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Workday Benefits Employee Benefits API

Manage individual employee benefit summaries and balances

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

This API exposes 14 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Employee Benefits. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, a changelog, a support channel, and 14 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v40.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{tenant}.workday.com/api/benefits/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v40.2
Base URL
https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/service
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Benefits Employee Benefits API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

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

Employee Benefits 1

Manage individual employee benefit summaries and balances

GET
/employees/{employeeId}/benefits
Workday Get Employee Benefits
getEmployeeBenefits 1 param → 200401403404

Schemas 2

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

ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response
3 properties 2 required
EmployeeBenefits
object
A summary of all active benefit enrollments for an employee
5 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-benefits-employee-benefits-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Workday Benefits publishes across the network.

Workday Benefits Benefit Enrollments API
Workday Benefits Benefit Events API
Workday Benefits Benefit Plans API
Workday Benefits Dependents API
Workday Benefits Time Off Plans API