BambooHR ACTION
Update Hour Record
Edit an existing legacy Hours API record's hours worked and links. Send the corrected total hours worked, not a delta. Use Get Time Tracking Record to check current values first. See the documentation
- Action
- Writes data
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's BambooHR account once, then configure and run Update Hour Record 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-update-hour-record",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
bamboohr: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
recordId: "Record ID",
hoursWorked: "Hours Worked",
},
})
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-update-hour-record",
"configured_props": {
"bamboohr": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"recordId": "Record ID",
"hoursWorked": "Hours Worked"
}
}'// 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-update-hour-record",
arguments: {
recordId: "Record ID",
hoursWorked: "Hours Worked",
},
})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 |
|---|---|---|
recordId Record ID | string | The ID of the hour record to update, e.g. 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 (the UUID you supplied in Create Hour Record). Run Get Time Tracking Record to check its current values, or use the ID you supplied in Create Hour Record. Required |
hoursWorked Hours Worked | string | The corrected total number of hours worked (not a delta) — e.g. send 6.0 if the employee actually worked 6 hours instead of the original 8. Required |
projectId Project ID | string | Optional numeric project ID, e.g. 19. Find valid IDs in your BambooHR time tracking project settings. Optional |
taskId Task ID | string | Optional numeric task ID within the project, e.g. 47 (requires projectId). Find valid IDs in your BambooHR time tracking project settings. Optional |
shiftDifferentialId Shift Differential ID | string | Optional numeric shift differential ID to associate with the record, e.g. 1. Company-specific; find valid IDs in your BambooHR payroll/company settings. Optional |
holidayId Holiday ID | string | Optional numeric holiday ID to associate with the record, e.g. 1. Company-specific (legacy Hours API); find valid IDs in your BambooHR payroll/company settings. 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-update-hour-record
- Version
- 0.0.1
- App
- BambooHR
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗