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Workday Reference Data API

Endpoints for accessing common reference data and lookup values.

Workday Reference Data API is one of 50 APIs that Workday publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Reference Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 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://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/api/absenceManagement/v1/{tenant}.

7 operations 7 paths 5 schemas 7 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/api/
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Reference Data 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 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 7 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Reference Data 7

Endpoints for accessing common reference data and lookup values.

GET
/countries
Get Countries
getCountries 3 params → 200401
GET
/countries/{ID}
Get Country by Id
getCountryById 1 param → 200401404
GET
/currencies
Get Currencies
getCurrencies 2 params → 200401
GET
/currencies/{ID}
Get Currency by Id
getCurrencyById 1 param → 200401404
GET
/languages
Get Languages
getLanguages 2 params → 200401
GET
/genders
Get Genders
getGenders 2 params → 200401
GET
/maritalStatuses
Get Marital Statuses
getMaritalStatuses 2 params → 200401

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Country (5 properties), Currency (5 properties), Language (4 properties), ReferenceValue (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Language
object
4 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
ReferenceValue
object
2 properties
Currency
object
5 properties
Country
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-reference-data-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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