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Paychex Workers API

Employees and contractors for a Paychex Flex company.

Paychex Workers API is one of 3 APIs that Paychex publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Workers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

2 operations 2 paths 9 schemas 2 GET

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.paychex.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

Paths & Operations 2

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

Workers 2

Employees and contractors for a Paychex Flex company.

GET
/companies/{companyId}/workers
List Company Workers
listCompanyWorkers 3 params → 200401403429
GET
/companies/{companyId}/workers/{workerId}
Get Company Worker
getCompanyWorker 2 params → 200401403404

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EmploymentInfo (7 properties), Worker (7 properties), Address (6 properties), PageMetadata (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

EmploymentInfo
object
7 properties
Worker
object
A worker (employee or contractor) in a Paychex Flex company.
7 properties
WorkerResponse
object
1 property
Error
object
3 properties
WorkersResponse
object
2 properties
PageMetadata
object
4 properties
ContactInfo
object
3 properties
Address
object
6 properties
PersonName
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

paychex-developer-workers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Paychex publishes across the network.

Paychex Companies API
Paychex Time Entries API
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