Rippling: Retrieve a specific variable compensation payout type

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Contract 2026-10-28 · Operation rippling.rest_api.get_variable_compensation_payout_types

Provider route: GET /variable-compensation-payout-types/{id}/. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/rippling with npm, or alter-sdk-rippling with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { RipplingIntegration } from "@alter-ai/rippling";

async function execute(input: Parameters<RipplingIntegration["restApi"]["getVariableCompensationPayoutTypes"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new RipplingIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.restApi.getVariableCompensationPayoutTypes(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_rippling import RipplingIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = RipplingIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.rest_api.get_variable_compensation_payout_types(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
path	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
path.id	string	Required within parent	Format: id

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root
__meta	object	Optional
__meta.redacted_fields	array	Optional
__meta.redacted_fields[]	Model	Each item	Expand Retrieve a report run — response body — meta redacted fields item
created_by	string	Optional	ID of the worker who created this custom payout type.
display_name	string	Required within parent	Display name of the payout type.
id	string	Required within parent	Unique identifier of the payout type. Same as key.
is_system	boolean	Required within parent	Whether this is a built-in payout type.
key	string	Required within parent	Stable payout type key assigned by the server on create.
mappings	array	Optional	Per-entity earning code mappings.
mappings[]	Model	Each item	Expand Update a variable compensation payout type — response body — mappings item

Referenced models: Retrieve a report run — response body — meta redacted fields item, Update a variable compensation payout type — response body — mappings item

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: rippling.rest_api.get_variable_compensation_payout_types. Catalog operation: get-variable-compensation-payout-types. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Required provider scopes: ["variable-compensation-payout-types.read"]

Provider entitlements: ["Variable_Compensation_Scheduled_Payouts_API"]

Pinned headers: {"Rippling-Api-Version": "2024-08-01"}

Official provider source