BambooHR Authentication Guide

How to authenticate BambooHR for use with Tines

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Written by Daniel Stoeski
Updated over a week ago

BambooHR is an employee experience software that allows you to track time off, sick leave, benefits, onboarding, and more. Here's our guide on how to authenticate BambooHR for use with Tines.

First, get a BambooHR API key:

  1. Navigate to https://www.<<your-bamboo-tenant-name>>.bamboohr.com/home and log into your account

  2. In the top right-hand corner of the screen, click on your profile and then "API Keys"

  3. Click "Add New Key", name your key and click "Generate Key"

  4. Click "COPY KEY" to copy the key to the clipboard and click "Done"

Then, create a BambooHR credential in Tines

BambooHR connect flow (recommended):

  1. Login to your Tines tenant

  2. Navigate to the team that will be using the API and click "Credentials"

  3. Click "+ New Credential" and select "BambooHR" and follow the prompts to connect.

Manual credential creation

This method is not recommended as the BambooHR connect flow creates this credential with much less complexity. However, if you need to create this credential set manually, see the following steps below:

  1. Click "+ New Credential" and select "Text"

  2. Input the values for the BambooHR credential

    1. Name: Required

    2. Description: Optional

    3. Value: Your copied API key value

  3. Optional

    1. Domains: Ensure this credential can only be used when making HTTP requests to specific domains.

    2. Access: What other teams can also use the API

Read about our connect flows here.

For more on creating credentials in Tines, click here.

You can find a selection of BambooHR stories in the story library

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