data.scope[].id).

Formatuuid

absence_request*string

Public identifier (UUID v7) of the absence request.

Formatuuid

Client-generated opaque key (up to 255 characters; UUID v7 recommended) that makes retries safe: the first response is cached and replayed for repeats without re-executing the mutation. Reusing a key with a different body returns 422 idempotency_key_reused; the values of secret fields (password, secret…) count as part of the body, so retrying with a corrected secret under the same key is a different request, never the replay of the earlier answer. See the Idempotency guide.

Length1 <= length <= 255

Factuarea-Version?string

Pin the API version (YYYY-MM-DD, Stripe-style date versioning) for this request; omit to use the key's pinned version, or the latest if none. Unsupported version → 400 unsupported_api_version; malformed → 400 parameter_invalid_format. The effective version is echoed in the Factuarea-Version response header. See the Versioning guide.

Formatdate

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

note?|

Approval note (optional).

Lengthlength <= 1000

Response Body

`application/json`

Request example

const apiKey = process.env.FACTUAREA_API_KEY;if (!apiKey) throw new Error("Set FACTUAREA_API_KEY");const response = await fetch("https://api.factuarea.com/v1/companies/01931b3e-7c4a-7f2e-9a8b-3c5d6e7f8a01/absence-requests/01931b3e-7c4a-7f2e-9a8b-3c5d6e7f8a01/approve", {  method: "POST",  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`, ...{"Accept":"application/json","Content-Type":"application/json","Idempotency-Key":"erp-2026-public-api-v1-absence-requests-approve"} },  body: JSON.stringify({  "note": "Aprobada; saldo suficiente para el periodo solicitado."}),});if (!response.ok) throw new Error(await response.text());if (response.status !== 204) console.log(await response.json());

Response example

{
  "data": {
    "id": "01933a32-e287-7193-9fa0-7a8b9c0d1e01",
    "object": "absence_request",
    "employee_id": "01933a1f-8c21-7b3d-9e4f-1a2b3c4d5e01",
    "absence_type_id": "01933a30-c065-7f71-9d8e-5e6f7a8b9c01",
    "absence_type_name": "Vacaciones",
    "color": "#2563EB",
    "status": "approved",
    "start_date": "2026-08-03",
    "end_date": "2026-08-14",
    "day_amount": "10.00",
    "measurement_unit": "days",
    "note": "Vacaciones de verano.",
    "reviewer_user_id": "01933a1f-8c21-7b3d-9e4f-1a2b3c4d5eaa",
    "review_note": "Aprobado.",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-06-20T10:15:00Z",
    "created_at": "2026-06-18T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

Retired X-Active-Profile header sent

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "parameter_unknown",
    "subcode": "retired_active_profile_header",
    "message": "La cabecera 'X-Active-Profile' fue retirada de la API v1: la empresa efectiva se indica en el segmento de empresa de la ruta.",
    "param": "X-Active-Profile",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#parameter_unknown",
    "request_id": "req_01J8Y3M2Q40000000000000001"
  }
}

Malformed Factuarea-Version header

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "parameter_invalid_format",
    "message": "El header 'Factuarea-Version' debe tener formato YYYY-MM-DD.",
    "param": "Factuarea-Version",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#parameter_invalid_format",
    "request_id": "req_01J8Y3M2Q40000000000000002"
  }
}

Unsupported Factuarea-Version

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "unsupported_api_version",
    "message": "La versión de API '2020-01-01' no está soportada.",
    "param": "Factuarea-Version",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#unsupported_api_version",
    "request_id": "req_01J8Y3M2Q40000000000000003"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "authentication_error",
    "code": "missing_api_key",
    "message": "Falta header Authorization o X-API-Key.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#missing_api_key",
    "request_id": "req_d785a069fb75656866317a962c"
  }
}

POST /v1/companies/{company}/absence-requests/{absence_request}/approve · 403 insufficient_scope

{
  "error": {
    "type": "authorization_error",
    "code": "insufficient_scope",
    "message": "Esta operación requiere el scope 'absences:transition'. Tu API key solo tiene los scopes: ninguno.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#insufficient_scope",
    "request_id": "req_c110af42c8de94bfaec1c8bdcb"
  }
}

Company deactivated

{
  "error": {
    "type": "authorization_error",
    "code": "company_inactive",
    "message": "Esta empresa está desactivada. Actívala para operar.",
    "param": "company",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#company_inactive",
    "request_id": "req_01J8Y3M2Q40000000000000005"
  }
}

POST /v1/companies/{company}/absence-requests/{absence_request}/approve · 404 absence_request_not_found

{
  "error": {
    "type": "not_found_error",
    "code": "absence_request_not_found",
    "message": "Solicitud de ausencia no encontrada.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#absence_request_not_found",
    "request_id": "req_f804715f61ef68ec8c3d303a7b"
  }
}

Company not found or outside the API key scope

{
  "error": {
    "type": "not_found_error",
    "code": "profile_not_found",
    "message": "La empresa indicada no existe o no está en el ámbito de tu credencial.",
    "param": "company",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#profile_not_found",
    "request_id": "req_01J8Y3M2Q40000000000000004"
  }
}

POST /v1/companies/{company}/absence-requests/{absence_request}/approve · 422 invalid_param_format

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "invalid_param_format",
    "message": "La Idempotency-Key debe tener entre 1 y 255 caracteres ASCII printable.",
    "param": "Idempotency-Key",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#invalid_param_format",
    "request_id": "req_e8beac972471d0a7cb86edd0ea"
  }
}

Idempotency key reused with a different payload

{
  "error": {
    "type": "idempotency_error",
    "code": "idempotency_key_reused",
    "message": "La Idempotency-Key 'order-2026-0001' ya se usó con un payload distinto.",
    "param": "Idempotency-Key",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#idempotency_key_reused",
    "request_id": "req_01J8Y3M2Q40000000000000007"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "rate_limit_error",
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "message": "Has excedido el límite de requests permitido. Reintenta más tarde.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#rate_limit_exceeded",
    "request_id": "req_e0cb318f9b550672e24a35be5b"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "api_error",
    "code": "internal_error",
    "message": "Algo se rompió en nuestro lado al procesar la petición. La condición no la provoca tu payload.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.factuarea.com/guides/errors#internal_error",
    "request_id": "req_70fa1ce89d0503e56e049e031c"
  }
}

Approve an absence request

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