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New Integration: BambooHR

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#490 opened on Feb 24, 2026

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Description

Description

Add BambooHR integration to sync HR data including employee records, time-off, onboarding, performance, and organizational data into CORE.

Reference Implementations

Existing Integrations (use as templates)

  • integrations/hubspot/ - Similar business data system
  • integrations/linear/ - Project management integration
  • integrations/slack/ - For reference

Required Files Structure

integrations/bamboohr/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts          # Main entry, OAuth spec
│   ├── schedule.ts       # Sync logic
│   ├── utils.ts          # BambooHR API utilities
│   ├── account-create.ts # OAuth setup
│   └── create-activity.ts # Activity formatting
├── package.json
├── tsup.config.ts
└── README.md

BambooHR API Integration

OAuth Setup

  • Use OAuth 2.0 authorization (recommended for all new integrations)
  • Legacy API key authentication also supported but not recommended
  • OpenID Connect Login API available for SSO
  • Base URL: https://{companyDomain}.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/{companyDomain}/v1/
  • Developer docs: https://documentation.bamboohr.com/

Key Endpoints

  • GET /employees/directory - Employee directory
  • GET /employees/{id} - Get employee details
  • POST /employees - Add new employee
  • GET /time_off/requests - Time-off requests
  • GET /reports/{id} - Generate reports
  • GET /applicant_tracking/applications - Applicant tracking
  • GET /performance/review - Performance reviews
  • GET /tables/{table} - Custom tables
  • Webhook endpoints for real-time events

Events to Track

  1. Employee Management - New hire, termination, profile update, department change
  2. Time Off - Request submitted, approved, denied, cancelled
  3. Onboarding - Task completed, document signed, training finished
  4. Performance - Review submitted, goal updated, feedback received
  5. Applicant Tracking - Application received, interview scheduled, offer sent

Implementation Tasks

  • Set up basic integration structure following integrations/github/src/index.ts pattern
  • Implement OAuth 2.0 flow in account-create.ts
  • Create API utilities in utils.ts for BambooHR API calls
  • Implement sync logic in schedule.ts for employee and HR data
  • Convert HR events to CORE activity format
  • Add error handling and rate limiting
  • Create integration documentation
  • Add to integrations/README.md

Technical Notes

  • RESTful API built around semantically meaningful HTTPS requests
  • Can manipulate employee data and generate reports in several formats
  • Official SDKs available with authentication, error handling, retries, and typed models
  • Company domain is tenant-specific and part of the API base URL
  • Webhooks available for real-time event notifications

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