STEP 1
Select BrightHR in workflow
Pick BrightHR app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
BrightHR Integration
HR software for small businesses covering people, absence, and time tracking. Connect BrightHR employee events to workflows that provision tools, notify managers, and update records. Start with List Absences, then use List Clockings or List Employees for the next step.
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Supported triggers and actions for BrightHR integration
Triggers can detect changes in BrightHR and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside BrightHR automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- List AbsencesRetrieves a list of approved absences for one employee, not including lateness.
- List ClockingsRetrieves a list of time-clock entries for one employee.
- List EmployeesRetrieves a list of employees in your organisation.
- Make an API CallPerforms an arbitrary authorized API call.
- Set Employee External ReferenceSets your own reference ID on an employee.
How to integrate BrightHR in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your BrightHR connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect BrightHR
When prompted, authorize access to BrightHR in WEXTL once. BrightHR credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
WEXTL wants to integrate with your BrightHR account. Approve?
STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with BrightHR yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect BrightHR to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
BrightHR
How BrightHR connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever BrightHR app is called in workflows. That allows your hr automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that BrightHR supports.
The following table illustrates what fields BrightHR integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Connect BrightHR
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Demonstration of BrightHR connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
|---|---|---|
Client IDRequired | text | In BrightHR, open API Management at account.brighthr.com/manage-api, create an application, and copy its Client ID. You need to be a BrightHR administrator. |
Client SecretRequired | password | Under that application, choose Create Secret and copy it straight away. BrightHR shows the secret only once. |
Connect BrightHR to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with BrightHR below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with BrightHR. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with BrightHR integration
Select List Absences action from BrightHR - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in BrightHR, workflow will start [7] from List Absences node.
Search for Make an API Call, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between List Absences and Make an API Call, so only important data pass from List Absences to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of BrightHR automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
BrightHR on WEXTL has 5 modules for combining hr automations. Explore BrightHR documentation for more.
BrightHR
List Absences
Cezanne HR
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Cezanne HR
Triggers
BrightHR
Make an API Call
Demonstration of how visual BrightHR automation [6] looks in WEXTL.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating BrightHR in your workflows.
BrightHR has no triggers, but it provides 5 actions including "List Absences", "List Clockings", and "List Employees". Pair them with triggers from other apps to automate BrightHR tasks.
Integration has 5 actions, including "List Absences", "List Clockings", and "List Employees", and more. Refer to our BrightHR Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The BrightHR integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by BrightHR official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where BrightHR provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever BrightHR or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for BrightHR inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with BrightHR modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the BrightHR integration.
- BrightHR integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal BrightHR integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official BrightHR vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® BrightHR App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation