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POST
/
v2
/
me
/
ooo
Create an out-of-office entry for the authenticated user
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cal.com/v2/me/ooo \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "start": "2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "end": "2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z",
  "notes": "Vacation in Hawaii",
  "toUserId": 2,
  "reason": "vacation"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.cal.com/v2/me/ooo"

payload = {
    "start": "2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "end": "2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z",
    "notes": "Vacation in Hawaii",
    "toUserId": 2,
    "reason": "vacation"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<authorization>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    start: '2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z',
    end: '2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z',
    notes: 'Vacation in Hawaii',
    toUserId: 2,
    reason: 'vacation'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.cal.com/v2/me/ooo', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.cal.com/v2/me/ooo",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'start' => '2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z',
    'end' => '2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z',
    'notes' => 'Vacation in Hawaii',
    'toUserId' => 2,
    'reason' => 'vacation'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cal.com/v2/me/ooo"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"start\": \"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\n  \"end\": \"2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z\",\n  \"notes\": \"Vacation in Hawaii\",\n  \"toUserId\": 2,\n  \"reason\": \"vacation\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.cal.com/v2/me/ooo")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"start\": \"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\n  \"end\": \"2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z\",\n  \"notes\": \"Vacation in Hawaii\",\n  \"toUserId\": 2,\n  \"reason\": \"vacation\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cal.com/v2/me/ooo")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"start\": \"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\n  \"end\": \"2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z\",\n  \"notes\": \"Vacation in Hawaii\",\n  \"toUserId\": 2,\n  \"reason\": \"vacation\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "userId": 2,
    "id": 2,
    "uuid": "e84be5a3-4696-49e3-acc7-b2f3999c3b94",
    "start": "2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "end": "2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z",
    "toUserId": 2,
    "notes": "Vacation in Hawaii",
    "reason": "vacation"
  }
}

Headers

​
Authorization
string
required

value must be Bearer <token> where <token> is api key prefixed with cal_, managed user access token, or OAuth access token

Body

application/json
​
start
string<date-time>
required

The start date and time of the out of office period in ISO 8601 format in UTC timezone.

Example:

"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z"

​
end
string<date-time>
required

The end date and time of the out of office period in ISO 8601 format in UTC timezone.

Example:

"2023-05-10T23:59:59.999Z"

​
notes
string

Optional notes for the out of office entry.

Example:

"Vacation in Hawaii"

​
toUserId
number

The ID of the user covering for the out of office period, if applicable.

Example:

2

​
reason
enum<string>

the reason for the out of office entry, if applicable

Available options:
unspecified,
vacation,
travel,
sick,
public_holiday
Example:

"vacation"

Response

201 - application/json
​
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
success,
error
Example:

"success"

​
data
object
required