Create and manage door exception calendars in Verkada Access Control to override normal schedules for holidays or one-off dates
domain: apidocs.verkada.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Enable 'Manage via API' on the target door(s) and ensure the API key's operator has Door Access Management permission on all sites containing those doors
Reference or create a door_exception_calendar_id that lists the affected doors and its exceptions array
PUT https://{region}.verkada.com/access/v1/door/exception_calendar/{calendar_id}/exception/{exception_id} with a date (YYYY-MM-DD), door_status (locked/card_and_code/access_controlled/unlocked), and start_time/end_time unless all_day_default is true
Use double_badge / double_badge_group_ids or first_person_in / first_person_in_group_ids fields if the exception needs those access rules applied
For recurring exceptions (e.g. the 3rd of every month), set recurrence_rule fields (frequency, interval, by_day, by_month_day, until, count) instead of a single date
Known gotchas
Exception calendars are a distinct object from regular door schedules — creating a normal schedule does not give you exception/holiday override behavior
'Manage via API' must be explicitly enabled per door or the exception call will fail even with a valid, sufficiently-privileged API key
Missing start_time/end_time without setting all_day_default=true results in a validation error rather than defaulting to all-day
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