STEP 1
Select Payworks in workflow
Pick Payworks app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
Payworks Integration
Payroll processing and compliance for Canadian employers. Automate Payworks hiring, onboarding, and employee updates across your HR stack. When Watch Holidays fires, automatically trigger Create a Schedule Shift or Get a Schedule.
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Supported triggers and actions for Payworks integration
Triggers can detect changes in Payworks and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Payworks automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Watch HolidaysTriggers when a new holiday is added.
- Watch Pay PeriodsTriggers when there is an update to a pay period.
- Watch SchedulesTriggers when a new schedule is created or updated.
- Watch Timeoff RequestsTriggers when a new timeoff request is made.
- Watch TimesheetsTriggers when a new timesheet is created or updated.
- Create a Schedule ShiftCreates a schedule shift for an employee with specified details.
- Get a ScheduleRetrieves a schedule from the service.
- Get a Schedule ShiftRetrieves a schedule shift.
- Get an EmployeeRetrieves an employee's information from the database.
- Get EmployeesRetrieves a list of employees from the service.
- Get HolidaysRetrieves holidays from the specified service.
- Get Journal Entries by Schedule IDRetrieves journal entries associated with a specific schedule ID.
- Get Pay PeriodsRetrieves pay periods from the service.
- Get Pay StatementsRetrieves pay statements for a specific employee or time period.
- Get Pay StatementsRetrieves pay statements (reports) for a user or employee.
- Get Schedule ShiftsRetrieves schedule shifts from the service.
- Get SchedulesRetrieves schedules from the service.
- Get Timeoff RequestsRetrieves timeoff requests.
- Get TimeSheetsReturns a single timesheets.
- Add Employee EarningAdds earning information for an employee.
How to integrate Payworks in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your Payworks connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect Payworks
When prompted, authorize access to Payworks in WEXTL once. Payworks credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
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STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with Payworks yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Payworks to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
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How Payworks connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Payworks 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 Payworks supports.
The following table illustrates what fields Payworks integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
You can read how to get your Client Credentials from here: https://developer.payworks.ca/aeh/s/getting-started?language=en_CA
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Video slide demonstrates how Payworks is connected in WEXTL builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
|---|---|---|
Client IDRequired | text | — |
Client SecretRequired | password | — |
Paywork Customer NumberRequired | text | Paywork Customer Number associated to your Client Credentials |
| URL | hidden | — |
Connect Payworks to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Payworks below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Payworks. 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 Payworks integration
Select Watch Schedules trigger from Payworks - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Payworks, workflow will start [7] from Watch Schedules node.
Search for Get a Schedule Shift, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Schedules and Get a Schedule Shift, so only important data pass from Watch Schedules to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Payworks automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
Payworks on WEXTL has 27 modules for combining hr automations. Explore Payworks documentation for more.
Video slide demonstrates how Watch Schedules and Get a Schedule Shift [6] nodes are used in Payworks workflow.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating Payworks in your workflows.
Payworks has 5 triggers, including "Watch Holidays", "Watch Pay Periods", and "Watch Schedules", and more. Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.
Integration has 22 actions, including "Create a Schedule Shift", "Get a Schedule", and "Get a Schedule Shift", and more. Refer to our Payworks 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 Payworks integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Payworks official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where Payworks 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 Payworks 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 Payworks 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 Payworks 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 Payworks integration.
- Payworks integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal Payworks integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official Payworks 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® Payworks App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation