JSON Endpoint Support

We've recently been looking at ways to improve the API, especially for those just starting to build integrations with BambooHR. In that effort, we identified some areas where XML was still required to communicate with our API. To make it easier to get started, we wanted to allow consumers to use a single preferred communication format.

We have updated all of our endpoints that accepted XML to also accept JSON. These endpoints will look at your Content-Type header to see whether to parse your content as XML or JSON. By default, they will parse your content as XML. If you specify "Content-Type: application/json", then your content will be parsed as JSON.

To see how you should format your JSON requests, check out the documentation: API Reference. We have updated each endpoint to include example JSON.