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Bamboohr Authentication

Authentication

BambooHR secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/bamboohr-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic auth. Use the API key as the username and any non-empty string as
    the password.
  sources:
  - openapi/bamboohr-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://api.bamboohr.com/oauth/authorize.php
    tokenUrl: https://api.bamboohr.com/token.php
    scopes: 1
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow (for multi-customer apps).
  sources:
  - openapi/bamboohr-openapi.yml