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Workday Time Entries API

Endpoints for managing time entries.

Workday Time Entries 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 Time Entries. 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 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 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}.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

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 Time Entries 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 2

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

Time Entries 2

Endpoints for managing time entries.

GET
/workers/{ID}/timeEntries
Get Time Entries
getTimeEntries 5 params → 200401404
POST
/workers/{ID}/requestTimeEntry
Request Time Entry
requestTimeEntry 1 param body → 201400401

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TimeEntry (8 properties), TimeEntryRequest (5 properties), ResourceReference (3 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TimeEntryRequest
object
5 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
TimeEntry
object
8 properties
ResourceReference
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-time-entries-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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