Ballerina Dayforce Connector

Overview

Dayforce is a comprehensive human capital management system that covers the entire employee lifecycle including HR, payroll, benefits, talent management, workforce management, and services. The entire system resides on cloud that takes the burden of managing and replicating data on-premise.

The Dayforce connector allows you to access the REST API of Dayforce HCM specifically based on Rest API version v1.

This connector has been tested exclusively in the Dayforce developer sample environment. If you encounter any technical issues, please reach out to us using the links provided in the Useful links section.

Setup guide

Step 1: Create a Dayforce account

1. Navigate to the Dayforce website and register. Follow the instructions to create an account. If your company has already purchased a namespace in Dayforce, use that to sign up. Otherwise, you can still use their sample environment by selecting sample option.

   

2. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with a link to activate your account.

   

3. Click on the link sent in the email to complete the registration process.

   

4. After confirming your registration, you'll get a success message. Click on the "Sign In" button to log in to your account.

   

5. Enter your email address and password to log in.

   

Step 2: Obtain the user credentials to access the Dayforce API

To get the credentials for the sample environment, follow the instructions below:

1. Navigate to API Explorer -> Employee -> GET Employees.
2. Locate the basic authentication credentials, including the username and password, for the sample environment.

Quickstart

To use the dayforce connector in your Ballerina project, modify the .bal file as follows:

Step 1: Import the module

Import the ballerinax/dayforce module into your Ballerina project.

import ballerinax/dayforce;

Step 2: Instantiate a new connector

Instantiate a new dayforce:Client giving the auth details.

dayforce:Client dayforce = check new (
   {
      auth: { 
            username: "<username>", 
            password: "<password>"
      }
   }, 
   "https://www.dayforcehcm.com/Api");

Step 3: Invoke the connector operation

Now, utilize the available connector operations.

public function main() returns error? {
    dayforce:Payload_Employee employee = check dayforce->/ddn/V1/Employees/'42199;
}

Step 4: Run the Ballerina application

Use the following command to compile and run the Ballerina program.

bal run

Issues and projects

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This repository only contains the source code for the package.

Build from the source

Prerequisites

1. Download and install Java SE Development Kit (JDK) version 17. You can download it from either of the following sources:

   • Oracle JDK
   • OpenJDK

   Note: After installation, remember to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where JDK was installed.

2. Download and install Ballerina Swan Lake.

3. Download and install Docker.

   Note: Ensure that the Docker daemon is running before executing any tests.

Build options

Execute the commands below to build from the source.

1. To build the package:

   ./gradlew clean build
   

2. To run the tests:

   ./gradlew clean test
   

3. To build the without the tests:

   ./gradlew clean build -x test
   

4. To debug package with a remote debugger:

   ./gradlew clean build -Pdebug=<port>
   

5. To debug with the Ballerina language:

   ./gradlew clean build -PbalJavaDebug=<port>
   

6. Publish the generated artifacts to the local Ballerina Central repository:

   ./gradlew clean build -PpublishToLocalCentral=true
   

7. Publish the generated artifacts to the Ballerina Central repository:

   ./gradlew clean build -PpublishToCentral=true
   

Contribute to Ballerina

As an open-source project, Ballerina welcomes contributions from the community.

For more information, go to the contribution guidelines.

Code of conduct

All the contributors are encouraged to read the Ballerina Code of Conduct.

Useful links

• For more information go to the dayforce package.
• For example demonstrations of the usage, go to Ballerina By Examples.
• Chat live with us via our Discord server.
• Post all technical questions on Stack Overflow with the #ballerina tag.