SAP SuccessFactors

SAP SuccessFactors is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) suite that covers core HR, payroll, talent management, learning, recruiting, performance, and workforce analytics for enterprises. The SuccessFactors HXM Suite OData APIs (v2 and v4) provide CRUD access to Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, and other HCM modules using OAuth 2.0 or HTTP Basic authentication.

SAP SuccessFactors publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including EmpEmployment API, EmpJob API, FOCompany API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include HCM, HR, Human Resources, Talent Management, and Payroll.

SAP SuccessFactors’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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22.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessSelf serve

10 APIs

HCM HR Human Resources Talent Management Payroll Enterprise SAP

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 22.6/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 12.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · 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 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 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 10

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

Open Collections 10

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

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Sap Successfactors Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SAP Help Portal

SAP Help Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

SAP API Hub

SAP API Hub

Source (apis.yml)

aid: sap-successfactors
name: SAP SuccessFactors
description: SAP SuccessFactors is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) suite that covers core HR, payroll, talent
  management, learning, recruiting, performance, and workforce analytics for enterprises. The SuccessFactors HXM Suite OData
  APIs (v2 and v4) provide CRUD access to Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, and other HCM modules using
  OAuth 2.0 or HTTP Basic authentication.
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/sap-successfactors.png
tags:
- HCM
- HR
- Human Resources
- Talent Management
- Payroll
- Enterprise
- SAP
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sap-successfactors/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: sap-successfactors:odata-v4-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors OData V4 API
  description: OData V4 REST API for HXM Suite providing CRUD access to Employee Central, talent management, learning, and
    platform entities. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 SAML bearer assertion or HTTP Basic.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags:
  - HCM
  - OData
  - Employee Central
  - HR
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  - type: Reference Guide
    url: https://help.sap.com/doc/2d1d6fcc4eae4db8b9bbd3103baee1c7/2511/en-US/HXMSuiteODataAPIRefGuideV4.pdf
- aid: sap-successfactors:odata-v2-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors OData V2 API
  description: OData V2 REST API for HXM Suite covering Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, Compensation, Learning,
    and platform foundation objects. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 or HTTP Basic.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/successfactors-platform/sap-successfactors-api-reference-guide-odata-v2/about-sap-successfactors-odata-apis-v2
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v2
  tags:
  - HCM
  - OData
  - Employee Central
  - HR
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.sap.com/docs/successfactors-platform/sap-successfactors-api-reference-guide-odata-v2/about-sap-successfactors-odata-apis-v2
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-empemployment-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors EmpEmployment API
  description: The EmpEmployment API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for empemployment.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags:
  - EmpEmployment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-empemployment-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-empjob-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors EmpJob API
  description: The EmpJob API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for empjob.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags:
  - EmpJob
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-empjob-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-focompany-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors FOCompany API
  description: The FOCompany API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for focompany.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags:
  - FOCompany
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-focompany-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-oauth-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors Oauth API
  description: The Oauth API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - Oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-oauth-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-perperson-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors PerPerson API
  description: The PerPerson API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for perperson.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags:
  - PerPerson
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-perperson-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-upsert-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors Upsert API
  description: The Upsert API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for upsert.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Upsert
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-upsert-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-user-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors User API
  description: The User API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for user.
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-user-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sap-successfactors:sap-successfactors-user-userid-api
  name: SAP SuccessFactors User('{userId}') API
  description: The User('{userId}') API from SAP SuccessFactors — 1 operation(s) for user('{userid}').
  humanURL: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM/9f5f060351034d98990213d077dab38a/b96a4731870e48d090bfbe47b045d259.html
  baseURL: https://api.successfactors.com/odata/v4
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - User('{userId}')
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sap-successfactors-user-userid-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sap-successfactors-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/sap-successfactors-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sap-successfactors-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sap-successfactors-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/sap-successfactors-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/SAP
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sapsuccessfactors
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sap.com/products/hcm.html
- type: Documentation
  url: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM
- type: SAP Help Portal
  url: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SUCCESSFACTORS_PLATFORM
- type: SAP API Hub
  url: https://api.sap.com/package/SAPSuccessFactors
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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