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Universal API ACTION

Get HRIS Employee

Retrieve a single HRIS employee by ID from Universal API. Run List HRIS Employees first to discover valid employee IDs. See the documentation.
  • Action
  • Read only
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Universal API account once, then configure and run Get HRIS 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: "universal_api-get-hris-employee",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    universal_api: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    consumerId: "Consumer ID",
    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 HRIS Employee inputs
Property Type Description
consumerId Consumer ID string
The consumer ID. Run List Consumers first to find valid IDs.
Required
employeeId Employee ID string
The HRIS employee ID. Run List HRIS Employees first to find valid IDs (e.g. emp_12345).
Required
serviceId Service ID string
x-uapi-service-id header identifying which HRIS integration to use (required by the API for this endpoint). One of: bamboohr, google-workspace, azure-active-directory, catalyst-one, haileyhr, deel, sap.
Required

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
universal_api-get-hris-employee
Version
0.0.2
App
Universal API
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes