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Workday Extend WQL Query API

Operations for executing Workday Query Language (WQL) queries against the Workday data model. WQL provides SQL-like syntax for complex data retrieval across business objects.

Workday Extend WQL Query 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 WQL Query. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 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}.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 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 WQL Query 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 1

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

WQL Query 1

Operations for executing Workday Query Language (WQL) queries against the Workday data model. WQL provides SQL-like syntax for complex data retrieval across business objects.

POST
/wql
Workday Extend Execute a WQL query
executeWqlQuery body → 200400401403

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorResponse (3 properties), WqlQueryResponse (3 properties), WqlQueryRequest (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

WqlQueryResponse
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
WqlQueryRequest
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-extend-wql-query-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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