busybusy REST API

Name: busybusy REST API API
Brand: busybusy REST API
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✓ Official Vendor SpecHR recruitingEmployee ManagementapiKey10 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Read and create time entries, projects, members, cost codes, and certifications for a construction company running on busybusy.

Quickstart

Get started with busybusy REST API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"list busybusy time entries"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with busybusy REST API API.

List time entries across the company via GET /time-entry

Create new time entries via POST /time-entry

List and create projects via /project

List members of the company via GET /member

Read the company's cost codes via GET /cost-code

GET STARTED

Start building with busybusy REST API API

Explore with Jentic

View OpenAPI Spec

Use for: I need to pull last week's time entries for payroll, Create a time entry for a worker on a specific project, List active projects in busybusy, Create a new project in busybusy

Not supported: Does not handle payroll execution, equipment management, or financial accounting — use for busybusy time tracking, projects, members, and certification data only.

The busybusy REST API exposes time tracking, project management, and safety data for construction companies that run on busybusy. It covers time entries, projects, members, cost codes, certifications, and API keys, with read access on every resource and create access on time entries, projects, certifications, and API keys. It is used to sync busybusy data into payroll, ERP, and BI systems and to create time entries from external tools. Authentication is a Bearer API key sent in the Authorization header.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use busybusy REST API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Payroll-ready time entry sync

Pull all time entries for a pay period from /time-entry and route them to a payroll system. The endpoint returns the worker, project, cost code, start, and end timestamps needed to calculate wages and allocate labour cost across jobs. Suitable for construction firms that want busybusy as the system of record but pay through QuickBooks, ADP, or similar.

GET /time-entry filtered to the previous pay period, transform the records, and post them to the payroll system.

Project and cost code setup

Create new projects in busybusy when a new job is won and read the company's cost codes so external tools can present consistent options to the field. POST /project creates a project; GET /cost-code returns the available codes that can be tagged on time entries.

POST /project for the newly awarded job, then GET /cost-code so any downstream tool can present the right codes when workers clock in.

Workforce and safety records

Maintain the list of company members and their safety certifications. GET /member lists the workforce; /certification supports both reading existing certifications and posting new ones when training is completed. Useful for safety officers who track OSHA-style certifications across crews.

GET /member to list the workforce, then POST /certification for each worker who completed a recent safety course.

AI agent jobsite assistant via Jentic

An AI assistant can answer foreman questions like 'who is currently clocked in on the Smith project?' or 'how many hours has crew B logged this week?' by calling busybusy reads through Jentic. Jentic vaults the busybusy API key and issues scoped, short-lived access for each call.

Search Jentic for 'list busybusy time entries', load the GET /time-entry schema, execute it filtered to the current week and project, and summarise the results for the foreman.

Key Endpoints

10 endpoints — the busybusy rest api exposes time tracking, project management, and safety data for construction companies that run on busybusy.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/time-entry

List time entries

POST

/time-entry

Create a time entry

GET

/project

List projects

POST

/project

Create a project

GET

/member

List members

GET

/cost-code

List cost codes

POST

/certification

Create a certification

GET

/api-key

List API keys

GET

/time-entry

List time entries

POST

/time-entry

Create a time entry

GET

/project

List projects

POST

/project

Create a project

GET

/member

List members

GET

/cost-code

List cost codes

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

The busybusy Bearer API key is stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive a scoped, short-lived token per operation — the raw key never enters the agent's context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent (e.g., 'list busybusy time entries' or 'create a busybusy project') and Jentic returns the matching operation with its full request schema, so the agent calls the correct endpoint without reading busybusy docs.

Time to first call

Direct busybusy integration: a day or two for time-entry sync and project setup. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Clockify API

Clockify is a general-purpose time tracking API not specific to construction.

Pick Clockify for office/SaaS time tracking; pick busybusy when the workforce is field-based and needs project, cost-code, and certification context.

Alternative

Toggl Track API

Toggl Track focuses on knowledge worker time tracking with projects and tags.

Pick Toggl for office time tracking; busybusy is purpose-built for construction crews and jobsite data.

Complementary

Akamai API

Akamai for edge security in front of operations dashboards that read busybusy data.

Use Akamai alongside busybusy when an operations portal aggregates busybusy data behind a hardened edge.

FAQs

Specific to using busybusy REST API API through Jentic.

What authentication does the busybusy REST API use?

Requests carry an Authorization header containing a Bearer API key issued from the busybusy account. Through Jentic, the key is encrypted in the vault and a scoped, short-lived token is issued per operation, so the raw key never enters the agent's context.

Can I create a busybusy time entry programmatically?

Yes — POST /time-entry with the worker, project, optional cost code, and start/end timestamps creates a time entry. This is the path used by external clock-in tools that mirror data into busybusy as the system of record.

How do I pull all time entries for a pay period?

GET /time-entry returns time entries for the company; filter the results to the pay period in your client and feed them to your payroll process. Pair with /member and /cost-code to label the records consistently.

Does the busybusy API expose safety certifications?

Yes. GET /certification lists certifications and POST /certification creates one. This is suitable for tracking OSHA-style safety training across crews and members.

What are the rate limits for the busybusy REST API?

The OpenAPI spec does not declare explicit limits. busybusy applies per-account quotas documented at https://api.busybusy.io/docs/apiv3.html — handle 429 responses with retry-with-backoff for bulk time-entry pulls.

How do I list busybusy time entries through Jentic?

Run `pip install jentic` and search for 'list busybusy time entries'. Jentic returns the GET /time-entry operation, you load its schema, and execute the call — credentials stay in the Jentic vault.