BambooHR

BambooHR is a cloud-based human resources software platform for small and medium-sized businesses, providing core HR, applicant tracking, onboarding, time tracking, payroll, performance management, and employee self-service. The BambooHR REST API allows developers to read and update employee data, generate reports, manage time-off, and integrate with the HRIS using either OAuth 2.0 or per-customer API keys over HTTPS Basic Auth.

BambooHR publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Webhooks, Directory API, Employees API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Human Resources, HRIS, Payroll, Time Tracking, and Applicant Tracking.

BambooHR’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, API reference, signup flow, pricing, support, and 11 more developer resources.

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33.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Front door AI 2/6 trace saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

AccessSelf serve

1 published contract

Human Resources HRIS Payroll Time Tracking Applicant Tracking Performance Management

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Human Capital Management

BC-300

DirectoryEmployeesFilesTime Off

GET /employees/{id} POST /employees GET /employees/directory PUT /employees/{id}/time_off/request

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 33.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 15

Access Clarity 4.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 4.8 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Employment & Payroll regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
HR and Payroll	gravity	51.8	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

BambooHR REST API

RESTful HTTPS API for accessing and manipulating employee data, directories, time-off, reports, and other BambooHR HRIS resources. Supports OAuth 2.0 for multi-customer apps and...

BambooHR Webhooks

Event-driven webhook surface for BambooHR. Webhooks fire when monitored fields change on Employee records (and when employee records are created or deleted). Subscribers registe...

BambooHR Directory API

Employee directory

BambooHR Employees API

Employee records

BambooHR Files API

Employee files

BambooHR Meta API

Field metadata

BambooHR Reports API

Custom and standard reports

BambooHR Time Off API

Time-off requests and balances

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Open Collections 9

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR Webhooks

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR REST Directory API

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR REST Directory Employees API

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR REST Directory Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR REST Directory Meta API

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR REST Directory Reports API

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR REST Directory Time Off API

OPEN COLLECTION

BambooHR REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bamboohr Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Bamboohr Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Bamboohr Vulnerability Disclosure

no policy recorded

SECURITY

Bamboohr Trust Center

SOC 2, PCI DSS

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Bamboohr Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Bamboohr Agentic Access

14 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Signup

Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: bamboohr
name: BambooHR
description: BambooHR is a cloud-based human resources software platform for small and medium-sized businesses, providing
  core HR, applicant tracking, onboarding, time tracking, payroll, performance management, and employee self-service. The
  BambooHR REST API allows developers to read and update employee data, generate reports, manage time-off, and integrate with
  the HRIS using either OAuth 2.0 or per-customer API keys over HTTPS Basic Auth.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bamboohr.png
tags:
- Human Resources
- HRIS
- Payroll
- Time Tracking
- Applicant Tracking
- Performance Management
tags_raw:
- HR
- HRIS
- Human Resources
- Payroll
- Time Tracking
- Applicant Tracking
- Performance Management
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bamboohr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: bamboohr:rest-api
  name: BambooHR REST API
  description: RESTful HTTPS API for accessing and manipulating employee data, directories, time-off, reports, and other BambooHR
    HRIS resources. Supports OAuth 2.0 for multi-customer apps and API key (HTTP Basic) for single-customer integrations.
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php
  tags:
  - Human Resources
  - Employees
  - Time Off
  - Reports
  - Directory
  tags_raw:
  - HR
  - Employees
  - Time Off
  - Reports
  - Directory
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/sdks
- aid: bamboohr:webhooks
  name: BambooHR Webhooks
  description: Event-driven webhook surface for BambooHR. Webhooks fire when monitored fields change on Employee records (and
    when employee records are created or deleted). Subscribers register an HTTPS URL per monitored field; BambooHR POSTs an
    event-based or field-based JSON payload carrying the employee identifier and the list of changed fields, signed with an
    SHA-256 HMAC.
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/webhooks
  tags:
  - Webhook
  - Event
  - Employees
  - HRIS
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Employees
  - HRIS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/webhooks
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bamboohr/refs/heads/main/openapi/bamboohr-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/event-based-webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/field-based-webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/global-webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs/permissioned-webhooks
- aid: bamboohr:bamboohr-directory-api
  name: BambooHR Directory API
  description: Employee directory
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php
  tags:
  - Directory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bamboohr-directory-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bamboohr:bamboohr-employees-api
  name: BambooHR Employees API
  description: Employee records
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php
  tags:
  - Employees
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bamboohr-employees-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bamboohr:bamboohr-files-api
  name: BambooHR Files API
  description: Employee files
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bamboohr-files-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bamboohr:bamboohr-meta-api
  name: BambooHR Meta API
  description: Field metadata
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php
  tags:
  - Meta
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bamboohr-meta-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bamboohr:bamboohr-reports-api
  name: BambooHR Reports API
  description: Custom and standard reports
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bamboohr-reports-api-openapi.yml
- aid: bamboohr:bamboohr-time-off-api
  name: BambooHR Time Off API
  description: Time-off requests and balances
  humanURL: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php
  tags:
  - Time Off
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bamboohr-time-off-api-openapi.yml
common:
- url: https://www.bamboohr.com/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/bamboohr-capability-edges.yml
  name: BambooHR Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bamboohr-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/bamboohr-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bamboohr-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bamboohr-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bamboohr-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/bamboohr-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/BambooHR
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bamboohr
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bamboohr.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/docs
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.bamboohr.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/reference
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.bamboohr.com/signup/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.bamboohr.com/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developers.bamboohr.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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