ADP API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the ADP API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet ADP: Experience better HR and payroll. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first ADP request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one ADP connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every ADP action uses the same URL pattern:

POST https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/adp/actions/{actionSlug}/run

You need a MindCloud API Key and a ADP connection. Then call an action such as List Business Units:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/adp/actions/list-business-units/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your ADP account. See ADP API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

ADP actions

All 21 published actions for this ADP version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTCreate Payroll Batch
• POSTCreate Time Card
• GETGet Payroll Earning Allocations
• GETGet Payroll Group Pay Schedule
• GETGet Payroll Metadata
• GETGet Payroll Output
• GETGet Worker
• GETGet Worker Pay Statement
• GETList Associate Work Locations
• GETList Business Units
• GETList Pay Data Input
• GETList Payroll Allocation Earnings
• GETList Payroll Groups
• GETList Payroll Outputs
• GETList Payroll Summary Earnings
• GETList Time Cards by Associate ID
• GETList Worker Leaves
• GETList Worker Pay Statements
• GETList Worker Time Off Balances
• GETList Worker Time Off Requests
• GETList Workers

Related apps

More Human Resources apps on the Universal API, behind the same REST shape. Or browse all apps.

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