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ADP PayrollInstructions API

Payroll instructions and overrides

ADP PayrollInstructions API is one of 6 APIs that ADP publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include PayrollInstructions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.adp.com.

2 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.adp.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ADP PayrollInstructions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2ClientCredentials) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

PayrollInstructions 2

Payroll instructions and overrides

GET
/payroll/v1/payroll-instructions
List Payroll Instructions
listPayrollInstructions → 200
POST
/payroll/v1/payroll-instructions
Create Payroll Instruction
createPayrollInstruction body → 201

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PayrollInstructionRequest (5 properties), PayrollInstruction (5 properties), AmountValue (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PayrollInstruction
object
5 properties
AmountValue
object
2 properties
PayrollInstructionRequest
object
5 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adp-payrollinstructions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ADP publishes across the network.

ADP Embedded Payroll API
ADP Benefits Administration API
ADP Organizations API
ADP PayrollOutputs API
ADP Workers API