busybusy REST API

Name: busybusy REST API
Brand: busybusy REST API
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✓ Official Vendor SpecHR recruitingEmployee ManagementapiKey10 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Read and create time entries, projects, members, cost codes, and certifications for a construction company running on busybusy.

Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the busybusy REST API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the busybusy REST API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with busybusy REST API.

List time entries across the company via GET /time-entry

Create new time entries via POST /time-entry

List and create projects via /project

List members of the company via GET /member

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use busybusy REST API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Payroll-ready time entry sync

Pull all time entries for a pay period from /time-entry and route them to a payroll system. The endpoint returns the worker, project, cost code, start, and end timestamps needed to calculate wages and allocate labour cost across jobs. Suitable for construction firms that want busybusy as the system of record but pay through QuickBooks, ADP, or similar.

GET /time-entry filtered to the previous pay period, transform the records, and post them to the payroll system.

Project and cost code setup

Create new projects in busybusy when a new job is won and read the company's cost codes so external tools can present consistent options to the field. POST /project creates a project; GET /cost-code returns the available codes that can be tagged on time entries.

POST /project for the newly awarded job, then GET /cost-code so any downstream tool can present the right codes when workers clock in.

Workforce and safety records

Maintain the list of company members and their safety certifications. GET /member lists the workforce; /certification supports both reading existing certifications and posting new ones when training is completed. Useful for safety officers who track OSHA-style certifications across crews.

GET /member to list the workforce, then POST /certification for each worker who completed a recent safety course.

AI agent jobsite assistant via Jentic

An AI assistant can answer foreman questions like 'who is currently clocked in on the Smith project?' or 'how many hours has crew B logged this week?' by calling busybusy reads through Jentic. Jentic securely stores the busybusy API key and issues scoped, short-lived access for each call.

Search Jentic for 'list busybusy time entries', load the GET /time-entry schema, execute it filtered to the current week and project, and summarise the results for the foreman.

Key Endpoints

10 endpoints — the busybusy rest api exposes time tracking, project management, and safety data for construction companies that run on busybusy.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/time-entry

List time entries

POST

/time-entry

Create a time entry

GET

/project

List projects

POST

/project

Create a project

GET

/member

List members

GET

/cost-code

List cost codes

POST

/certification

Create a certification

GET

/api-key

List API keys

GET

/time-entry

List time entries

POST

/time-entry

Create a time entry

GET

/project

List projects

POST

/project

Create a project

GET

/member

List members

GET

/cost-code

List cost codes

Why Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Your busybusy Bearer API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'list busybusy time entries' or 'create a busybusy project', and Jentic returns the matching operation like GET /time-entry or POST /project with its input schema, so the agent calls the right endpoint without reading the busybusy docs.

Time to first call

FAQs

Specific to using busybusy REST API through Jentic.

What authentication does the busybusy REST API use?

Requests carry an Authorization header containing a Bearer API key issued from the busybusy account. Through Jentic, the key is encrypted in the vault and a scoped, short-lived token is issued per operation, so the raw key never enters the agent's context.

Can I create a busybusy time entry programmatically?

Yes - POST /time-entry with the worker, project, optional cost code, and start/end timestamps creates a time entry. This is the path used by external clock-in tools that mirror data into busybusy as the system of record.

How do I pull all time entries for a pay period?

GET /time-entry returns time entries for the company; filter the results to the pay period in your client and feed them to your payroll process. Pair with /member and /cost-code to label the records consistently.

Does the busybusy API expose safety certifications?

Yes. GET /certification lists certifications and POST /certification creates one. This is suitable for tracking OSHA-style safety training across crews and members.

What are the rate limits for the busybusy REST API?

The OpenAPI spec does not declare explicit limits. busybusy applies per-account quotas documented at https://api.busybusy.io/docs/apiv3.html - handle 429 responses with retry-with-backoff for bulk time-entry pulls.

How do I list busybusy time entries through Jentic?

Run `pip install jentic` and search for 'list busybusy time entries'. Jentic returns the GET /time-entry operation, you load its schema, and execute the call - credentials stay in your Jentic One instance.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the busybusy REST API?

Yes. Because your Jentic One instance is self-hosted, your own rules decide which busybusy operations and credentials the agent may use, so you can grant only read calls like GET /time-entry to pull hours or GET /member to list the workforce. Create operations such as POST /time-entry, POST /project, and POST /certification stay out of reach unless you explicitly add them. busybusy identifies records through query and body fields rather than URL path ids, so scoping is done per operation rather than per record.

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Use Cases

Key Endpoints

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