Connecteam Pay Rates:v1:Pay Rates:v1:PayRates API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Connecteam API documentation Pay Rates:v1:Pay Rates:v1:PayRates API
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://api.connecteam.com/
tags:
- name: Pay Rates:v1:Pay Rates:v1:PayRates
paths:
  /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates:
    get:
      tags:
      - Pay Rates:v1:Pay Rates:v1:PayRates
      summary: Get pay rates
      description: Retrieves pay rate information for one or more users within your organization. This endpoint supports flexible filtering by effective dates, rate types, and resource assignments. It's designed for payroll integration scenarios where you need to fetch pay rates for multiple employees at once. The response includes historical modification data when requested, allowing you to track changes over time for audit and compliance purposes. Pagination is supported for large result sets.
      operationId: get_pay_rates_pay_rates_v1_pay_rates_get
      security:
      - APIKeyHeader: []
      - OAuth2:
        - pay_rates.read
      parameters:
      - name: startDate
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          title: Startdate
          description: Return pay rates that are in effect during the date range starting from this date, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). This includes rates with an effective date before startDate if they are still the most recent rate at the start of the range. Must be used together with endDate. Date range cannot exceed 365 days.
          type: string
        description: Return pay rates that are in effect during the date range starting from this date, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). This includes rates with an effective date before startDate if they are still the most recent rate at the start of the range. Must be used together with endDate. Date range cannot exceed 365 days.
      - name: endDate
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          title: Enddate
          description: Return pay rates that are in effect during the date range ending at this date, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). Must be used together with startDate. Date range cannot exceed 365 days.
          type: string
        description: Return pay rates that are in effect during the date range ending at this date, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). Must be used together with startDate. Date range cannot exceed 365 days.
      - name: userIds
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          title: Userids
          description: List of user IDs to retrieve pay rates for. If omitted, pay rates for all users will be returned (subject to pagination).
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        description: List of user IDs to retrieve pay rates for. If omitted, pay rates for all users will be returned (subject to pagination).
      - name: rateType
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          description: 'Filter by rate type. Valid values: hourly, monthly, yearly.'
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WageTypesEnum'
        description: 'Filter by rate type. Valid values: hourly, monthly, yearly.'
      - name: resourceIds
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          title: Resourceids
          description: Filter resource rate details to include only specific resources. This filter only affects resourcesRates; other pay rate fields are always returned.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        description: Filter resource rate details to include only specific resources. This filter only affects resourcesRates; other pay rate fields are always returned.
      - name: isIncludeHistory
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          title: Isincludehistory
          description: 'When set to true, includes the complete modification history for each pay rate. Note: Setting this to true may increase response time and payload size.'
          default: false
          type: boolean
        description: 'When set to true, includes the complete modification history for each pay rate. Note: Setting this to true may increase response time and payload size.'
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          title: Limit
          description: The maximum number of results to display per page
          default: 100
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
          type: integer
        description: The maximum number of results to display per page
      - name: offset
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          title: Offset
          description: The resource offset of the last successfully read resource will be returned as the paging.offset JSON property of a paginated response containing more results
          default: 0
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
        description: The resource offset of the last successfully read resource will be returned as the paging.offset JSON property of a paginated response containing more results
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedBaseResponse_PayRatesGetResponseData_'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                invalid_date_range:
                  summary: Date range exceeds 365 days
                  value:
                    details:
                      error_message: Request query is invalid
                      error_code: 1003
                    error:
                      __root__:
                        message: Date range cannot exceed 365 days
                        type: value_error
                    path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates
                    request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
                invalid_date_format:
                  summary: Invalid date format
                  value:
                    details:
                      error_message: Request query is invalid
                      error_code: 1003
                    error:
                      query.start_date:
                        message: invalid date format, expected YYYY-MM-DD
                        type: value_error.date
                    path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates
                    request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
    put:
      tags:
      - Pay Rates:v1:Pay Rates:v1:PayRates
      summary: Set pay rates
      description: Creates or updates pay rates for one or more users. If a pay rate exists for the same effective date, it is replaced; otherwise, a new entry is added to the pay rate history. The effective date cannot be on or after any approved or locked timesheet days. If such days exist, the request fails with HAS_LOCKED_DAYS. For bulk requests with resource rates enabled, the system validates user eligibility and tracks all changes. When isResourceRateEnabled is true, resourcesRates must include all resources with custom rates.
      operationId: set_pay_rates_pay_rates_v1_pay_rates_put
      security:
      - APIKeyHeader: []
      - OAuth2:
        - pay_rates.write
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              title: Pay Rates Request
              description: The pay rates to set
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRatesPutRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIResponse_PayRatePutResponse_'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request body
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                invalid_rate_value:
                  summary: Rate must be >= 0
                  value:
                    details:
                      error_message: Request body is invalid
                      error_code: 1002
                    error:
                      body.payRatesByUsers.0.payRate.defaultRate:
                        message: ensure this value is greater than or equal to 0
                        type: value_error.number.not_ge
                    path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates
                    request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
                missing_default_rate:
                  summary: defaultRate required when enabled
                  value:
                    details:
                      error_message: Request body is invalid
                      error_code: 1002
                    error:
                      __root__:
                        message: defaultRate is required when isDefaultRateEnabled is true
                        type: value_error
                    path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates
                    request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
                invalid_date_format:
                  summary: Invalid date format
                  value:
                    details:
                      error_message: Request body is invalid
                      error_code: 1002
                    error:
                      body.payRatesByUsers.0.payRate.effectiveDate:
                        message: invalid date format, expected YYYY-MM-DD
                        type: value_error.date
                    path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates
                    request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
                user_not_found:
                  summary: User ID(s) don't exist
                  value:
                    details:
                      error_message: Request is invalid
                      error_code: 1004
                    error: 'Users: [12345, 67890] not exists'
                    path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates
                    request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '409':
          description: The effective date conflicts with approved or locked timesheet days. Cannot create, update, or delete pay rates that would affect finalized timesheets
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                details:
                  error_message: Cannot modify pay rate
                  error_code: HAS_LOCKED_DAYS
                error: Cannot modify pay rate that affects locked or approved timesheet days
                path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates
                request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates/users/{userId}/{effectiveDate}:
    delete:
      tags:
      - Pay Rates:v1:Pay Rates:v1:PayRates
      summary: Delete pay rate
      description: Deletes a specific pay rate entry for a user. The pay rate is identified by the user ID and effective date. This operation cannot be undone. The system validates that the effective date does not affect any approved or locked timesheet days. If the user has any approved or locked days on or after this effective date, the delete request will fail with error code HAS_LOCKED_DAYS. You cannot delete pay rates that are currently being used for finalized payroll calculations. Additionally, at least one pay rate must remain for each user (if required by company policy).
      operationId: delete_pay_rate_pay_rates_v1_pay_rates_users__userId___effectiveDate__delete
      security:
      - APIKeyHeader: []
      - OAuth2:
        - pay_rates.delete
      parameters:
      - name: userId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          description: The ID of the user
          title: Userid
        description: The ID of the user
      - name: effectiveDate
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: 'The effective date of the pay rate (format: YYYY-MM-DD)'
          title: Effectivedate
        description: 'The effective date of the pay rate (format: YYYY-MM-DD)'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIResponse_PayRateDeleteResponse_'
        '404':
          description: Pay rate not found for given user ID and effective date
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error: Pay rate not found for user 12345 on effective date 2024-01-01
                path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates/users/12345/2024-01-01
                request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '409':
          description: The effective date conflicts with approved or locked timesheet days. Cannot create, update, or delete pay rates that would affect finalized timesheets
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                details:
                  error_message: Cannot delete pay rate
                  error_code: HAS_LOCKED_DAYS
                error: Cannot delete pay rate that affects locked or approved timesheet days
                path: /pay-rates/v1/pay-rates/users/12345/2024-01-01
                request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    APIResponse_PayRatePutResponse_:
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
          title: Requestid
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRatePutResponse'
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      title: APIResponse[PayRatePutResponse]
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
    WageTypesEnum:
      type: string
      enum:
      - hourly
      - monthly
      - yearly
      title: WageTypesEnum
      description: An enumeration.
    PayRateRequest:
      properties:
        effectiveDate:
          type: string
          title: Effectivedate
          description: The date this pay rate becomes effective (YYYY-MM-DD). Cannot be on or before any approved/locked timesheet days for this user
        rateType:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WageTypesEnum'
          description: 'Type of rate: hourly, monthly, or yearly'
        isDefaultRateEnabled:
          type: boolean
          title: Isdefaultrateenabled
          description: Whether to enable the default rate
          default: true
        defaultRate:
          type: number
          minimum: 0.0
          title: Defaultrate
          description: The default rate amount. Must be >= 0 ($0 is allowed for unpaid/volunteer work). Required when isDefaultRateEnabled is true
        isResourceRateEnabled:
          type: boolean
          title: Isresourcerateenabled
          description: Whether to enable resource-specific rates
          default: false
        isApplyDefaultRateToNewResource:
          type: boolean
          title: Isapplydefaultratetonewresource
          description: Auto-apply default rate to new resources and parent rate to new sub-resources
          default: true
        resourcesRates:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceRateRequest'
          type: array
          title: Resourcesrates
          description: Array of resource-specific rate configurations. Include ALL resources that should have custom rates
      type: object
      required:
      - effectiveDate
      - rateType
      title: PayRateRequest
    PayRatesGetResponseData:
      properties:
        payRatesByUsers:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRateByUserResponse'
          type: array
          title: Payratesbyusers
          description: Array of user records with their pay rate configurations
      type: object
      required:
      - payRatesByUsers
      title: PayRatesGetResponseData
    PayRateByUserRequest:
      properties:
        userId:
          type: integer
          title: Userid
          description: The unique identifier of the user to create/update pay rate for
        payRate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRateRequest'
          title: Payrate
          description: Pay rate configuration for this user
      type: object
      required:
      - userId
      - payRate
      title: PayRateByUserRequest
    PayRateResponse:
      properties:
        effectiveDate:
          type: string
          title: Effectivedate
          description: The date this pay rate becomes effective, in YYYY-MM-DD format
        rateType:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WageTypesEnum'
          description: 'Type of rate calculation. Values: hourly, monthly, yearly'
        isDefaultRateEnabled:
          type: boolean
          title: Isdefaultrateenabled
          description: Whether the default rate is enabled for this user
        defaultRate:
          type: number
          title: Defaultrate
          description: The default rate amount. Only present when isDefaultRateEnabled is true
        isResourceRateEnabled:
          type: boolean
          title: Isresourcerateenabled
          description: Whether resource-specific rates are enabled
        isApplyDefaultRateToNewResource:
          type: boolean
          title: Isapplydefaultratetonewresource
          description: When true, newly assigned resources will automatically use the defaultRate if no specific rate is configured
        resourcesRates:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceRateResponse'
          type: array
          title: Resourcesrates
          description: Array of resource-specific rate configurations. Only present when isResourceRateEnabled is true
        createdBy:
          type: integer
          title: Createdby
          description: User ID of the person who created this pay rate entry
        createdAt:
          type: integer
          title: Createdat
          description: Unix timestamp (seconds since epoch) when this pay rate was created
        modifiedAt:
          type: integer
          title: Modifiedat
          description: Unix timestamp (seconds since epoch) of the last modification. Only present if the pay rate has been modified
        modifications:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRateModificationResponse'
          type: array
          title: Modifications
          description: Complete modification history. Only present when includeHistory=true
      type: object
      required:
      - effectiveDate
      - rateType
      - isDefaultRateEnabled
      - isResourceRateEnabled
      - isApplyDefaultRateToNewResource
      - createdBy
      - createdAt
      title: PayRateResponse
    ResourceRateRequest:
      properties:
        resourceId:
          type: string
          title: Resourceid
          description: The unique identifier of the resource
        rate:
          type: number
          minimum: 0.0
          title: Rate
          description: The rate amount for this resource. Must be >= 0 ($0 is allowed for unpaid work)
        useDefaultRate:
          type: boolean
          title: Usedefaultrate
          description: Use default rate instead of resource-specific rate. When true, the rate field is not required
          default: false
        subResourcesRates:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubResourceRateRequest'
          type: array
          title: Subresourcesrates
          description: Array of sub-resource rate configurations
      type: object
      required:
      - resourceId
      title: ResourceRateRequest
    PaginatedBaseResponse_PayRatesGetResponseData_:
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
          title: Requestid
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRatesGetResponseData'
        paging:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PagingResponseModel'
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      - paging
      title: PaginatedBaseResponse[PayRatesGetResponseData]
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      properties:
        details:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorParing'
          title: Details
          default:
            error_message: Request is invalid
            error_code: 1004
        error:
          anyOf:
          - type: object
          - items:
              type: object
            type: array
          - type: string
          title: Error
          default: Validation Error
        path:
          type: string
          title: Path
        requestId:
          type: string
          title: Requestid
      type: object
      title: ValidationErrorResponse
      description: "All errors responses should include:\nrequest_id,\nConnecteam error code and error message,\nthe url path,\nthe request body,\nand error data which can be a pydantic class or a dict and should look something like this:\n`{\n    \"error.path\": \"the gist of the error\"\n}`\n\nfor example if the user doesn't exist it should look something like this:\n`{\n    \"user.id\": \"user doesn't exist\"\n}`"
    PagingResponseModel:
      properties:
        offset:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0.0
          title: Offset
          description: The resource offset of the last successfully read resource will be returned as the paging.offset JSON property of a paginated response containing more results
        total:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0.0
          title: Total
          description: Total number of resources matching the request, ignoring pagination. Use this to retrieve the full count without paginating through every page. Only populated by endpoints that compute it.
      type: object
      required:
      - offset
      title: PagingResponseModel
    ErrorParing:
      properties:
        error_message:
          type: string
          title: Error Message
        error_code:
          type: integer
          title: Error Code
      type: object
      required:
      - error_message
      - error_code
      title: ErrorParing
      description: V1 error paring model for backward compatibility
    SubResourceRateRequest:
      properties:
        subResourceId:
          type: string
          title: Subresourceid
          description: The unique identifier of the sub-resource
        rate:
          type: number
          minimum: 0.0
          title: Rate
          description: The rate amount for this sub-resource. Must be >= 0 ($0 is allowed for unpaid work)
        useParentRate:
          type: boolean
          title: Useparentrate
          description: Inherit parent resource's rate. When true, the rate field is not required
          default: false
      type: object
      required:
      - subResourceId
      title: SubResourceRateRequest
    PayRateModificationResponse:
      properties:
        modifiedBy:
          type: integer
          title: Modifiedby
          description: User ID of the person who made this modification
        modifiedAt:
          type: integer
          title: Modifiedat
          description: Unix timestamp (seconds since epoch) when this modification was made
        previousRateType:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WageTypesEnum'
          description: The rate type before this modification, if changed
        previousDefaultRate:
          type: number
          title: Previousdefaultrate
          description: The default rate before this modification, if changed
        previousIsDefaultRateEnabled:
          type: boolean
          title: Previousisdefaultrateenabled
          description: Whether the default rate was enabled before this modification, if changed
        previousIsResourceRateEnabled:
          type: boolean
          title: Previousisresourcerateenabled
          description: Whether resource-specific rates were enabled before this modification, if changed
      type: object
      required:
      - modifiedBy
      - modifiedAt
      title: PayRateModificationResponse
    PayRateByUserResponse:
      properties:
        userId:
          type: integer
          title: Userid
          description: The unique identifier of the user in the Connecteam system
        payRate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRateResponse'
          title: Payrate
          description: Pay rate configuration for this user
      type: object
      required:
      - userId
      - payRate
      title: PayRateByUserResponse
    APIResponse_PayRateDeleteResponse_:
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
          title: Requestid
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRateDeleteResponse'
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      title: APIResponse[PayRateDeleteResponse]
    ResourceRateResponse:
      properties:
        resourceId:
          type: string
          title: Resourceid
          description: The unique identifier of the resource in the Connecteam system
        rate:
          type: number
          title: Rate
          description: The rate amount for this specific resource. Only present when isUsingDefaultRate is false
        isUsingDefaultRate:
          type: boolean
          title: Isusingdefaultrate
          description: When true, this resource uses the user's defaultRate instead of the resource-specific rate
        subResourcesRates:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubResourceRateResponse'
          type: array
          title: Subresourcesrates
          description: Array of sub-resource rate configurations nested under this parent resource
      type: object
      required:
      - resourceId
      - isUsingDefaultRate
      title: ResourceRateResponse
    PayRateDeleteResponse:
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          title: Success
          description: Indicates whether the deletion was successful
      type: object
      required:
      - success
      title: PayRateDeleteResponse
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    PayRatePutResponse:
      properties:
        payRatesByUsers:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRateByUserResponse'
          type: array
          title: Payratesbyusers
          description: Array of user records with their updated pay rate configurations
      type: object
      required:
      - payRatesByUsers
      title: PayRatePutResponse
    SubResourceRateResponse:
      properties:
        subResourceId:
          type: string
          title: Subresourceid
          description: The unique identifier of the sub-resource
        rate:
          type: number
          title: Rate
          description: The rate amount for this sub-resource. Only present when isUsingParentRate is false
        isUsingParentRate:
          type: boolean
          title: Isusingparentrate
          description: When true, this sub-resource inherits the parent resource's rate
      type: object
      required:
      - subResourceId
      - isUsingParentRate
      title: SubResourceRateResponse
    PayRatesPutRequest:
      properties:
        payRatesByUsers:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayRateByUserRequest'
          type: array
          maxItems: 500
          title: Payratesbyusers
          description: Array of user pay rate configurations. Max 500 users per request
      type: object
      required:
      - payRatesByUsers
      title: PayRatesPutRequest
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      description: The Api key of the company given by Connecteam
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth2 Bearer token
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          scopes:
            account_information.read: account information - read
            account_information.write: account information - write
            account_information.delete: account information - delete
            company_policies.read: company policies - read
            company_policies.write: company policies - write
            company_policies.delete: company policies - delete
            company_insights.read: company insights - read
            users.read: users - read
            users.write: users - write
            users.delete: users - delete
            assets.read: assets - read
            assets.write: assets - write
            assets.delete: assets - delete
            sales_data.read: sales data - read
            sales_data.write: sales data - write
            sales_data.delete: sales data - delete
            attachments.read: attachments - read
            attachments.write: attachments - write
            attachments.delete: attachments - delete
            quick_tasks.read: quick tasks - read
            quick_tasks.write: quick tasks - write
            quick_tasks.delete: quick tasks - delete
            publishers.read: publishers - read
            publishers.write: publishers - write
            publishers.delete: publishers - delete
            chat.read: chat - read
            chat.write: chat - write
            chat.delete: chat - delete
            jobs.read: jobs - read
            jobs.write: jobs - write
            jobs.delete: jobs - delete
            schedule.read: schedule - read
            schedule.write: schedule - write
            schedule.delete: schedule - delete
            daily_note.read: daily note - read
            daily_note.write: daily note - write
            daily_note.delete: daily note - delete
            time_clock.read: time clock - read
            time_clock.write: time clock - write
            time_clock.delete: time clock - delete
            nfc.read: nfc - read
            nfc.write: nfc - write
            nfc.delete: nfc - delete
            time_off.read: time off - read
            time_off.write: time off - write
            time_off.delete: time off - delete
            pay_rates.read: pay rates - read
            pay_rates.write: pay rates - write
            pay_rates.delete: pay rates - delete
            forms.read: forms - read
            forms.write: forms - write
            forms.delete: forms - delete
            onboarding.read: onboarding - read
            onboarding.write: onboarding - write
            onboarding.delete: onboarding - delete
            settings.read: settings - read
            settings.write: settings - write
            settings.delete: settings - delete
            company_checklist.read: company checklist - read
            company_checklist.write: company checklist - write
            recognitions.read: recognitions - read
            celebrations.read: celebrations - read
          tokenUrl: /oauth/v1/token
    HTTPBasic:
      type: http
      description: Use client_id as Username and client_secret as Password
      scheme: basic