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@gusto/embedded-api

Developer-friendly & type-safe Typescript SDK specifically catered to leverage *gusto-embedded* API.

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gusto-embedded

Developer-friendly & type-safe Typescript SDK specifically catered to leverage gusto-embedded API.



[!IMPORTANT] This SDK is not yet ready for production use. To complete setup please follow the steps outlined in your workspace. Delete this section before > publishing to a package manager.

Summary

Gusto API: Welcome to Gusto's Embedded Payroll API documentation!

Table of Contents

SDK Installation

The SDK can be installed with either npm, pnpm, bun or yarn package managers.

NPM

npm add @gusto/embedded-api
# Install optional peer dependencies if you plan to use React hooks
npm add @tanstack/react-query react react-dom

PNPM

pnpm add @gusto/embedded-api
# Install optional peer dependencies if you plan to use React hooks
pnpm add @tanstack/react-query react react-dom

Bun

bun add @gusto/embedded-api
# Install optional peer dependencies if you plan to use React hooks
bun add @tanstack/react-query react react-dom

Yarn

yarn add @gusto/embedded-api
# Install optional peer dependencies if you plan to use React hooks
yarn add @tanstack/react-query react react-dom

[!NOTE] This package is published as an ES Module (ESM) only. For applications using CommonJS, use await import("@gusto/embedded-api") to import and use this package.

Requirements

For supported JavaScript runtimes, please consult RUNTIMES.md.

SDK Example Usage

Example

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded({
  companyAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.introspection.getInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Authentication

Per-Client Security Schemes

This SDK supports the following security scheme globally:

NameTypeSchemeEnvironment Variable
companyAccessAuthhttpHTTP BearerGUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH

To authenticate with the API the companyAccessAuth parameter must be set when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded({
  companyAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.introspection.getInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Per-Operation Security Schemes

Some operations in this SDK require the security scheme to be specified at the request level. For example:

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded();

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.companies.createPartnerManaged({
    systemAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_SYSTEM_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
  }, {
    requestBody: {
      user: {
        firstName: "Frank",
        lastName: "Ocean",
        email: "frank@example.com",
        phone: "2345558899",
      },
      company: {
        name: "Frank's Ocean, LLC",
        tradeName: "Frank’s Ocean",
        ein: "123456789",
        contractorOnly: false,
      },
    },
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Available Resources and Operations

Available methods

achTransactions

  • getAll - Get all ACH transactions for a company

bankAccounts

companies

companies.suspensions

  • get - Get suspensions for this company
  • suspend - Suspend a company's account

companyAttachment

  • getDownloadUrl - Get a temporary url to download the Company Attachment file

companyAttachments

  • getDetails - Get Company Attachment Details
  • getList - Get List of Company Attachments
  • create - Create Company Attachment and Upload File

companyBenefits

companyForms

  • getAll - Get all company forms
  • get - Get a company form
  • getPdf - Get a company form pdf
  • sign - Sign a company form

contractorDocuments

  • getAll - Get all contractor documents
  • get - Get a contractor document
  • getPdf - Get the contractor document pdf
  • sign - Sign a contractor document

contractorForms

  • list - Get all contractor forms
  • get - Get a contractor form
  • getPdf - Get the contractor form pdf
  • generate1099 - Generate a 1099 form [DEMO]

contractorPaymentGroups

contractorPaymentMethod

  • getBankAccounts - Get all contractor bank accounts
  • get - Get a contractor's payment method
  • update - Update a contractor's payment method

contractorPaymentMethods

contractorPayments

  • getReceipt - Get a single contractor payment receipt
  • fund - Fund a contractor payment [DEMO]
  • create - Create a contractor payment
  • list - Get contractor payments for a company
  • get - Get a single contractor payment
  • delete - Cancel a contractor payment

contractors

departments

earningTypes

  • create - Create a custom earning type
  • list - Get all earning types for a company
  • update - Update an earning type
  • delete - Deactivate an earning type

employeeAddresses

employeeBenefits

employeeEmployments

employeeForms

  • generateW2 - Generate a W2 form [DEMO]
  • list - Get all employee forms
  • get - Get an employee form
  • getPdf - Get the employee form pdf
  • sign - Sign an employee form

employeePaymentMethod

employeePaymentMethods

employees

employeeTaxSetup

events

  • get - Get all events

externalPayrolls

federalTaxDetails

  • get - Get Federal Tax Details
  • update - Update Federal Tax Details

flows

garnishments

generatedDocuments

  • get - Get a generated document

historicalEmployees

  • update - Update a historical employee

holidayPayPolicies

  • get - Get a company's holiday pay policy
  • create - Create a holiday pay policy for a company
  • update - Update a company's holiday pay policy
  • delete - Delete a company's holiday pay policy
  • addEmployees - Add employees to a company's holiday pay policy
  • removeEmployees - Remove employees from a company's holiday pay policy

i9Verification

industrySelection

  • get - Get a company industry selection
  • update - Update a company industry selection

informationRequests

introspection

invoices

  • get - Retrieve invoicing data for companies

jobsAndCompensations

locations

notifications

paymentConfigs

  • get - Get a company's payment configs
  • update - Update a company's payment configs

payrolls

paySchedules

recoveryCases

  • get - Get all recovery cases for a company
  • redebit - Initiate a redebit for a recovery case

reports

signatories

  • create - Create a signatory
  • list - Get all company signatories
  • invite - Invite a signatory
  • update - Update a signatory
  • delete - Delete a signatory

taxRequirements

  • get - Get State Tax Requirements
  • updateState - Update State Tax Requirements
  • getAll - Get All Tax Requirement States

timeOffPolicies

webhooks

wireInRequests

  • get - Get a single Wire In Request
  • submit - Submit a wire in request
  • list - Get all Wire In Requests for a company

Standalone functions

All the methods listed above are available as standalone functions. These functions are ideal for use in applications running in the browser, serverless runtimes or other environments where application bundle size is a primary concern. When using a bundler to build your application, all unused functionality will be either excluded from the final bundle or tree-shaken away.

To read more about standalone functions, check FUNCTIONS.md.

Available standalone functions

React hooks with TanStack Query

React hooks built on TanStack Query are included in this SDK. These hooks and the utility functions provided alongside them can be used to build rich applications that pull data from the API using one of the most popular asynchronous state management library.

To learn about this feature and how to get started, check REACT_QUERY.md.

[!WARNING]

This feature is currently in preview and is subject to breaking changes within the current major version of the SDK as we gather user feedback on it.

Available React hooks

File uploads

Certain SDK methods accept files as part of a multi-part request. It is possible and typically recommended to upload files as a stream rather than reading the entire contents into memory. This avoids excessive memory consumption and potentially crashing with out-of-memory errors when working with very large files. The following example demonstrates how to attach a file stream to a request.

[!TIP]

Depending on your JavaScript runtime, there are convenient utilities that return a handle to a file without reading the entire contents into memory:

  • Node.js v20+: Since v20, Node.js comes with a native openAsBlob function in node:fs.
  • Bun: The native Bun.file function produces a file handle that can be used for streaming file uploads.
  • Browsers: All supported browsers return an instance to a File when reading the value from an <input type="file"> element.
  • Node.js v18: A file stream can be created using the fileFrom helper from fetch-blob/from.js.
import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";
import { openAsBlob } from "node:fs";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded({
  companyAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.companyAttachments.create({
    companyId: "<id>",
    requestBody: {
      document: await openAsBlob("example.file"),
      category: "gep_notice",
    },
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Retries

Some of the endpoints in this SDK support retries. If you use the SDK without any configuration, it will fall back to the default retry strategy provided by the API. However, the default retry strategy can be overridden on a per-operation basis, or across the entire SDK.

To change the default retry strategy for a single API call, simply provide a retryConfig object to the call:

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded({
  companyAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.introspection.getInfo({}, {
    retries: {
      strategy: "backoff",
      backoff: {
        initialInterval: 1,
        maxInterval: 50,
        exponent: 1.1,
        maxElapsedTime: 100,
      },
      retryConnectionErrors: false,
    },
  });

  console.log(result);
}

run();

If you'd like to override the default retry strategy for all operations that support retries, you can provide a retryConfig at SDK initialization:

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded({
  retryConfig: {
    strategy: "backoff",
    backoff: {
      initialInterval: 1,
      maxInterval: 50,
      exponent: 1.1,
      maxElapsedTime: 100,
    },
    retryConnectionErrors: false,
  },
  companyAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.introspection.getInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Error Handling

GustoEmbeddedError is the base class for all HTTP error responses. It has the following properties:

PropertyTypeDescription
error.messagestringError message
error.httpMeta.responseResponseHTTP response. Access to headers and more.
error.httpMeta.requestRequestHTTP request. Access to headers and more.
error.data$Optional. Some errors may contain structured data. See Error Classes.

Example

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";
import { GustoEmbeddedError } from "@gusto/embedded-api/models/errors/gustoembeddederror.js.js";
import { UnprocessableEntityErrorObject } from "@gusto/embedded-api/models/errors/unprocessableentityerrorobject.js";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded();

async function run() {
  try {
    const result = await gustoEmbedded.companies.createPartnerManaged({
      systemAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_SYSTEM_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
    }, {
      requestBody: {
        user: {
          firstName: "Frank",
          lastName: "Ocean",
          email: "frank@example.com",
          phone: "2345558899",
        },
        company: {
          name: "Frank's Ocean, LLC",
          tradeName: "Frank’s Ocean",
          ein: "123456789",
          contractorOnly: false,
        },
      },
    });

    console.log(result);
  } catch (error) {
    // The base class for HTTP error responses
    if (error instanceof GustoEmbeddedError) {
      console.log(error.message);
      console.log(error.httpMeta.response.status);
      console.log(error.httpMeta.response.headers);
      console.log(error.httpMeta.request);

      // Depending on the method different errors may be thrown
      if (error instanceof UnprocessableEntityErrorObject) {
        console.log(error.data$.errors); // EntityErrorObject[]
      }
    }
  }
}

run();

Error Classes

Primary error:

Less common errors (12)

Network errors:

Inherit from GustoEmbeddedError:

  • UnprocessableEntityErrorObject: Unprocessable Entity This may happen when the body of your request contains errors such as invalid_attribute_value, or the request fails due to an invalid_operation. See the Errors Categories guide for more details. Applicable to 139 of 261 methods.*
  • NotFoundErrorObject: Not Found The requested resource does not exist. Make sure the provided ID/UUID is valid. Status code 404. Applicable to 4 of 261 methods.*
  • UnprocessableEntityErrorObject1: Unprocessable Entity This may happen when the body of your request contains errors such as invalid_attribute_value, or the request fails due to an invalid_operation. See the Errors Categories guide for more details. Status code 422. Applicable to 4 of 261 methods.*
  • PayrollBlockersError: Payroll Blockers Error For detailed information, see the Payroll Blockers guide. Status code 422. Applicable to 4 of 261 methods.*
  • DeleteV1CompanyBenefitsCompanyBenefitIdResponseBody: Unprocessable Entity. Status code 422. Applicable to 1 of 261 methods.*
  • CompanySuspensionCreationErrors: Unprocessable Entity This may happen when the body of your request contains errors such as invalid_attribute_value, or the request fails due to an invalid_operation. See the Errors Categories guide for more details. Status code 422. Applicable to 1 of 261 methods.*
  • ResponseValidationError: Type mismatch between the data returned from the server and the structure expected by the SDK. See error.rawValue for the raw value and error.pretty() for a nicely formatted multi-line string.

* Check the method documentation to see if the error is applicable.

Server Selection

Select Server by Name

You can override the default server globally by passing a server name to the server: keyof typeof ServerList optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. The selected server will then be used as the default on the operations that use it. This table lists the names associated with the available servers:

NameServerDescription
demohttps://api.gusto-demo.comDemo
prodhttps://api.gusto.comProd

Example

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded({
  server: "prod",
  companyAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.introspection.getInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Override Server URL Per-Client

The default server can also be overridden globally by passing a URL to the serverURL: string optional parameter when initializing the SDK client instance. For example:

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const gustoEmbedded = new GustoEmbedded({
  serverURL: "https://api.gusto-demo.com",
  companyAccessAuth: process.env["GUSTOEMBEDDED_COMPANY_ACCESS_AUTH"] ?? "",
});

async function run() {
  const result = await gustoEmbedded.introspection.getInfo({});

  console.log(result);
}

run();

Custom HTTP Client

The TypeScript SDK makes API calls using an HTTPClient that wraps the native Fetch API. This client is a thin wrapper around fetch and provides the ability to attach hooks around the request lifecycle that can be used to modify the request or handle errors and response.

The HTTPClient constructor takes an optional fetcher argument that can be used to integrate a third-party HTTP client or when writing tests to mock out the HTTP client and feed in fixtures.

The following example shows how to use the "beforeRequest" hook to to add a custom header and a timeout to requests and how to use the "requestError" hook to log errors:

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";
import { HTTPClient } from "@gusto/embedded-api/lib/http";

const httpClient = new HTTPClient({
  // fetcher takes a function that has the same signature as native `fetch`.
  fetcher: (request) => {
    return fetch(request);
  }
});

httpClient.addHook("beforeRequest", (request) => {
  const nextRequest = new Request(request, {
    signal: request.signal || AbortSignal.timeout(5000)
  });

  nextRequest.headers.set("x-custom-header", "custom value");

  return nextRequest;
});

httpClient.addHook("requestError", (error, request) => {
  console.group("Request Error");
  console.log("Reason:", `${error}`);
  console.log("Endpoint:", `${request.method} ${request.url}`);
  console.groupEnd();
});

const sdk = new GustoEmbedded({ httpClient: httpClient });

Debugging

You can setup your SDK to emit debug logs for SDK requests and responses.

You can pass a logger that matches console's interface as an SDK option.

[!WARNING] Beware that debug logging will reveal secrets, like API tokens in headers, in log messages printed to a console or files. It's recommended to use this feature only during local development and not in production.

import { GustoEmbedded } from "@gusto/embedded-api";

const sdk = new GustoEmbedded({ debugLogger: console });

You can also enable a default debug logger by setting an environment variable GUSTOEMBEDDED_DEBUG to true.

Development

Maturity

This SDK is in beta, and there may be breaking changes between versions without a major version update. Therefore, we recommend pinning usage to a specific package version. This way, you can install the same version each time without breaking changes unless you are intentionally looking for the latest version.

Contributions

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Any manual changes added to internal files will be overwritten on the next generation. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Feel free to open a PR or an issue with a proof of concept and we'll do our best to include it in a future release.

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