ADP

ADP Organizations API

Organizational unit management

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OpenAPI Specification

adp-organizations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ADP Payroll Organizations API
  description: The ADP Payroll API provides programmatic access to payroll processing, payroll output data, and compensation management. REST APIs support payroll runs, payroll output retrieval (including CSV-formatted bulk data), and headcount and compensation analysis across ADP payroll platforms.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: ADP Developer Resources
    url: https://developers.adp.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.adp.com
  description: ADP Production API
security:
- oauth2ClientCredentials: []
tags:
- name: Organizations
  description: Organizational unit management
paths:
  /core/v1/organization-departments:
    get:
      operationId: listDepartments
      summary: List Organization Departments
      description: Retrieve all departments/organizational units in the company structure.
      tags:
      - Organizations
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of departments
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  organizationDepartments:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Department'
              examples:
                Listdepartments200Example:
                  summary: Default listDepartments 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    organizationDepartments:
                    - departmentCode: example_value
                      departmentName: example_value
                      parentDepartmentCode: example_value
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Department:
      type: object
      properties:
        departmentCode:
          type: string
          example: example_value
        departmentName:
          type: string
          example: example_value
        parentDepartmentCode:
          type: string
          example: example_value
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2ClientCredentials:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://accounts.adp.com/auth/oauth/v2/token
          scopes:
            api__payroll-output-v1__read: Read payroll output data