# Officient HR Documentation > The Officient HR API was designed to allow read and write access to objects in Officient. We are committed to making your data available in a machine-readable fomat to automate tedious HR-related tasks. ## Getting started: Documentation - [Authentication](https://apidocs.officient.io/docs/getting-started.md): This page will help you get started with the Exact Officient API. - [Input parameters](https://apidocs.officient.io/docs/input-parameters.md): This article describes the way Exact Officient expects data input via the API - [Rate limiting](https://apidocs.officient.io/docs/rate-limiting.md) - [Custom fields](https://apidocs.officient.io/docs/custom-fields.md) - [Webhooks](https://apidocs.officient.io/docs/webhooks.md) - [Permission scopes](https://apidocs.officient.io/docs/scopes.md) ## Reference: People - [Person detail](https://apidocs.officient.io/reference/person-detail.md)