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Get Employee File

Download a single employee file and save it to /tmp. Use List Employee Files to discover file IDs. 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 File 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-file",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    bamboohr: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    syncDir: "SyncDir",
    employeeId: "Employee ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Get Employee File inputs
Property Type Description
syncDir SyncDir dir
Required
employeeId Employee ID string
The employee ID (e.g. 100). Run Get Employees Directory to discover IDs.
Required
fileId File ID string
The file ID, e.g. 789. Run List Employee Files to discover file IDs for this employee.
Required
outputFilename Output Filename string
Filename to save in /tmp, e.g. employee-file.pdf. Defaults to bamboohr-file-{fileId}.
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-file
Version
0.0.1
App
BambooHR
Authentication
API key
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes