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# Get a single employee leave type

> Returns details of a specific employee leave type.



## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /contract/v1/employee-leave-types/{employeeLeaveTypeId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: ''
  version: 3.0.0
  title: Sesame Public API
servers:
  - url: https://api-{region}.sesametime.com
    variables:
      region:
        default: eu1
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /contract/v1/employee-leave-types/{employeeLeaveTypeId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Employee Leave Types
      summary: Get a single employee leave type
      description: Returns details of a specific employee leave type.
      operationId: GetEmployeeLeaveType
      parameters:
        - name: employeeLeaveTypeId
          in: path
          description: The employee leave type ID
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                        description: Employee leave type ID
                      name:
                        type: string
                        description: Leave type name (translated)
                        example: Dismissal
                      reason:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - entities.employeeLeaveType.reason.voluntary
                          - entities.employeeLeaveType.reason.involuntary
                        description: 'Leave reason category: voluntary or involuntary'
                      editable:
                        type: boolean
                        description: >-
                          Whether this leave type can be modified (false for
                          system defaults)
                      createdAt:
                        type: string
                        format: Y-m-dTH:i:sP
                        example: '2020-01-01T10:00:00+01:00'
                      updatedAt:
                        type: string
                        format: Y-m-dTH:i:sP
                        example: '2020-01-01T10:00:00+01:00'
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      currentPage:
                        type: integer
                        example: 1
                      lastPage:
                        type: integer
                        example: 1
                      total:
                        type: integer
                        example: 1
                      perPage:
                        type: integer
                        example: 1
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API Key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Error message indicating authentication failure
                    example: Invalid or missing API Key
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Error code for programmatic handling
                    example: UNAUTHORIZED
              example:
                message: Invalid or missing API Key
                code: UNAUTHORIZED
        '404':
          description: Not Found - The requested resource could not be found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Error message indicating the resource was not found
                    example: Evaluation not found
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Error code for programmatic handling
                    example: EVALUATION_NOT_FOUND
              example:
                message: >-
                  Evaluation with ID 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 was
                  not found
                code: EVALUATION_NOT_FOUND
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded
      security:
        - Bearer: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````