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 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Webhooks, Directory API, Employees API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include HR, HRIS, Human Resources, Payroll, and Time Tracking.

BambooHR’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, signup flow, pricing, support, and 10 more developer resources.

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35.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessSelf serve

8 APIs

HRHRISHuman ResourcesPayrollTime TrackingApplicant TrackingPerformance Management

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 35.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 16.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 3.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

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

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APIs 8

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

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Bamboohr Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

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 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

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
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:
- 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: '2026-05-30'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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:
  - 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
  - url: graphql/bamboohr-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- 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:
  - 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:
  - 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:
- 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

BambooHR

Kin Score

APIs 8

BambooHR REST API

BambooHR Webhooks

BambooHR Directory API

BambooHR Employees API

BambooHR Files API

BambooHR Meta API

BambooHR Reports API

BambooHR Time Off API

Open Collections 2

BambooHR Webhooks

BambooHR REST API

GraphQL 1

BambooHR GraphQL Schema

Security Posture 4

Bamboohr Authentication

Bamboohr Domain Security

Bamboohr Vulnerability Disclosure

Bamboohr Trust Center