Xero Payroll AU API
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For Agents
Programmatically creates a payroll employee, searches payroll employees. Covers 32 operations with oauth2 authentication.
Use for: I need to creates a payroll employee, I want to searches payroll employees, Search for updates an employee's detail, Find all retrieves an employee's detail by unique employee id
Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm — use for hr and recruiting only.
This is the Xero Payroll API for orgs in Australia region. The API exposes 32 endpoints secured with oauth2 authentication.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the Xero Payroll AU API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Xero Payroll AU API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with Xero Payroll AU 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
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Xero Payroll AU 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
GET
/LeaveApplications
Retrieves leave applications
GET
/LeaveApplications/v2
Retrieves leave applications including leave requests
POST
/LeaveApplications/{LeaveApplicationID}
Updates a specific leave application
Why 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.
FAQs
Specific to using Xero Payroll AU 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.
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