Xero Payroll AU API

Name: Xero Payroll AU API API
Brand: Xero Payroll AU API
Availability: InStock

★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentHR recruitingPayrolloauth232 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Programmatically creates a payroll employee, searches payroll employees. Covers 32 operations with oauth2 authentication.

Quickstart

Get started with Xero Payroll AU 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:
"creates a payroll employee"

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

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Xero Payroll AU API API.

Creates a payroll employee

Searches payroll employees

Updates an employee's detail

Retrieves an employee's detail by unique employee id

Monitor Xero Payroll AU API operational status and events

GET STARTED

Start building with Xero Payroll AU API API

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use Xero Payroll AU API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ HR and Recruiting Operations

Use the Xero Payroll AU API to perform hr recruiting operations programmatically. The API provides 32 endpoints covering core functionality including creates a payroll employee, searches payroll employees, updates an employee's detail.

Call POST /Employees to creates a payroll employee

Automated PayrollAu Management

Automate payrollau operations by combining multiple Xero Payroll AU API endpoints. Agents can searches payroll employees and then updates an employee's detail in a single workflow.

Call GET /Employees to searches payroll employees, then verify the result

AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Xero Payroll AU API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle oauth2 tokens manually.

Search Jentic for 'creates a payroll employee', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

Key Endpoints

32 endpoints — this is the xero payroll api for orgs in australia region.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

POST

/Employees

Creates a payroll employee

GET

/Employees

Searches payroll employees

POST

/Employees/{EmployeeID}

Updates an employee's detail

GET

/Employees/{EmployeeID}

Retrieves an employee's detail by unique employee id

POST

/LeaveApplications

Creates a leave application

GET

/LeaveApplications

Retrieves leave applications

GET

/LeaveApplications/v2

Retrieves leave applications including leave requests

POST

/LeaveApplications/{LeaveApplicationID}

Updates a specific leave application

POST

/Employees

Creates a payroll employee

GET

/Employees

Searches payroll employees

POST

/Employees/{EmployeeID}

Updates an employee's detail

GET

/Employees/{EmployeeID}

Retrieves an employee's detail by unique employee id

POST

/LeaveApplications

Creates a leave application

Why though Jentic?

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

Credential isolation

Xero Payroll AU API oauth2 credentials are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault (MAXsystem). Agents receive scoped access tokens — raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g., 'creates a payroll employee') and Jentic returns the matching Xero Payroll AU API operation with its input schema, so the agent can call the right endpoint without browsing docs.

Time to first call

Direct Xero Payroll AU API integration: 1-3 days for auth handling, response parsing, and error cases. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Greenhouse

Alternative hr recruiting API

Choose Greenhouse when you need a different approach to hr recruiting operations

Alternative

Lever

Alternative hr recruiting API

Choose Lever when you need a different approach to hr recruiting operations

Complementary

Workday

Complementary hr recruiting API

Choose Workday when you need a complementary approach to hr recruiting operations

FAQs

Specific to using Xero Payroll AU API API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Xero Payroll AU API use?

The Xero Payroll AU API uses OAuth 2.0 for authorization. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in the MAXsystem vault and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Can I creates a payroll employee with the Xero Payroll AU API?

Yes. Use the POST /Employees endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

What are the rate limits for the Xero Payroll AU API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

How do I creates a payroll employee through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up, then search for 'creates a payroll employee'. Jentic returns the matching Xero Payroll AU API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call — credentials are injected automatically.

How many endpoints does the Xero Payroll AU API have?

The Xero Payroll AU API exposes 32 endpoints covering payrollau operations.