Rippling: POST Bulk Create Time Entries

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Contract 2026-10-28 · Operation rippling.t_and_a_api.post_time_entries_bulk_create

Provider route: POST /platform/api/time_entries/bulk_create. 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["tandAapi"]["postTimeEntriesBulkCreate"]>[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.tandAapi.postTimeEntriesBulkCreate(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.tand_aapi.post_time_entries_bulk_create(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
body	array	Optional
body[]	object	Each item
body[].breaks	array or null	Optional
body[].breaks[]	object	Each item
body[].breaks[].companyBreakType	string	Optional	The companyBreakType associated with the break
body[].breaks[].endTime	string or null	Optional	The end time of the time entry
body[].breaks[].startTime	string	Optional	The start time of the time entry
body[].comments	array or null	Optional	A list of comment strings to associate with the time entry
body[].comments[]	string	Each item
body[].company	string	Optional
body[].endTime	string or null	Optional	If you specify job shifts explicitly, this value will be overriden
body[].idempotencyKey	string	Optional	External identifier for the TimeEntry. Rippling will ensure that this is unique on the backend.
body[].jobShifts	array or null	Optional
body[].jobShifts[]	Model	Each item	Expand GET Time Entry — response body — job Shifts item
body[].role	string	Optional	The role ID for the employee associated with the time entry
body[].shouldCreateExtraHoursRun	boolean or null	Optional	Should this entry be considered for extra hours run
body[].startTime	string or null	Optional	If you specify job shifts explicitly, this value will be overriden
body[].status	string or null	Optional	Allowed value: [DRAFT/APPROVED/PAID]
body[].tags	array or null	Optional	A list of tags to associate with the time entry
body[].tags[]	string	Each item

Referenced models: GET Time Entry — response body — job Shifts item

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
$	array	Root
$[]	Model	Each item	Expand GET Time Entry — response body

Referenced models: GET Time Entry — response body

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: rippling.t_and_a_api.post_time_entries_bulk_create. Catalog operation: t-and-a-api.post-time_entries-bulk_create. 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.

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