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Help Getting your Paylocity Client ID and Client Secret for Merge Link

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Written by Pritak Patel
Updated over a week ago

To enable an integration with Paylocity, you’ll need to get access to your Client ID and Client Secret, which requires reaching out to Paylocity directly!

Note: There may be a cost associated with the API setup + gathering of credentials from Paylocity.


Overview

Paylocity needs to know what fields to provision these credentials with as far as data that can be accessed, so your end users will need to complete the Paylocity Web Services - Access Request form. The Authorized Contact has the approval to speak with Paylocity regarding a specific account, and can therefore fill out the access request form.


Within the form, the Client Contact Information should contain the information on the end-user's company (for example, the HR personnel from the end-customer).

The Vendor / Third Party Contact Information should contain the information for the customer using Merge / the company you are connecting to. Under "Briefly describe use case", you can describe how you are using Merge to connect to the Third Party.

You can ignore the "Webhook Push Notifications" section; however, you will want to request access to the following endpoints:

If you do not need Pay Statements, Deductions, & Earnings fill out the following:

If you do need Pay Statements, Deductions, & Earnings fill out the following:

Note: Get Employee is a required permission to authenticate the linking flow, but only endpoints needed for your integration should be selected. For example, if you don’t need Pay Statements, Deductions, or Earnings, remove those from the permissions.


Step 2: Send your completed form to [email protected].

The email body should contain the following:

Subject: Requesting Client ID and Client Secret

Hi Paylocity team, can we get access to a Client ID and Client Secret for API access? (https://www.paylocity.com/our-products/integrations/api-library/) We have attached the form specifying relevant permissions.


Step 3: Enter your Client ID & Secret in Merge Link

Paylocity will provide you with your Client ID and Client Secret, which you can enter into Merge Link! For further information, you can find full details on Paylocity's website here.

Step 4: Enter your Company ID in Merge Link

Your Company ID is on the upper left hand corner of your Paylocity portal. Enter your Company ID in Merge Link. If your Company ID is CS932637, only enter 932637.

Please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions!

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