set-up queries for any new or updated employee entry, using the Oracle HCM REST API

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best approach to get any new or updated employee entry, using the Oracle HCM REST API

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We are trying to set-up queries for any new or updated employee entry, using the Oracle API, as following:

New employee:
https://{{baseURL}}/hcmRestApi/resources/latest/emps?expand=assignments&limit=50&offset=0&orderBy=CreationDate:desc&q=CreationDate>=<date&gt;

Updated employee:
https://{{baseURL}}/hcmRestApi/resources/latest/emps?expand=assignments&limit=50&offset=0&orderBy=LastUpdateDate:desc&q=LastUpdateDate>=<date&gt;

these are working fine but is there any better way of setting up queries with parameters ?