HR API

The HR API is a provides Human Resources data for the Universities of Wisconsin. Data is sourced from Workday and is updated every day.

Getting Access

Register your application to use the HR API, then submit a request using the appropriate form.

API Specification

An interactive and detailed API specification is available in the UW Developer Portal.

Mock HR API

If you want to try out the HR API before requesting access, check out the Mock HR API.

Person Data

For job data about a person, use the Person API

Supervisory Organizations

Navigate the supervisory organization tree to learn how supervisory organizations relate to one another: HR API Supervisory Organizations

Filter Query Parameter

Information about the HR API implementation of the filter query parameter: HR API Filter Query Parameter

Release Notes

Release notes for the HR API: HR API Release Notes

Service Level Objectives (SLO)

These are the targets for key metrics we will meet. If any of these fall below our targets they will be treated as high priority issues to resolve.

  • Response times - 99% of GET requests will return within 1 second.
  • Error rate - 99.99% of requests will respond with a non-5XX response code.


Keywords:
hr-api 
Doc ID:
159398
Owned by:
Jared K. in DoIT Enterprise Integration - API Team
Created:
2026-03-02
Updated:
2026-03-02
Sites:
DoIT Enterprise Integration - API Team