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# Reveal employee SIN



## OpenAPI

````yaml /spec/openapi.json get /employees/{employee}/reveal
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Nmbr API
  description: API to interact with Nmbr Payroll
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll
security:
  - CompanyToken: []
tags:
  - name: Accounting Codes
  - name: Accounting Code Rules
  - name: Adjustments
  - name: Allowances
  - name: Allowance Line Items
  - name: Allowance Types
  - name: Async Tasks
  - name: Bank Accounts
  - name: Business Entities
  - name: Business Entity Verifications
  - name: Business Entity ROE Authorizations
  - name: Business Presets
  - name: Calculations
  - name: Companies
  - name: Contractors
  - name: Deductions
  - name: Deduction Line Items
  - name: Deduction Types
  - name: Earnings
  - name: Earning Line Items
  - name: Earning Types
  - name: Effective Tax Properties
  - name: Employees
  - name: Employee Benefits
  - name: Employee Benefit Line Items
  - name: Employee Benefit Types
  - name: Employer Benefits
  - name: Employer Benefit Line Items
  - name: Employer Benefit Types
  - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Line Items
  - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Types
  - name: Forms
  - name: Form Batches
  - name: Form Types
  - name: Holidays
  - name: Integrations
  - name: Journal Entries
  - name: Overtime Rates
  - name: Partners
  - name: Pay Rates
  - name: Pay Schedules
  - name: Pay Splits
  - name: Pay Stubs
  - name: Payments
  - name: Payrolls
  - name: Reimbursements
  - name: Reimbursement Line Items
  - name: Reimbursement Types
  - name: Remittance Accounts
  - name: Remittance Account Enrollments
  - name: Reports
  - name: Statutory Withholding Line Items
  - name: Statutory Withholding Types
  - name: Tags
  - name: Tag Groups
  - name: Tax Properties
  - name: Tax Property Templates
  - name: Tokens
  - name: Usage Records
  - name: Usage Summaries
  - name: Vacation Pay
  - name: Vacation Pay Settings
  - name: Webhooks
  - name: Work Assignments
paths:
  /employees/{employee}/reveal:
    get:
      tags:
        - Employees
      summary: Reveal employee SIN
      operationId: employees-reveal
      parameters:
        - name: employee
          in: path
          schema:
            type: string
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
                    readOnly: true
                  object:
                    type: string
                    description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"employee_reveal"`).
                    readOnly: true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee'
              example:
                id: <id>
                object: employee_reveal
                data:
                  sin: '196710156'
                  created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
                  updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
components:
  schemas:
    Employee:
      type: object
      title: Employee
      properties:
        company:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
              readOnly: true
            object:
              type: string
              description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"company"`).
              readOnly: true
        employee_number:
          type: string
          description: >-
            An optional identifier for the employee within the partner's system,
            such as a badge number or HR system ID. Distinct from `id` and
            `external_ref`.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 40
        first_name:
          type: string
          description: The employee's first name.
          maxLength: 50
        last_name:
          type: string
          description: The employee's last name.
          maxLength: 50
        middle_initial:
          type: string
          description: The employee's middle initial.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 1
        personal_email:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The employee's personal email address, used as the primary address
            for payroll communications such as Pay Stub emails.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        work_email:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The employee's work email address. Used for payroll communications
            if `personal_email` is not set.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        address_line_1:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The first line of the employee's mailing address. Canada Revenue
            Agency forms (T4, RL-1) truncate this to the length those forms
            allow.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        address_line_2:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The second line of the employee's mailing address. Canada Revenue
            Agency forms (T4, RL-1) truncate this to the length those forms
            allow.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        city:
          type: string
          description: The city of the employee's mailing address.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        administrative_area:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The region of the employee's mailing address — the province, state,
            or county, depending on the country. For Canadian employees this is
            the Province of Residence (POR), not the Province of Employment
            (POE) or Province of Work (POW). POE and POW are configured via the
            Work Assignment's Tax Properties.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        province_code:
          type: string
          description: >-
            This attribute is deprecated and will be removed.


            A deprecated alias of `administrative_area` that mirrors its value.
            Use `administrative_area` instead.
          nullable: true
          deprecated: true
        country_code:
          type: string
          description: The country code for the employee's mailing address.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 2
          enum:
            - CA
            - GB
        postal_code:
          type: string
          description: The postal code for the employee's mailing address.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 10
        sin:
          type: string
          description: >-
            This attribute is deprecated and will be removed.


            The employee's Social Insurance Number (SIN), used for tax
            reporting.


            If you only need the last 3 digits for display purposes, use
            `sin_last_3` instead. If you need the complete SIN, use the
            `/employees/:id/reveal` endpoint instead. Note the `/reveal`
            endpoint can only reveal one employee at a time and is rate-limited
            for security reasons.
          nullable: true
          deprecated: true
        sin_last_3:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The last 3 digits of the employee's Social Insurance Number (SIN).
            `null` if no SIN has been provided.
          nullable: true
        date_of_birth:
          type: string
          description: The employee's date of birth.
          nullable: true
          format: date
        warnings:
          type: object
          description: >-
            A collection of data validation warnings for this employee. Warnings
            indicate incomplete or potentially incorrect data and could prevent
            payroll processing.
          nullable: true
          properties:
            object:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            data:
              type: array
              nullable: true
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  object:
                    type: string
                    nullable: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    nullable: true
                    properties:
                      namespace:
                        type: string
                        nullable: true
                      type:
                        type: string
                        nullable: true
        external_ref:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary
            key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use,
            validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply
            stores it for your reference.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        preferred_locale:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The locale used for payroll communications sent to this employee,
            such as Pay Stub emails. If not set, the Business Entity's locale is
            used.
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - en
            - fr
        archived_at:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The date the employee was archived. Archiving an employee also
            archives all Work Assignments that are not already archived.
            Archived employees do not appear in active listings.
          readOnly: true
          nullable: true
          format: dateTime
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr.
          readOnly: true
          format: dateTime
        updated_at:
          type: string
          description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr.
          readOnly: true
          format: dateTime
  securitySchemes:
    CompanyToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````