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Rippling

Rippling is a unified workforce platform spanning HR, IT, and Finance with programmable APIs for employees, payroll, devices, apps, time tracking, benefits, expenses, and SCIM identity provisioning.

Rippling publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Platform API, Webhooks API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include HR, HCM, Payroll, IT, and Identity.

The Rippling catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Rippling’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, pricing, engineering blog, support, and 13 more developer resources.

57.5/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessSelf serve
22 APIs 9 Features
HRHCMPayrollITIdentitySCIMDevicesSpend Management

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 57.5/100 · strong
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 16.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 5.0 / 12
Discoverability 4.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent ready
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 7 / 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 22

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

Rippling Platform API

The Rippling Platform API exposes core HRIS resources — companies, employees, departments, work locations, custom fields, employment types, and compensation history — for partne...

Rippling Employees API

Read and write employee records — personal information, employment details, manager hierarchy, work email, work location, and custom employee fields — for active and terminated ...

Rippling Companies API

Retrieve company-level metadata, legal entities, business addresses, and account-wide configuration scoped to the authenticated tenant.

Rippling Departments API

List and manage departments and the hierarchical org structure used to group employees and route approvals.

Rippling Teams API

Manage cross-functional teams that group employees independently of the department hierarchy.

Rippling Work Locations API

Read and manage company work locations including office addresses and remote-work designations referenced by employee records.

Rippling Payroll API

Push earnings, deductions, and reimbursements into Rippling Payroll for off-cycle and on-cycle pay runs, and read pay-history events.

Rippling Time Off API

Submit and manage time-off requests, leave balances, and policies for vacation, sick leave, and other absence categories.

Rippling Time Tracking API

Capture clock-in / clock-out events, hourly timesheets, breaks, and shift schedules for hourly and shift-based workers.

Rippling Benefits API

Retrieve employee benefits enrollments, dependents, and plan details across health, dental, vision, and other insurance lines.

Rippling Expenses API

Submit and approve employee expense reports, attach receipts, and reimburse approved expenses through Rippling Spend.

Rippling Corporate Cards API

Issue, manage, and reconcile corporate cards, spend limits, and transactions for Rippling Spend customers.

Rippling Bill Pay API

Manage vendor invoices, approvals, and payments through Rippling Bill Pay for accounts-payable workflows.

Rippling Recruiting API

Sync candidates, applications, and offers between external ATS platforms and Rippling's recruiting and onboarding flows.

Rippling Onboarding API

Trigger new-hire onboarding, capture personal details, distribute offer letters and policy documents, and provision day-one access.

Rippling Devices API

Manage company-owned devices, MDM enrollment, ownership assignment, and lifecycle status across macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android.

Rippling Apps API

Manage SaaS app provisioning, role assignment, and de-provisioning across the Rippling Apps catalog for IT teams.

Rippling SCIM API

SCIM 2.0 endpoints for inbound user, group, and role provisioning from identity providers (Okta, Azure AD, Google) and outbound to partner SaaS applications.

Rippling SSO API

Configure SAML/OIDC single sign-on between Rippling as an IdP and external service providers, plus SP integrations into Rippling.

Rippling Custom Fields API

Define and read custom fields attached to employees, departments, and other Rippling resources for tenant-specific metadata.

Rippling Webhooks API

Subscribe to Rippling events (employee created/updated/terminated, time-off approved, payroll finalized, device assigned) for near real-time downstream integration.

Rippling Platform API

The Platform API from Rippling — 24 operation(s) for platform.

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Open Collections 1

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

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rippling GraphQL Schema

This document describes a conceptual GraphQL schema for the Rippling unified workforce platform. Rippling provides REST APIs across HR, IT, and Finance domains. The GraphQL sche...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rippling Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 9

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Unified HR, IT, and Finance platform with composable products
Per-employee-per-month pricing across all modules (custom-quoted)
Platform API for HRIS data partners
SCIM 2.0 inbound and outbound for IdP and SaaS provisioning
Devices and MDM across macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Apps catalog for SaaS provisioning and de-provisioning
Webhooks for HRIS, payroll, time-off, and device events
OAuth2 Marketplace apps for partner integrations
SAML / OIDC SSO as IdP and SP

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Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Rippling Partner Webhooks

Rippling Partner Applications listed in the Rippling App Shop can register a webhook URL to receive event-triggered notifications when relevant changes occur in a customer's Rip...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Rippling API Rules

8 rules · 1 errors 7 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Rippling Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Rippling Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Rippling Agentic Access

29 operations · 10 acting

29 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: rippling
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rippling/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Rippling
kind: company
description: Rippling is a unified workforce platform spanning HR, IT, and Finance with programmable APIs for employees, payroll,
  devices, apps, time tracking, benefits, expenses, and SCIM identity provisioning.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rippling.png
tags:
- HR
- HCM
- Payroll
- IT
- Identity
- SCIM
- Devices
- Spend Management
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-30'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: rippling:rippling-platform-api
  name: Rippling Platform API
  tags:
  - Platform
  - HRIS
  - Workforce
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/docs/rippling-api
    type: APIReference
  - url: graphql/rippling-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
  description: The Rippling Platform API exposes core HRIS resources — companies, employees, departments, work locations,
    custom fields, employment types, and compensation history — for partners building HR-data integrations.
- aid: rippling:rippling-employees-api
  name: Rippling Employees API
  tags:
  - Employees
  - Workers
  - Profiles
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Read and write employee records — personal information, employment details, manager hierarchy, work email,
    work location, and custom employee fields — for active and terminated workers.
- aid: rippling:rippling-companies-api
  name: Rippling Companies API
  tags:
  - Companies
  - Tenants
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Retrieve company-level metadata, legal entities, business addresses, and account-wide configuration scoped
    to the authenticated tenant.
- aid: rippling:rippling-departments-api
  name: Rippling Departments API
  tags:
  - Departments
  - Org Structure
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: List and manage departments and the hierarchical org structure used to group employees and route approvals.
- aid: rippling:rippling-teams-api
  name: Rippling Teams API
  tags:
  - Teams
  - Org Structure
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Manage cross-functional teams that group employees independently of the department hierarchy.
- aid: rippling:rippling-work-locations-api
  name: Rippling Work Locations API
  tags:
  - Locations
  - Offices
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Read and manage company work locations including office addresses and remote-work designations referenced by
    employee records.
- aid: rippling:rippling-payroll-api
  name: Rippling Payroll API
  tags:
  - Payroll
  - Earnings
  - Deductions
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Push earnings, deductions, and reimbursements into Rippling Payroll for off-cycle and on-cycle pay runs, and
    read pay-history events.
- aid: rippling:rippling-time-off-api
  name: Rippling Time Off API
  tags:
  - Time Off
  - Leave
  - PTO
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Submit and manage time-off requests, leave balances, and policies for vacation, sick leave, and other absence
    categories.
- aid: rippling:rippling-time-tracking-api
  name: Rippling Time Tracking API
  tags:
  - Time Tracking
  - Timesheets
  - Shifts
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Capture clock-in / clock-out events, hourly timesheets, breaks, and shift schedules for hourly and shift-based
    workers.
- aid: rippling:rippling-benefits-api
  name: Rippling Benefits API
  tags:
  - Benefits
  - Insurance
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Retrieve employee benefits enrollments, dependents, and plan details across health, dental, vision, and other
    insurance lines.
- aid: rippling:rippling-expenses-api
  name: Rippling Expenses API
  tags:
  - Expenses
  - Reimbursements
  - Spend
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Submit and approve employee expense reports, attach receipts, and reimburse approved expenses through Rippling
    Spend.
- aid: rippling:rippling-corporate-cards-api
  name: Rippling Corporate Cards API
  tags:
  - Cards
  - Spend
  - Bill Pay
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Issue, manage, and reconcile corporate cards, spend limits, and transactions for Rippling Spend customers.
- aid: rippling:rippling-bill-pay-api
  name: Rippling Bill Pay API
  tags:
  - Bill Pay
  - AP
  - Invoices
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Manage vendor invoices, approvals, and payments through Rippling Bill Pay for accounts-payable workflows.
- aid: rippling:rippling-recruiting-api
  name: Rippling Recruiting API
  tags:
  - Recruiting
  - ATS
  - Candidates
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Sync candidates, applications, and offers between external ATS platforms and Rippling's recruiting and onboarding
    flows.
- aid: rippling:rippling-onboarding-api
  name: Rippling Onboarding API
  tags:
  - Onboarding
  - Hires
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Trigger new-hire onboarding, capture personal details, distribute offer letters and policy documents, and provision
    day-one access.
- aid: rippling:rippling-devices-api
  name: Rippling Devices API
  tags:
  - Devices
  - MDM
  - IT
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Manage company-owned devices, MDM enrollment, ownership assignment, and lifecycle status across macOS, Windows,
    iOS, and Android.
- aid: rippling:rippling-apps-api
  name: Rippling Apps API
  tags:
  - Apps
  - SaaS Management
  - Provisioning
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Manage SaaS app provisioning, role assignment, and de-provisioning across the Rippling Apps catalog for IT
    teams.
- aid: rippling:rippling-scim-api
  name: Rippling SCIM API
  tags:
  - SCIM
  - Identity
  - Provisioning
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: SCIM 2.0 endpoints for inbound user, group, and role provisioning from identity providers (Okta, Azure AD,
    Google) and outbound to partner SaaS applications.
- aid: rippling:rippling-sso-api
  name: Rippling SSO API
  tags:
  - SSO
  - Identity
  - SAML
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Configure SAML/OIDC single sign-on between Rippling as an IdP and external service providers, plus SP integrations
    into Rippling.
- aid: rippling:rippling-custom-fields-api
  name: Rippling Custom Fields API
  tags:
  - Custom Fields
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  description: Define and read custom fields attached to employees, departments, and other Rippling resources for tenant-specific
    metadata.
- aid: rippling:rippling-webhooks-api
  name: Rippling Webhooks API
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/developer-portal/v2-guides/webhooks
    type: Webhooks
  - url: https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/developer/webhooks
    type: Webhooks
  - url: asyncapi/rippling-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
    type: AsyncAPI
  description: Subscribe to Rippling events (employee created/updated/terminated, time-off approved, payroll finalized, device
    assigned) for near real-time downstream integration.
- aid: rippling:rippling-platform-api
  name: Rippling Platform API
  description: The Platform API from Rippling — 24 operation(s) for platform.
  tags:
  - Platform
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rippling-platform-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/rippling-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rippling-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/rippling-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rippling
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rippling.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.rippling.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.rippling.com/docs/rippling-api
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.rippling.com/pricing
- type: Login
  url: https://app.rippling.com/login
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.rippling.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.rippling.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://support.rippling.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Rippling
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.rippling.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.rippling.com/terms
- type: Plans
  url: plans/rippling-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/rippling-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/rippling-finops.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - Unified HR, IT, and Finance platform with composable products
  - Per-employee-per-month pricing across all modules (custom-quoted)
  - Platform API for HRIS data partners
  - SCIM 2.0 inbound and outbound for IdP and SaaS provisioning
  - Devices and MDM across macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
  - Apps catalog for SaaS provisioning and de-provisioning
  - Webhooks for HRIS, payroll, time-off, and device events
  - OAuth2 Marketplace apps for partner integrations
  - SAML / OIDC SSO as IdP and SP
  sources:
  - https://www.rippling.com/pricing
  - https://developer.rippling.com/
  updated: '2026-05-08'
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.rippling.com/platform/integrations
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.rippling.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Brokers
- name: Accountants
- name: VC Firms & Accelerators
- name: Tech Partners
- name: Service Partners
- name: Misclassification Quiz
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com