Reckon One API v2

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This is version 2 of the Reckon One API.

Gets the payroll detail report.

Get the payroll detail report.

GET /5af6572c-9771-4b86-995d-3374d3bc683c/reports/payrollDetail


Get the report as, for example, a PDF using a query string parameter.

GET /5af6572c-9771-4b86-995d-3374d3bc683c/reports/payrollDetail?format=PDF

The following formats can be used:

  • JSON
  • PDF
  • XLSX
  • RTF
  • CSV
  • HTML

Get the report as, for example, a PDF using a header instead of the query string parameter: Accept: application/pdf

GET /5af6572c-9771-4b86-995d-3374d3bc683c/reports/payrollDetail

The following Accept header values can be used:

  • application/json
  • application/pdf
  • application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
  • application/rtf
  • text/csv
  • text/html

Try it

Request

Request URL

Request parameters

  • string

    Format - guid. The book's id.

  • (optional)
    string

    The format to use, e.g. pdf.

  • (optional)
    boolean

    Whether the result is for download. If true, a ContentDisposition header will be added.

Request headers

  • string
    Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.

Request body

The report parameters.

Responses

200 OK

The report.

Representations

{
  "data": {
    "payRuns": [
      {
        "payRun": {
          "id": "c996eb31-179c-46f8-8215-76135030d1b4",
          "name": "Unscheduled 26/04/2021"
        },
        "paymentDate": "2022-01-10T12:00:00Z",
        "employees": [
          {
            "employee": {
              "id": "f757807e-a294-494e-81c9-2b2bb9fa1d37",
              "name": "Joe Bloggs"
            },
            "totalTaxableEarnings": 3870.27,
            "paygTax": 1256.0,
            "netPay": 2571.07,
            "taxableItems": [
              {
                "name": "Salary",
                "dates": "03/01/2022 - 09/01/2022",
                "quantity": 37.5,
                "rate": 27.54,
                "amount": 1032.75,
                "customer": "Customer A",
                "project": "Project A"
              }
            ],
            "nonTaxableItems": [
              {
                "name": "Salary",
                "dates": "03/01/2022 - 09/01/2022",
                "quantity": 37.5,
                "rate": 27.54,
                "amount": 1032.75,
                "customer": "Customer A",
                "project": "Project A"
              }
            ],
            "companyItems": [
              {
                "name": "Super guarantee",
                "dates": null,
                "quantity": null,
                "rate": 0.1,
                "amount": -197.6,
                "customer": null,
                "project": null
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "metaData": {
    "id": "b5dd1bd6-18f7-45ec-92a7-d32aa9d8724e",
    "reportName": "Report",
    "bookName": "My book.",
    "companyName": "My company.",
    "period": "SpecifiedDates",
    "fromDate": "2021-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "toDate": "2021-12-31T12:00:00Z",
    "columns": [
      "Dates",
      "Customer"
    ]
  },
  "message": "Additional information."
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "payRuns": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "payRun": {
                    "oneOf": [
                      {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "The unique id.",
                            "format": "guid",
                            "nullable": true
                          },
                          "name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "The unique name.",
                            "nullable": true
                          }
                        },
                        "additionalProperties": false,
                        "description": "Reference to a pay run.",
                        "example": {
                          "id": "c996eb31-179c-46f8-8215-76135030d1b4",
                          "name": "Unscheduled 26/04/2021"
                        }
                      }
                    ],
                    "description": "The pay run."
                  },
                  "paymentDate": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "The date of the pay run payment.",
                    "format": "date-time",
                    "example": "2022-01-10T12:00:00Z"
                  },
                  "employees": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "items": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "employee": {
                          "oneOf": [
                            {
                              "type": "object",
                              "properties": {
                                "id": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "description": "The unique id.",
                                  "format": "guid",
                                  "nullable": true
                                },
                                "name": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "description": "The unique name.",
                                  "nullable": true
                                },
                                "incompleteData": {
                                  "type": "boolean",
                                  "description": "The incomplete data flag.",
                                  "example": "false"
                                }
                              },
                              "additionalProperties": false,
                              "description": "Reference to an employee.",
                              "example": {
                                "id": "f757807e-a294-494e-81c9-2b2bb9fa1d37",
                                "name": "Joe Bloggs"
                              }
                            }
                          ],
                          "description": "The employee."
                        },
                        "totalTaxableEarnings": {
                          "type": "number",
                          "description": "Total taxable earnings.",
                          "format": "decimal",
                          "nullable": true,
                          "example": 3870.27
                        },
                        "paygTax": {
                          "type": "number",
                          "description": "Total PAYG tax withheld.",
                          "format": "decimal",
                          "nullable": true,
                          "example": 1256.0
                        },
                        "netPay": {
                          "type": "number",
                          "description": "Net pay.",
                          "format": "decimal",
                          "nullable": true,
                          "example": 2571.07
                        },
                        "taxableItems": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "name": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The item's name.",
                                "example": "Salary"
                              },
                              "dates": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "Date range for this item.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "03/01/2022 - 09/01/2022"
                              },
                              "quantity": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The quantity (e.g. number of hours worked).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": 37.5
                              },
                              "rate": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The rate (e.g. pay per hour).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": 27.54
                              },
                              "amount": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The total amount (e.g. Quantity x Rate).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "example": 1032.75
                              },
                              "customer": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The customer's name.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "Customer A"
                              },
                              "project": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The project's name.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "Project A"
                              }
                            },
                            "additionalProperties": false,
                            "description": "Payroll Detail report - details of a transaction."
                          },
                          "description": "All taxable pay items.",
                          "nullable": true
                        },
                        "nonTaxableItems": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "name": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The item's name.",
                                "example": "Salary"
                              },
                              "dates": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "Date range for this item.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "03/01/2022 - 09/01/2022"
                              },
                              "quantity": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The quantity (e.g. number of hours worked).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": 37.5
                              },
                              "rate": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The rate (e.g. pay per hour).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": 27.54
                              },
                              "amount": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The total amount (e.g. Quantity x Rate).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "example": 1032.75
                              },
                              "customer": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The customer's name.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "Customer A"
                              },
                              "project": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The project's name.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "Project A"
                              }
                            },
                            "additionalProperties": false,
                            "description": "Payroll Detail report - details of a transaction."
                          },
                          "description": "All non-taxable pay items.",
                          "nullable": true
                        },
                        "companyItems": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "name": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The item's name.",
                                "example": "Salary"
                              },
                              "dates": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "Date range for this item.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "03/01/2022 - 09/01/2022"
                              },
                              "quantity": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The quantity (e.g. number of hours worked).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": 37.5
                              },
                              "rate": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The rate (e.g. pay per hour).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": 27.54
                              },
                              "amount": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "description": "The total amount (e.g. Quantity x Rate).",
                                "format": "decimal",
                                "example": 1032.75
                              },
                              "customer": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The customer's name.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "Customer A"
                              },
                              "project": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "description": "The project's name.",
                                "nullable": true,
                                "example": "Project A"
                              }
                            },
                            "additionalProperties": false,
                            "description": "Payroll Detail report - details of a transaction."
                          },
                          "description": "All company pay items.",
                          "nullable": true,
                          "example": [
                            {
                              "name": "Super guarantee",
                              "dates": null,
                              "quantity": null,
                              "rate": 0.1,
                              "amount": -197.6,
                              "customer": null,
                              "project": null
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      },
                      "additionalProperties": false,
                      "description": "Payroll Detail report - details of an employee."
                    },
                    "description": "Employees included in the pay run."
                  }
                },
                "additionalProperties": false,
                "description": "Payroll Detail report - details of a pay run."
              },
              "description": "Payroll Detail report payruns."
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "description": "Payroll Detail report details. "
        }
      ],
      "description": "The report's data.",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "metaData": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The report's unique id.",
              "format": "guid",
              "example": "b5dd1bd6-18f7-45ec-92a7-d32aa9d8724e"
            },
            "reportName": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The report's name.",
              "example": "Report"
            },
            "bookName": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The book's name.",
              "example": "My book."
            },
            "companyName": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The company's name.",
              "nullable": true,
              "example": "My company."
            },
            "period": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "enum": [
                    "AllDates",
                    "SpecifiedDates"
                  ],
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Periods that can be used for the Payroll Detail report.",
                  "x-enumNames": [
                    "AllDates",
                    "SpecifiedDates"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "description": "The period.",
              "example": "SpecifiedDates"
            },
            "fromDate": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The 'from' date for the report.",
              "format": "date-time",
              "nullable": true,
              "example": "2021-01-01T12:00:00Z"
            },
            "toDate": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The 'to' date for the report.",
              "format": "date-time",
              "nullable": true,
              "example": "2021-12-31T12:00:00Z"
            },
            "columns": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "enum": [
                  "Dates",
                  "Quantity",
                  "Rate",
                  "Customer",
                  "Project"
                ],
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Payroll Detail Report columns.",
                "x-enumNames": [
                  "Dates",
                  "Quantity",
                  "Rate",
                  "Customer",
                  "Project"
                ]
              },
              "description": "The list of requested report columns.",
              "nullable": true,
              "example": [
                "Dates",
                "Customer"
              ]
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "description": "Meta data for the Payroll Detail report."
        }
      ],
      "description": "Data about the report.",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A message that might contain warnings or additional information about the report contents.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "Additional information."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "The Payroll Detail report."
}

401 Unauthorized

The authentication token is missing, expired or invalid.

Representations

{
  "message": "Authorization has been denied for this request.",
  "code": 401
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description of the error.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The HTTP status code of the error.",
      "format": "int32",
      "example": 401
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response sent when a 401 Unauthorized error occurs."
}

403 Forbidden

The user does not have permission to view the report.

Representations

{
  "message": "User does not have permission to access this resource.",
  "code": 403
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description of the error.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "User does not have permission to access this resource."
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The HTTP status code of the error.",
      "format": "int32",
      "example": 403
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response sent when a 403 Forbidden error occurs."
}

404 Not Found

The specified book does not exist.

Representations

{
  "message": "Resource not found.",
  "code": 404
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description of the error.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "Resource not found."
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The HTTP status code of the error.",
      "format": "int32",
      "example": 404
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response sent when a 404 Forbidden error occurs."
}

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X GET "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail?format={string}&download=true"
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"

--data-ascii "{body}" 
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        
        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");

            // Request parameters
            queryString["format"] = "{string}";
            queryString["download"] = "true";
            var uri = "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail?" + queryString;

            var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
        }
    }
}	
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail");

            builder.setParameter("format", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("download", "true");

            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpGet request = new HttpGet(uri);
            request.setHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");


            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
            "format": "{string}",
            "download": "true",
        };
      
        $.ajax({
            url: "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
            },
            type: "GET",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    
    NSString* path = @"https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                         @"format={string}",
                         @"download=true",
                      ];
    
    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
        
        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }
        
        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }
        
        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }
    
    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}
<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
    'format' => '{string}',
    'download' => 'true',
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'format': '{string}',
    'download': 'true',
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.reckon.com')
    conn.request("GET", "/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'format': '{string}',
    'download': 'true',
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.reckon.com')
    conn.request("GET", "/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/reports/payrollDetail')

query = URI.encode_www_form({
    # Request parameters
    'format' => '{string}',
    'download' => 'true'
})

if uri.query && uri.query.length > 0
    uri.query += '&' + query
else
    uri.query = query
end

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body