Read the company recognition feed - the stream of peer-to-peer and manager recognitions posted in Nectar. Supports filtering by type, private, leaderboard visibility, and deleted state, plus date-range and cursor-based pagination for exporting recognition activity into analytics or reporting.
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
title: Nectar Public API
version: 0.1.0
description: >
Welcome to the Nectar Public API. Here you can view and test the provided
endpoints before integrating them into
your automated systems/tools.
After requesting access to the API through support, you can generate your
API key from the integrations tab in Nectar.
You can access the [Swagger Definition here](/swagger.yaml).
### Authentication
All endpoints require an API Key. Be sure to set the `Authorization` header
key to `Bearer <yourAPIKey>`
contact:
name: Nectar Support
url: https://nectarhr.com/contact-us
servers:
- url: https://api.nectarhr.com
description: Nectar API Documentation
components:
schemas:
BaseUser:
allOf:
- type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
email:
type: string
format: email
employee_id:
type: string
nullable: true
first_name:
type: string
last_name:
type: string
username:
type: string
phone_number:
type: string
example: 123-456-7890
nullable: true
department:
type: string
nullable: true
office_location:
type: string
nullable: true
job_title:
type: string
nullable: true
language:
type: string
nullable: true
active:
type: boolean
invite_email_sent:
type: boolean
description: >-
Indicates whether an invite email was sent for this user during
this request. Only present in PUT responses. Returns true when
the send_invites query parameter is present and user_invited is
true in the request body for this user.
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Links'
CompanyRedemptions:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
meta:
type: object
properties:
startDate:
type: string
format: date
endDate:
type: string
format: date
total:
type: string
financialRedemptionReport:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
gift_card_redemptions:
type: string
swag_redemptions:
type: string
amazon_redemptions:
type: object
properties:
US:
type: string
UK:
type: string
CA:
type: string
user:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpandedUser'
CustomAwardsBody:
type: object
description: >-
Request body for sending custom awards. Either `recipientUuids`,
`recipientEmails`, or both must be provided.
required:
- awardUuid
properties:
awardUuid:
type: string
description: UUID of the custom award template to send (required)
recipientUuids:
type: array
description: >-
Array of recipient user UUIDs. Required if `recipientEmails` is not
provided.
items:
type: string
recipientEmails:
type: array
description: >-
Array of recipient user emails. Required if `recipientUuids` is not
provided.
items:
type: string
message:
type: string
description: Optional personal message to include with the award.
points:
type: number
description: Optional point value to include with the award (must be positive).
anyOf:
- required:
- recipientEmails
- required:
- recipientUuids
CustomAwardsResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
awards:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
uuid:
type: string
name:
type: string
points:
type: number
nullable: true
message:
type: string
fixed_points:
type: boolean
Expand:
type: string
enum:
- user
- shoutout
ExpandedUser:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- type: object
properties:
user_role:
type: string
enum:
- Administrator
- Manager
- Employee
preferred_name:
type: string
nullable: true
birth_date:
type: string
nullable: true
hire_date:
type: string
format: date
nullable: true
inactive_date:
type: string
format: date
nullable: true
user_invited:
type: boolean
user_onboarded:
type: boolean
manager_email:
type: string
format: email
nullable: true
workspaces:
type: array
items:
type: string
giveable_points:
type: number
redeemable_points:
type: number
logged_in_once:
type: boolean
custom_properties:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
example:
custom_property_1: string
FailedResponse:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
- type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
default: failure
error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
code:
type: string
enum:
- N0001
- N0002
- N0003
- N1001
- N1002
- N1003
FlowsTriggerBody:
type: object
description: Request body for triggering a Flow. Provide either emails or userIds.
properties:
emails:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: email
description: List of user emails to enroll in the Flow
userIds:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: List of user IDs to enroll in the Flow
anyOf:
- required:
- emails
- required:
- userIds
FlowsTriggerResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
flowId:
type: string
triggerId:
type: string
enrolledCount:
type: number
description: Number of users successfully enrolled in the flow
enrolledUserIds:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: UUIDs of users successfully enrolled
skippedCount:
type: number
description: >-
Number of users skipped because they are already enrolled in
this flow
Links:
type: object
properties:
self:
type: string
format: uri
related:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
type:
type: string
href:
type: string
format: uri
NectarErrorCodes:
oneOf:
- type: object
properties:
N0001:
type: string
description: Unknown Error
- type: object
properties:
N0002:
type: string
description: Invalid API Key
- type: object
properties:
N1003:
type: string
description: Invalid Query Parameters
- type: object
properties:
N1004:
type: string
description: Invalid Body
PageInfo:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
pageInfo:
type: object
properties:
page:
type: number
pageSize:
type: number
total:
type: number
Response:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
enum:
- success
- failure
Shoutout:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
user:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpandedUser'
receivers:
type: array
items:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpandedUser'
message:
type: string
amount:
type: number
core_values:
type: array
items:
type: string
created_at:
type: string
comments:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
sender:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpandedUser'
- type: string
message:
type: string
reactions:
type: string
private:
type: boolean
image_url:
type: string
reactions:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
reaction:
type: string
user:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpandedUser'
scoring_type:
type: string
enum:
- openAI
- simple
score:
type: number
action:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- Admin Added Giveable Points
- Admin Added Redeemable Points
- Admin Added Swag Points
- Anniversary Bonus
- Approved Claimable Award
- Birthday Bonus
- Redeemable to Giveable Point Conversion
- Challenge Approved
- Community Recognition
- Custom Award Redemption
- Employee Giveable Point Reset
- Employee Giveable Point Top Off
- Gave Points
- Manager Giveable Point Reset
- Manager Giveable Point Top Off
- Initial Redeemable Points
- Nomination Post
- Nomination Response Post
- Setup Bonus
- Welcome Bonus
type:
type: string
enum:
- nomination_post
- nomination_response
- birthday
- anniversary
- award
- challenge
- welcome
- setup
- shoutout
- community_recognition
ShoutoutsResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
meta:
type: object
properties:
total:
type: integer
start_date:
type: string
format: date-time
end_date:
type: string
format: date-time
cursor:
type: number
nullable: true
feed:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Shoutout'
SuccessfulResponse:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
- type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
enum:
- success
links:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Links'
UserDetailsResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
user:
allOf:
- anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpandedUser'
UserUpsertBody:
type: object
properties:
email:
type: string
format: email
nectar_id:
type: string
first_name:
type: string
last_name:
type: string
employee_id:
type: string
department:
type: string
nullable: true
office_location:
type: string
nullable: true
job_title:
type: string
nullable: true
active:
type: boolean
phone_number:
type: string
example: 123-456-7890
nullable: true
inactive_date:
type: string
format: date
nullable: true
hire_date:
type: string
format: date
nullable: true
birth_date:
type: string
format: date
nullable: true
preferred_name:
type: string
nullable: true
manager_email:
type: string
format: email
nullable: true
language:
type: string
nullable: true
role:
type: string
enum:
- Administrator
- Manager
- Employee
description: >-
Nectar platform permission role. This controls access permissions
within Nectar, not the user's company or HRIS role. Administrator:
full admin access (also grants Manager permissions). Manager:
receives a manager-level point allowance and can access analytics
for direct reports. Employee: standard user with an employee-level
point allowance. Warning: sending this field on an update will
overwrite the user's existing role. Omit this field to preserve the
current role.
custom_properties:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
example:
custom_property_1: string
custom_property_2: 1
custom_property_3: true
custom_property_4: null
user_invited:
type: boolean
description: >-
Set to true to mark the user as invited. Can only be set to true
(setting to false will return an error). When combined with the
send_invites query parameter, an invite email will be sent to the
user. Without send_invites, the user will be marked as invited in
the database but no email will be sent.
UserUpsertRequestBody:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserUpsertBody'
UsersResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
total:
type: integer
users:
type: array
items:
anyOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseUser'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpandedUser'
warnings:
type: array
description: >-
Non-fatal issues detected while processing the request (e.g.,
duplicate email, employee_id, or phone_number values within the
batch). The request still succeeds, but affected users may have
been skipped or had fields stripped. Review these to reconcile
your source data.
items:
type: string
responses:
BadRequest:
description: >-
`BAD REQUEST`: Body or Query Params are malformed (missing, extra, or
invalid values)
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FailedResponse'
examples:
body:
value:
status: failure
error:
message: Bad Request
code: N0003
Unauthorized:
description: '`UNAUTHORIZED`: Request was sent with an expired or missing API Key'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FailedResponse'
examples:
body:
value:
status: failure
error:
message: UNAUTHORIZED
code: N0002
Forbidden:
description: >-
`FORBIDDEN`: Request was authenticated but the resource requested is
missing or not accessible with that key
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FailedResponse'
examples:
body:
value:
status: failure
error:
message: UNAUTHORIZED
code: N0002
NotFound:
description: '`NOT FOUND`: The requested resource was not found'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FailedResponse'
examples:
body:
value:
status: failure
error:
message: Not Found
code: N0005
TooManyRequests:
description: '`TOO MANY REQUESTS`: Company is being rate limited'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FailedResponse'
examples:
body:
value:
status: failure
error:
message: TOO MANY REQUESTS
code: N0000
InternalServerError:
description: >-
`INTERNAL SERVER ERROR`: Request was unable to be processed due to a
server error. Contact our support team.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FailedResponse'
examples:
body:
value:
status: failure
error:
message: Bad Request
code: N0001
NotImplemented:
description: '`NOT IMPLEMENTED`: Method is not implemented on that endpoint.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FailedResponse'
examples:
body:
value:
status: failure
error:
message: Bad Request
code: N0000
securitySchemes:
BearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
security:
- BearerAuth: []
paths:
/v1/analytics/financial/redemptions:
get:
summary: Generates a summary of redemptions made by all users.
description: |-
Date rules:
<ul>
<li>If you do not specify a start or end date, it will generate a report of the first of the current month to present.</li>
<li>If you specify a start date and an end date, they cannot span more than a year.</li>
<li>If you specify a start date without an end date, it will fetch either a month from start date, or the current day. Whichever is less.</li>
<li>If you specify an end date without a start date, it will error.</li>
</ul>
All requests will include the applied start and end date.
security:
- BearerAuth: []
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessfulResponse'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompanyRedemptions'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
'501':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotImplemented'
parameters:
- name: expand
in: query
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- user
explode: false
style: form
description: Return each users' expanded data
- name: sort
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- gift_card_redemptions
- swag_redemptions
- amazon_us
- amazon_uk
- amazon_ca
description: Sorts output by specified value in descending order.
- name: start-date
in: query
schema:
type: string
format: date
description: |-
Start Date of range to get data from as defined by RFC 3339,
section 5.6, for example, 2017-07-21.
- name: end-date
in: query
schema:
type: string
format: date
description: |-
End Date of range to get data from as defined by RFC 3339,
section 5.6, for example, 2017-07-21.
If defined, start-date is required.
/v1/custom-awards:
get:
summary: Gets custom awards
description: Returns a page (default 25) of custom awards
security:
- BearerAuth: []
parameters:
- name: page
in: query
description: The page number
schema:
type: number
default: 1
- name: automationEnabled
in: query
description: Only fetch awards that are enabled for automation
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- name: allTime
in: query
description: >-
Gets all time data with no pagination. Only keys with the
`INTEGRATION` scope can use this.
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessfulResponse'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomAwardsResponse'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
'501':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotImplemented'
/v1/custom-awards/send:
post:
summary: Sends a custom award to recipients
description: |
Sends a custom award to one or more recipients within the company.
Awards can include optional messages and point values. All recipients
must be valid user UUIDs within the organization.
security:
- BearerAuth: []
requestBody:
description: >-
The request body requires `awardUuid` and either `recipientUuids` or
`recipientEmails` to be provided, but not both.
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomAwardsBody'
responses:
'200':
description: Custom award sent successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessfulResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
'501':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotImplemented'
/v1/flows/trigger/{triggerId}:
post:
summary: Trigger a Flow for specified users
description: |
Enrolls users in a Flow via an API trigger. Users can be identified
by email or userId. All specified users must be valid members of the
company associated with the API key. If any users are not found, the
request will fail without enrolling any users.
tags:
- Flows
security:
- BearerAuth: []
parameters:
- name: triggerId
in: path
required: true
description: The ID of the API trigger to invoke
schema:
type: string
requestBody:
description: |
Provide either `emails` or `userIds` (not both).
The trigger must be a PAPI or INTEGRATION trigger type. INTEGRATION
triggers require an API key with the INTEGRATION permission.
The Flow is resolved automatically from the trigger.
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowsTriggerBody'
responses:
'200':
description: Users enrolled successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessfulResponse'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowsTriggerResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
'501':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotImplemented'
/health:
get:
summary: Health
security: []
responses:
'200':
description: OK
/v1/recognition/feed:
get:
summary: Gets the companies recognition feed
security:
- BearerAuth: []
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessfulResponse'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShoutoutsResponse'
text/csv:
schema:
type: string
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
'501':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotImplemented'
parameters:
- name: type
in: query
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- nomination_post
- nomination_response
- birthday
- anniversary
- award
- challenge
- welcome
- setup
- shoutout
explode: false
style: form
description: Type of post
- name: private
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
- name: hidden_from_leaderboard
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
- name: deleted
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- name: minify
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
description: Get only minified user data. Only for 'text/csv' format
- name: expand
in: query
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- user
explode: false
style: form
description: Return each users' expanded data
- name: cursor
in: query
schema:
type: number
description: Unix timestamp for next date range of feed entries
- name: start-date
in: query
schema:
type: string
format: date
description: |-
Start Date of range to get data from as defined by RFC 3339,
section 5.6, for example, 2017-07-21.
- name: end-date
in: query
schema:
type: string
format: date
description: |-
End Date of range to get data from as defined by RFC 3339,
section 5.6, for example, 2017-07-21.
If defined, start-date is required.
- name: all_time
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
description: >-
Gets all time data with no pagination. Only keys with the
`AI_INSIGHT` scope can use this.
/v1/users/{userId}:
get:
summary: Gets general information about a specific user
security:
- BearerAuth: []
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessfulResponse'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserDetailsResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
'501':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotImplemented'
parameters:
- name: expand
in: query
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- user
explode: false
style: form
description: Return each users' expanded data
- name: userId
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: The id of the user to fetch data for
/v1/users:
get:
summary: G
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