Read organizational structure (manager, department) via the Rippling Unified HRIS API
domain: hr-payroll · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Register an application at developer.rippling.com and obtain approval before requesting an API token
Authenticate API requests with the issued API token per Rippling's REST API guide
Continuously pull employee records via the Unified HRIS API, reading each employee's manager (by Rippling employee ID) and department attributes
Reconstruct the reporting hierarchy by joining employees to their manager's employee ID rather than assuming a separate org-chart endpoint
Re-sync periodically to pick up department and manager reassignments, since this is a pull-based continuous-import pattern rather than a push notification
Known gotchas
Org structure is derived from the employee object's manager/department fields, not returned as a standalone hierarchy tree - your integration has to build the tree client-side
API access requires Rippling's app-approval step before a token is issued - it is not a self-service instant-token flow
Each Rippling API category (org data, payroll, benefits, etc.) has its own Getting Started guide with category-specific setup - don't assume one token/scope covers every category
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