BambooHR Connector

BambooHR is a comprehensive human resources software platform that helps companies manage their HR processes effectively. BambooHR's services include an applicant tracking system, employee benefits tracker, time tracking, and employee records management. This component allows you to interact with the BambooHR API.

API Documentation

This component was built using the BambooHR API Documentation

Connections

API Key

Authenticate with BambooHR using an API key

Bamboo HR API keys can be used for testing an integration, but for production integrations, please use OAuth 2.0.

To generate an API key, log in to Bamboo HR, click your user profile image on the upper-right and then click API Keys. Click Add New Key, and take note of the API key that is generated - it will be a ~40 character alphanumeric string.

Input	Comments	Default
API Key	Your BambooHR API key. You can generate this in your BambooHR account settings.
Company Domain	The MYCOMPANY portion of your https://MYCOMPANY.bamboohr.com instance

Triggers

Webhook

Receive and validate webhook requests from BambooHR for webhooks you configure.

Actions

Add Employee

Add a new employee

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
First Name
Last Name
Employee Fields	The names of the fields and their values to use when creating/updating a record. Possible fields are: address1, address2, age, bestEmail, birthday, city, country, dateOfBirth, department, division, employeeNumber, employmentHistoryStatus, ethnicity, exempt, firstName, fullName1, fullName2, fullName3, fullName4, fullName5, displayName, gender, hireDate, originalHireDate, id, jobTitle, lastChanged, lastName, location, maritalStatus, middleName, mobilePhone, nationality, payGroup, payRate, payRateEffectiveDate, payType, paidPer, paySchedule, payFrequency, includeInPayroll, timeTrackingEnabled, ssn, sin, standardHoursPerWeek, state, stateCode, status, supervisor, supervisorEmail, terminationDate, workEmail, workPhone, zipcode

Add Table Row

Adds a row to the specified table for an employee

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID
Table Name (Alias)
Table Fields	The names of the fields and their values to use when creating/updating a row in a table. Use the "List Tabular Fields (Tables)" action to list possible field names for a table.

Create Company File Category

Create a new company file category (folder)

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Category Name

Create Employee File Category

Create a new employee file category (folder)

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Category Name

Create Webhook

Create a new webhook

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Webhook Name
Callback URL	Where the data should be sent
Fields to Monitor	Select one or more fields to trigger this webhook on. This can be any of the following: firstName, lastName, hireDate, department, middleName, dateOfBirth, ssn, address1, address2, city, state, zipcode, mobilePhone, homePhone, workEmail, jobTitle, location, gender, maritalStatus, payType, eeo, status, workPhone, workPhoneExtension, employeeNumber, ethnicity, division, homeEmail, preferredName, employeeStatusDate, country, payChangeReason, payRateEffectiveDate, exempt, twitterFeed, facebook, linkedIn, pinterest, acaStatus, payPer, originalHireDate, paySchedule, instagram, allergies, dietaryRestrictions, hoursPerPayCycle
Fields to send to Webhook	A list of fields to post to the webhook url. This can be any of the following: firstName, lastName, hireDate, department, middleName, dateOfBirth, ssn, address1, address2, city, state, zipcode, mobilePhone, homePhone, workEmail, jobTitle, location, gender, maritalStatus, payType, eeo, status, workPhone, workPhoneExtension, employeeNumber, ethnicity, division, homeEmail, preferredName, employeeStatusDate, country, payChangeReason, payRateEffectiveDate, exempt, twitterFeed, facebook, linkedIn, pinterest, acaStatus, payPer, originalHireDate, paySchedule, instagram, allergies, dietaryRestrictions, hoursPerPayCycle
Allow Duplicates?	By default this action checks if a webhook with this callback and sheet ID already exists. If it does, this action does not configure a new webhook. Toggle this to true to allow the creation of duplicate webhooks.	false

Delete Company File

Delete an company file

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
File ID

Delete Employee File

Delete an employee file

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID
Employee File ID

Delete Instance Webhooks

Delete all BambooHR webhooks that point to a flow in this instance

Input	Comments	Default
Connection

Delete Webhook

Delete a webhook by ID

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Webhook ID

Get an Employee's Table

Get a specific table associated with an employee

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID
Table Name (Alias)

Get Company File

Get an company file

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
File ID

Get Employee

Get an Employee

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID

Get Employee File

Get an employee file

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID
Employee File ID

Get Time Off Requests

Gets Employee Time Off Requests for a given date range.

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Time Off Record ID
Employee ID
Start Date
End Date
Status

List Company Files

List all company categories and files

Input	Comments	Default
Connection

List Employee Files

List all employee categories and files

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID

List Employees

Get the employee directory

Input	Comments	Default
Connection

List Tabular Fields (Tables)

List all tables and their fields in the account

Input	Comments	Default
Connection

List Webhooks

Get a list of existing webhooks

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Show only instance webhooks	Show only webhooks that point to this instance	true

List Who's Out

Get a list of all employees currently taking time off

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Start Date	Defaults to today's date if omitted
End Date	Defaults to 14 days from start date if omitted

Raw Request

Send raw HTTP request to BambooHR

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
URL	Input the path only (/v1/employees/directory), The base URL is already included (https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/COMPANY_DOMAIN). For example, to connect to https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/COMPANY_DOMAIN/v1/employees/directory, only /v1/employees/directory is entered in this field.
Method	The HTTP method to use.
Data	The HTTP body payload to send to the URL.
Form Data	The Form Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.
File Data	File Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.
File Data File Names	File names to apply to the file data inputs. Keys must match the file data keys above.
Query Parameter	A list of query parameters to send with the request. This is the portion at the end of the URL similar to ?key1=value1&key2=value2.
Header	A list of headers to send with the request.
Response Type	The type of data you expect in the response. You can request json, text, or binary data.	json
Timeout	The maximum time that a client will await a response to its request
Retry Delay (ms)	The delay in milliseconds between retries. This is used when 'Use Exponential Backoff' is disabled.	0
Retry On All Errors	If true, retries on all erroneous responses regardless of type. This is helpful when retrying after HTTP 429 or other 3xx or 4xx errors. Otherwise, only retries on HTTP 5xx and network errors.	false
Max Retry Count	The maximum number of retries to attempt. Specify 0 for no retries.	0
Use Exponential Backoff	Specifies whether to use a pre-defined exponential backoff strategy for retries. When enabled, 'Retry Delay (ms)' is ignored.	false

Update Employee

Update an existing employee

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID
Employee Fields	The names of the fields and their values to use when creating/updating a record. Possible fields are: address1, address2, age, bestEmail, birthday, city, country, dateOfBirth, department, division, employeeNumber, employmentHistoryStatus, ethnicity, exempt, firstName, fullName1, fullName2, fullName3, fullName4, fullName5, displayName, gender, hireDate, originalHireDate, id, jobTitle, lastChanged, lastName, location, maritalStatus, middleName, mobilePhone, nationality, payGroup, payRate, payRateEffectiveDate, payType, paidPer, paySchedule, payFrequency, includeInPayroll, timeTrackingEnabled, ssn, sin, standardHoursPerWeek, state, stateCode, status, supervisor, supervisorEmail, terminationDate, workEmail, workPhone, zipcode

Update Employee Table Row

Updates a specific row in an Employee Table

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID
Table Name (Alias)
Row ID
Table Fields	The names of the fields and their values to use when creating/updating a row in a table. Use the "List Tabular Fields (Tables)" action to list possible field names for a table.

Upload Company File

Upload a new company file

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Category ID
File Name
Share?		false
File contents

Upload Employee File

Upload a new employee file

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
Employee ID
Category ID
File Name
Share?		false
File contents

API Documentation​

Connections​

API Key​

Triggers​

Webhook​

Actions​

Add Employee​

Add Table Row​

Create Company File Category​

Create Employee File Category​

Create Webhook​

Delete Company File​

Delete Employee File​

Delete Instance Webhooks​

Delete Webhook​

Get an Employee's Table​

Get Company File​

Get Employee​

Get Employee File​

Get Time Off Requests​

List Company Files​

List Employee Files​

List Employees​

List Tabular Fields (Tables)​

List Webhooks​

List Who's Out​

Raw Request​

Update Employee​

Update Employee Table Row​

Upload Company File​

Upload Employee File​