BambooHR

The BambooHR modules allow you to monitor, create, update, retrieve, and delete the employees, employee files, time-offs, and time-off requests in your BambooHR account.

Getting Started with BambooHR

Prerequisites

A BambooHR account

In order to use BambooHR with Integromat, it is necessary to have a BambooHR account. If you do not have one, you can create a BambooHR account at bamboohr.com/signup/.

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Integromat scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting BambooHR to Integromat

To connect your BambooHR account to Integromat you need to obtain the API Key from your BambooHR account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Integromat module.

1. Log in to your BambooHR account.

2. Click BambooHR icon () > API Keys > Add New Key.

3. Enter a name for the API and click Generate.

4. Copy the API key to your clipboard and click Done.

5. Go to Integromat and open the BambooHR module's Create a connection dialog.

6. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

7. In the Subdomain field, enter your account's domain name. For example, if your account login URL address is https://mycompany.bamboohr.com then your domain is the mycompany.

8. In the API Key field, enter the API Key copied in step 4, and click Continue.

The connection has been established.

Employees

Watch Employees

Watches for added employees.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Limit	Set the maximum number of employees Integromat should return during one execution cycle.

List Employees

Returns a list of employees.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Limit	Set the maximum number of employees Integromat should return during one execution cycle.

Get an Employee

Returns employee data by specifying a set of fields.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID whose details you want to retrieve.
Fields	Select or map the fields you want to include in the employee details.

Create an Employee

Adds a new employee.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Synced with Trax Payroll	Select whether you want to create a Trax payroll employee.
First Name	Enter (map) the employee's first name.
Last Name	Enter (map) the employee's last name.
Employee Number	Enter (map) the employee's number.
Date of Birth	Enter the employee's date of birth.
SSN	Enter the employee's social security number.
Gender	Select or map the employee's gender. For example, `male`.
Marital Status	Select or map the employee's marital status. For example, `Single`.
Hire Date	Enter the date on which the employee was hired for the job.
Address	Enter the employee's address.
City	Enter the city name.
State	Enter the state name.
Country	Enter the country name.
Employment Status	Select or map the employment status of the employee.
Exempt	Select whether the employee is exempted from taxes.
Pay Type	Select or map the employee pay type. For example, `hourly`, `weekly`.
Pay Rate	Select or map the employee pay rate in US Dollars. For example, if you have selected `Pay Type` as hourly then enter the employee's hourly rate.
Pay Per	Select or map the frequency of payment to the employee. For example, `Monthly`.
Location	Select or map the employee location.
Department	Select or map the department to which the employee belongs to. For example, `Human Resources`.
Division	Enter (map) the division to which the employee belongs to. For example, `Europe`.

Update an Employee

Updates a specified employee.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID whose details you want to update.
Synced with Trax Payroll	Select whether you want to create a Trax payroll employee.
First Name	Enter (map) the employee's first name.
Last Name	Enter (map) the employee's last name.
Employee Number	Enter (map) the employee's number.
Date of Birth	Enter the employee's date of birth.
SSN	Enter the employee's social security number.
Gender	Select or map the employee's gender. For example, `male`.
Marital Status	Select or map the employee's marital status. For example, `Single`.
Hire Date	Enter the date on which the employee was hired for the job.
Address	Enter the employee's address.
City	Enter the city name.
State	Enter the state name.
Country	Enter the country name.
Employment Status	Select or map the employment status of the employee.
Exempt	Select whether the employee is exempted from taxes.
Pay Type	Select or map the employee pay type. For example, `hourly`, `weekly`.
Pay Rate	Select or map the employee pay rate in US Dollars. For example, if you have selected pay type as hourly then enter the employee's hourly rate.
Pay Per	Select or map the period of payment to the employee. For example, `Monthly`.
Location	Select or map the employee location.
Department	Select or map the department to which the employee belongs to. For example, `Human Resources`.
Division	Enter (map) the division to which the employee belongs. For example, `Europe`.

Employee Files

List Employee Files

Returns a list of employee files.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID whose files you want to list.
Limit	Set the maximum number of files Integromat should return during one execution cycle.

Download an Employee File

Returns a specified employee file.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID whose files you want to download.
File ID	Select or map the File ID you want to download.

Upload an Employee File

Creates an employee file.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID whose files you want to list.
File Name	Enter the file name including the file extension. For example, test.txt
File	Enter or map the file data.
Share with Employee	Select the checkbox if you want to share the file with an employee.

Update an Employee File

Updates a specified employee file.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID whose file you want to update.
File ID	Select or map the File ID whose details you want to update.
Share with Employee	Select the checkbox if you want to share the file with an employee.
Category ID	Select or map the Category ID to which the file belongs to.
Name	Enter a new name for the file.

Delete an Employee File

Deletes a specified employee file.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID whose file you want to delete.
File ID	Select or map the File ID whose details you want to delete.

Time Offs

Watch Time Offs

Watches for newly created time-offs for the specified time boundaries.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Start Time	Enter (map) the start time to watch the time-offs that match the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.
End Time	Enter (map) the end time to watch the time-offs that match the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Limit	Set the maximum number of time-offs Integromat should return during one execution cycle.

Get Summary of Who's Out

Returns a list, sorted by date of employees who will be out and company holidays for a period of time.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Start Time	Enter (map) the start time of the employee off or holiday whose details you want to retrieve. See the list of supported date and time formats.
End Time	Enter (map) the end time of the employee off or holiday whose details you want to retrieve. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Limit	Set the maximum number of employee time offs or holidays Integromat should return during one execution cycle.

Time Off Requests

Watch Time Off Requests

Watches for newly created time off requests which can be approved by you.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Start Time	Enter (map) the start time to watch the time-off requests that start on or after the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.
End Time	Enter (map) the end time to watch the time-off requests that end on or before the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Limit	Set the maximum number of time-off requests Integromat should return during one execution cycle.

Search Time Off Requests

Returns a list of time off requests with specified options.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Start Time	Enter (map) the start time to search the time-off requests that start on or after the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.
End Time	Enter (map) the end time to search the time-off requests that end on or after the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Time Off Request ID	Select or map the Time-off Request ID whose details you want to search.
Action	Select or map the time-off requests access to search only the requests that match the specified action: View Approve
Employee ID	Select or map the Employee ID to search the specified employee time-off requests.
Type	Select the time-off request type to search only the request that matches the specified type. For example, `Bereavement`.
Status	Select the status of the time-off request to search only the request that matches the specified status. For example, `Approved`.
Limit	Set the maximum number of time-off requests Integromat should return during one execution cycle.

Change a Time Off Request Status

Changes the status of a time-off request in the system. You can use this to approve or deny, or cancel a time-off request.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
Request ID	Select or map the Request ID whose status you want to change.
Status	Select or map the status to which you want to update the request: Approved Denied Canceled
Note	Enter the details for updating the request status.

Other

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection	Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.
URL	Enter a path relative to`https://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/<domain>`. For example: `/v1/meta/fields`. For the list of available endpoints, refer to the BambooHR API Documentation.
Method	Select the HTTP method you want to use: GET to retrieve information for an entry. POST to create a new entry. PUT to update/replace an existing entry. PATCH to make a partial entry update. DELETE to delete an entry.
Headers	Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we've already done that for you.
Query String	Enter the request query string.
Body	Enter the body content for your API call.