Action: API Request

BambooHR Operation

The API Request action sends a custom API call to interact with BambooHR's system.

Example User Story

I want to make API requests to BambooHR so that I can integrate employee data with other systems.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
endpoint	String	Yes
method	String	Yes
body	String	No
headers	String	No

Related Connections

BambooHR

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "api-request",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "API Request",
    "description": "Make an API request to BambooHR"
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "endpoint",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The BambooHR API endpoint to call"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "method",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "HTTP method to use (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Request body for POST/PUT/PATCH requests"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "headers",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Additional headers as JSON string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "response",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["body"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Raw response from BambooHR API"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "statusCode",
      "type": "Integer",
      "selector": ["status"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "HTTP status code of the response"
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "{{method}}",
        "path": "{{endpoint}}",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Accept": "application/json",
          "{{#if headers}}{{headers}}{{/if}}": ""
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{{#if body}}{{body}}{{/if}}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}