BambooHR ACTION
Get Employee
Get a single employee record. Only
id is returned unless you request fields. Use Get Employees Directory to find an employee ID. Pass 0 as the ID to fetch the authenticated user. See the documentation- Action
- Read only
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's BambooHR account once, then configure and run Get Employee from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "bamboohr-get-employee",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
bamboohr: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
employeeId: "Employee ID",
fields: "Fields",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "bamboohr-get-employee",
"configured_props": {
"bamboohr": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"employeeId": "Employee ID",
"fields": "Fields"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "bamboohr",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "bamboohr-get-employee",
arguments: {
employeeId: "Employee ID",
fields: "Fields",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
employeeId Employee ID | string | The employee ID (e.g. 100). Use 0 for the authenticated user. Run Get Employees Directory to discover IDs. Required |
fields Fields | string | Comma-separated field names/IDs/aliases to return (max 400), e.g. firstName,lastName,department,workEmail. Unauthorized fields are silently omitted. Optional |
onlyCurrent Only Current | boolean | When true, restricts to the employee's current values. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- bamboohr-get-employee
- Version
- 0.0.1
- App
- BambooHR
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗