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Workday Security Security Groups API

Create, retrieve, and manage security groups that control access to Workday domains, business processes, and securable items.

Workday Security Security Groups API is one of 13 APIs that Workday Security publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

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

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

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 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/service/
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Security Security Groups API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from the Workday token endpoint.

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.

Security Groups 2

Create, retrieve, and manage security groups that control access to Workday domains, business processes, and securable items.

GET
/securityGroups
Workday Security List security groups
listSecurityGroups 5 params → 200401403
GET
/securityGroups/{securityGroupId}
Workday Security Get a specific security group
getSecurityGroup 1 param → 200401403404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SecurityGroup (9 properties), DomainSecurityPolicyRef (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SecurityGroup
object
A security group that controls access to securable items within Workday domains and business processes. Security groups can be role-based, user-based, integrat…
9 properties
DomainSecurityPolicyRef
object
Reference to a domain security policy
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-security-security-groups-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Workday Security publishes across the network.

Workday User Activity Logging API
Workday Security Account Signons API
Workday Security Audit Logs API
Workday Security Authentication Configuration API
Workday Security Compliance Reports API
Workday Security Domain Security Policies API
Workday Security OAuth Tokens API
Workday Security Security Audit API
Workday Security Security Group Members API
Workday Security Sessions API
Workday Security Unidentified Signons API
Workday Security User Accounts API