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Workday Extend Apps API

Operations for managing Extend applications including registration, deployment, and configuration.

Workday Extend Apps API is one of 16 APIs that Workday Extend publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Apps. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{baseUrl}/api/customObjects/v1/{tenant}.

5 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://api.workday.com/extend/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Extend Apps API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Apps 5

Operations for managing Extend applications including registration, deployment, and configuration.

GET
/apps
Workday Extend List Extend applications
listApps 3 params → 200401403
POST
/apps
Workday Extend Register a new Extend application
createApp body → 201400401403
GET
/apps/{appId}
Workday Extend Retrieve an Extend application
getApp 1 param → 200401403404
PATCH
/apps/{appId}
Workday Extend Update an Extend application
updateApp 1 param body → 200400401403404
DELETE
/apps/{appId}
Workday Extend Delete an Extend application
deleteApp 1 param → 204401403404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are App (11 properties), AppUpdate (3 properties), ErrorResponse (3 properties), ResourceReference (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AppCreate
object
3 properties 2 required
ResourceReference
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
AppUpdate
object
3 properties
App
object
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-extend-apps-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Workday Extend publishes across the network.

Workday Orchestrate Insights API
Workday Illuminate AI API
Workday Extend App Configurations API
Workday Extend App Deployments API
Workday Extend App Versions API
Workday Extend Custom Object Definitions API
Workday Extend Custom Object Fields API
Workday Extend Custom Object Instances API
Workday Extend Graph Query API
Workday Extend Orchestration Executions API
Workday Extend Orchestration Steps API
Workday Extend Orchestration Triggers API