BambooHR

BambooHR Files API

Employee files

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Operations 2

GET /employees/{id}/files/view List files for an employee #

GET /employees/{employeeId}/files/{fileId} Get an employee file #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BambooHR REST Directory Files API
  version: v1
  description: 'RESTful HTTPS API for the BambooHR HRIS. Access employee data, the employee

    directory, time-off, reports, and files. Authentication is per-customer API

    key (HTTP Basic; username = API key, password = any non-empty string) or

    OAuth 2.0 (bearer token).


    The base URL is per-customer: `https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/{companyDomain}/v1`.

    '
  contact:
    name: BambooHR API
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
servers:
- url: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/{companyDomain}/v1
  description: BambooHR customer endpoint
  variables:
    companyDomain:
      default: mycompany
      description: Your BambooHR subdomain
tags:
- name: Files
  description: Employee files
paths:
  /employees/{id}/files/view:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      summary: List files for an employee
      operationId: listEmployeeFiles
      tags:
      - Files
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Files
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      - oauth2: []
  /employees/{employeeId}/files/{fileId}:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: employeeId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - in: path
      name: fileId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      summary: Get an employee file
      operationId: getEmployeeFile
      tags:
      - Files
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File bytes
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      - oauth2: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic auth. Use the API key as the username and any non-empty string as the password.
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow (for multi-customer apps).
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.bamboohr.com/oauth/authorize.php
          tokenUrl: https://api.bamboohr.com/token.php
          scopes:
            offline_access: Issue a refresh token along with the access token