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# Fetch employee data

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Users can also be fetched using **API v1**. However, for user and contract integrations, we strongly recommend using **API v2**, and this guide therefore describes data fetching using API v2 only.

If you need to fetch users using API v1, please refer to the [**API v1 OpenAPI specification**](https://docs.samesystem.dev/api-v1-reference/) for the available endpoint, request parameters, and data model.
{% endhint %}

SameSystem API v2 can be used to retrieve employee and absence-related data for integrations with external systems such as HRIS, payroll, reporting, and other business applications.

Data can be retrieved for individual users or multiple users, with filtering and field selection available to limit the response to the information required by your integration.

The following guides cover the main data retrieval scenarios:

* **Fetch Employees** – Retrieve user, contract, and related employee data.
* **Fetch Absence Balances** – Retrieve employees' absence balances.

For recurring integrations, we recommend retrieving only the data and fields required by the integration and using available filters where possible to reduce unnecessary API traffic and processing.


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