BambooHR API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the BambooHR 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.

MindCloud is an integration company that offers one normalized API to access 3,100+ apps from a single place. It cleans up provider-specific quirks, keeps requests and responses consistent, and centralizes authentication so you do not need to manage separate flows for every app. Browse other apps.

Meet BambooHR: Manage employee records, time off, benefits, and directory data. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first BambooHR 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 BambooHR connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every BambooHR action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/bambooHrV2/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a BambooHR connection. Then call an action such as List Employees:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/bambooHrV2/latest/actions/list-employees" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

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 BambooHR account. See BambooHR API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

BambooHR actions

All 31 published actions for this BambooHR version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTAdd Time Off Request
• PUTChange Request Status
• POSTCreate Employee
• GETGet Benefit Coverages
• GETGet Benefit Deduction Types
• GETGet Changed Employees
• GETGet Company Benefits
• GETGet Company Information
• GETGet Datasets
• GETGet Employee
• GETGet Employee Benefits
• GETGet Employee Dependent
• GETGet Employee Dependents
• GETGet Employee Directory
• GETGet Fields
• GETGet Fields from Dataset
• GETGet List Field Details
• GETGet Member Benefit Events
• GETGet Member Benefits
• GETGet Report by ID
• GETGet Reports
• GETGet Tabular Fields
• GETGet Time Off Balance
• GETGet Time Off Policies
• GETGet Time Off Policies for Employee
• GETGet Time Off Requests
• GETGet Time Off Types
• GETGet Users
• GETGet Who's Out
• GETList Employees
• PUTUpdate Employee

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