Salsa

Salsa Payrolls API

Payroll runs and reports.

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Business capability

HR Operations Management BC-300.70

Operations 7

POST /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs Create a payroll run #

GET /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs Retrieve payroll runs #

GET /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs/{payrollRunId} Retrieve a payroll run #

DELETE /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs/{payrollRunId} Delete a payroll run #

POST /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs/{payrollRunId}/preview Preview a payroll run (calculated gross-to-net before confirmation) #

POST /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs/{payrollRunId}/confirm Confirm a payroll run and initiate funding and disbursement #

GET /employers/{employerId}/reports/payroll-journal Retrieve the payroll journal report #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Salsa Payroll Payrolls API
  description: Representative OpenAPI description of the Salsa embedded payroll REST API.
  termsOfService: https://www.salsa.dev/legal
  contact:
    name: Salsa Support
    url: https://docs.salsa.dev/
  version: rest-v1
servers:
- url: https://api.salsa.dev/api/rest/v1
  description: Production (partner production API key)
- url: https://api.sandbox.salsa.dev/api/rest/v1
  description: Sandbox (partner sandbox API key)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Payrolls
  description: Payroll runs and reports.
paths:
  /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    post:
      operationId: createPayrollRun
      tags:
      - Payrolls
      summary: Create a payroll run
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayrollRunCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Payroll run created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayrollRun'
    get:
      operationId: listPayrollRuns
      tags:
      - Payrolls
      summary: Retrieve payroll runs
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of payroll runs.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayrollRun'
  /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs/{payrollRunId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PayrollRunId'
    get:
      operationId: getPayrollRun
      tags:
      - Payrolls
      summary: Retrieve a payroll run
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The payroll run.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayrollRun'
    delete:
      operationId: deletePayrollRun
      tags:
      - Payrolls
      summary: Delete a payroll run
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
  /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs/{payrollRunId}/preview:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PayrollRunId'
    post:
      operationId: previewPayrollRun
      tags:
      - Payrolls
      summary: Preview a payroll run (calculated gross-to-net before confirmation)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Payroll run preview.
  /employers/{employerId}/payroll-runs/{payrollRunId}/confirm:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PayrollRunId'
    post:
      operationId: confirmPayrollRun
      tags:
      - Payrolls
      summary: Confirm a payroll run and initiate funding and disbursement
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Payroll run confirmed.
  /employers/{employerId}/reports/payroll-journal:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmployerId'
    get:
      operationId: getPayrollJournalReport
      tags:
      - Payrolls
      summary: Retrieve the payroll journal report
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The payroll journal report.
components:
  parameters:
    PayrollRunId:
      name: payrollRunId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The payroll run identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
    EmployerId:
      name: employerId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The employer (company) identifier.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    PayrollRunCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - workerPayGroupId
      - payPeriodStart
      - payPeriodEnd
      - payDate
      properties:
        workerPayGroupId:
          type: string
        payPeriodStart:
          type: string
          format: date
        payPeriodEnd:
          type: string
          format: date
        payDate:
          type: string
          format: date
    PayrollRun:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        employerId:
          type: string
        workerPayGroupId:
          type: string
        payPeriodStart:
          type: string
          format: date
        payPeriodEnd:
          type: string
          format: date
        payDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        status:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Partner Bearer API key. Approved Salsa platform partners receive separate sandbox and production keys. Send as `Authorization: Bearer ${YOUR_API_TOKEN}`.'