Paychex Time API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Paychex Time API
  description: >-
    The Paychex Time API allows third-party time and attendance vendors to
    submit time entries, punches, and time-worked totals for workers inside a
    Paychex Flex company so they flow into Paychex Payroll processing.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Paychex Developer Program
    url: https://developer.paychex.com/
  license:
    name: Paychex API Terms of Use
    url: https://developer.paychex.com/

servers:
  - url: https://api.paychex.com
    description: Paychex Production API

security:
  - oauth2ClientCredentials: []

tags:
  - name: Time Entries
    description: Time entry, punch, and time-worked submissions.

paths:
  /time/v1/timeentries:
    post:
      operationId: createTimeEntries
      summary: Submit Time Entries
      description: >-
        Submit one or more time entries (worked hours, earnings categories, and
        labor allocations) for workers inside a Paychex Flex company.
      tags: [Time Entries]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeEntriesRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Time entries accepted for payroll processing.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeEntriesResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'

components:
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2ClientCredentials:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.paychex.com/auth/oauth/v2/token
          scopes: {}
  schemas:
    TimeEntriesRequest:
      type: object
      required: [companyId, entries]
      properties:
        companyId:
          type: string
          description: Paychex Flex company identifier the entries apply to.
        entries:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeEntry'
    TimeEntry:
      type: object
      required: [workerId, workDate, hours, earningType]
      properties:
        workerId:
          type: string
          description: Paychex Flex worker identifier.
        workDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Calendar date the work was performed (ISO 8601).
        hours:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Hours worked, in decimal hours.
        earningType:
          type: string
          description: Earnings code (e.g., REG, OT, PTO).
        rateOverride:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Optional override hourly rate.
        departmentCode:
          type: string
          description: Department/labor allocation code.
        notes:
          type: string
    TimeEntriesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        accepted:
          type: integer
          description: Number of entries accepted for processing.
        rejected:
          type: integer
          description: Number of entries rejected with validation errors.
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeEntryResult'
    TimeEntryResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        workerId:
          type: string
        workDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        status:
          type: string
          description: ACCEPTED or REJECTED.
        message:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: string
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid OAuth 2.0 access token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Forbidden:
      description: Registered application is not authorized for this company resource.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit exceeded; retry after the indicated interval.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'