InPay provides a REST Web Service Interface that allows two-way flow of information to external systems. This enables automated and efficient transfer of data to and from your other systems reducing effort and duplication.

If you wish to know the commercials or costs involved in using Web Services then please contact the Client Account Management team. If you would like to enable the use of Web Services please contact our Support team and an estimate will be raised. It will need to be enabled on your system and a set of credentials for accessing the service will be supplied.

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Scenarios and uses

This section describes various scenarios of how the Web Services can be used.

Authentication

Before you can call any other InPay Web Service method you must first call the authenticate() method. Providing valid credentials to this method will return an authentication token that must be provided with all other Web Service calls.

Data Retrieval (Read operations)

There are a number of methods that enable you to read back the full details of an entity. Examples are api/Person/{employeeNo} where providing the correct employee number will return the full Person object and api/Payment/{employeeNo} which will return all the permanent payments in the system for an employee

Data Creation (Write Operations)

It is now possible to create data in InPay via the Web Services. This includes the following the person entity and many of the entities related to the worker (for example pension and absence records)

C# Code

Authenticate

private string Authenticate()

{

string token = null;

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(username.Text) || String.IsNullOrEmpty(password.Text) || String.IsNullOrEmpty(companyID.Text))

{

return "Credentials missing";

}

FormUrlEncodedContent content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]

{

new KeyValuePair<string, string>("grant_type", "password"),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("companyId", companyID.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("username", username.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("password", password.Text)

});

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, restURL.Text + "token");
request.Content = content;

HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync(restURL.Text + "token", content).Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)

{

Task<Object> res = response.Content.ReadAsAsync<Object>();
Console.WriteLine("Auth result: " + res);
Console.WriteLine("Auth result type: " + res.GetType());
Console.WriteLine("Auth result string: " + res.Result);

Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject jObj = (Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject)res.Result;
//get the ticjket out of the json object returned
token = jObj.GetValue("access_token").ToString();
Console.WriteLine("Auth token: " + token);

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine("Auth Was not successful: " + response.StatusCode);
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuth Was not successful: " + response.StatusCode;

}

response.Dispose();
return token;

}

Retrieve a Worker

private void GetPerson()
{

try

{

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(token))

{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthentication failed ";

}

else

{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthenticated: " + token.ToString();

Object person = null;
string url = restURL.Text + "api/Person/" + employeeID.Text;

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDoing GET from URL: " + url;
var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + token);
Console.WriteLine("About to do GET from " + url);
HttpResponseMessage response2 = client.SendAsync(requestMessage).Result;

if (response2.IsSuccessStatusCode)

{

Task<Object> res2 = response2.Content.ReadAsAsync<Object>();
Console.WriteLine("GET Person result: " + res2);
Console.WriteLine("GET Person result string: " + res2.Result);
person = res2.Result;

var results = JObject.Parse(res2.Result.ToString());
if (results["message"] != null)

{

Console.WriteLine("GET Person was not successful: " + results["message"]);
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nGet Person failed: " + results["message"];

}

else

{

var personDetails = results.Value<JObject>("Person").Properties();
var personDict = personDetails.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

var addressDetails = results.Value<JObject>("AddressDetail").Properties();
var addressDict = addressDetails.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

var employmentDetails = results.Value<JObject>("EmploymentDetail").Properties();
var employmentDict = employmentDetails.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

var NIDetails = results.Value<JObject>("NIDetail").Properties();
var NIDict = NIDetails.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

Dictionary<string, string> paymentDict;
if (results.Value<JObject>("PaymentDetail") != null)

{

var paymentDetails = results.Value<JObject>("PaymentDetail").Properties();
paymentDict = paymentDetails.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

}

else

{

paymentDict = null;

}

Dictionary<string, string> starterStatementDict;
if (results.Value<JObject>("StarterStatementDetail") != null)

{

var starterStatmentDetails = results.Value<JObject>("StarterStatementDetail").Properties();
starterStatementDict = starterStatmentDetails.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

}

else

{

starterStatementDict = null;

}

Dictionary<string, string> p45Dict;
if (results.Value<JObject>("P45Detail") != null)
{

var p45Details = results.Value<JObject>("P45Detail").Properties();
p45Dict = p45Details.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

}
else
{

p45Dict = null;

}
Dictionary<string, string> taxDict;
if (results.Value<JObject>("TaxDetail") != null)
{

var taxDetails = results.Value<JObject>("TaxDetail").Properties();
taxDict = taxDetails.ToDictionary(k => k.Name, v => v.Value.ToString());

}
else
{

taxDict = null;

}
Console.WriteLine("personDetails:" + personDict);

if (personDict["EmployeeNumber"] != null) employeeNumber.Text = personDict["EmployeeNumber"];
if (personDict["Title"] != null) title.Text = personDict["Title"];
if (personDict["FirstName"] != null) firstName.Text = personDict["FirstName"];
if (personDict["MiddleNames"] != null) middleNames.Text = personDict["MiddleNames"];
if (personDict["LastName"] != null) lastName.Text = personDict["LastName"];
if (personDict["KnownAs"] != null) knownAs.Text = personDict["KnownAs"];
if (personDict["DateOfBirth"] != null) dateOfBirth.Text = personDict["DateOfBirth"];
if (personDict["Gender"] != null) gender.Text = personDict["Gender"];
if (personDict["Email"] != null) email.Text = personDict["Email"];
if (personDict["PayslipNotification"] != null)
{

if (Boolean.Parse(personDict["PayslipNotification"]))
{

payslipNotification.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

payslipNotification.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

}
if (personDict["SMSPayslipNotification"] != null)
{

if (Boolean.Parse(personDict["SMSPayslipNotification"]))
{

smsPayslipNotification.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

smsPayslipNotification.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

if (personDict["PostponeDate"] != null && personDict["PostponeDate"] != "")
{

postponeDate.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd";
postponeDate.Text = personDict["PostponeDate"];

}
else
{

postponeDate.CustomFormat = " ";

}
if (personDict["OptOutDate"] != null && personDict["OptOutDate"] != "")
{

optOutDate.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd";
optOutDate.Text = personDict["OptOutDate"];

}
else
{

optOutDate.CustomFormat = " ";

}
if (personDict["Method"] != null) method.Text = personDict["Method"];
if (personDict["HolidayScheme"] != null) holidayScheme.Text = personDict["HolidayScheme"];
if (personDict["AccrueDaysOverride"] != null) accrueDaysOverride.Text = personDict["AccrueDaysOverride"];
if (personDict["OSPScheme"] != null) ospScheme.Text = personDict["OSPScheme"];

if (addressDict["Date"] != null && addressDict["Date"] != "")
{

addressDate.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd";
addressDate.Text = addressDict["Date"];

}
else
{

addressDate.CustomFormat = " ";

}

if (addressDict["AddressLine1"] != null) addressLine1.Text = addressDict["AddressLine1"];
if (addressDict["AddressLine2"] != null) addressLine2.Text = addressDict["AddressLine2"];
if (addressDict["AddressLine3"] != null) addressLine3.Text = addressDict["AddressLine3"];
if (addressDict["Town"] != null) town.Text = addressDict["Town"];
if (addressDict["County"] != null) county.Text = addressDict["County"];
if (addressDict["Postcode"] != null) postcode.Text = addressDict["Postcode"];

if (employmentDict["DateOfJoining"] != null) dateOfJoining.Text = employmentDict["DateOfJoining"];
if (employmentDict["ServiceStartDate"] != null) serviceStartDate.Text = employmentDict["ServiceStartDate"];
if (employmentDict["Payroll"] != null) payroll.Text = employmentDict["Payroll"];
if (employmentDict["Workgroup"] != null) workgroup.Text = employmentDict["Workgroup"];
if (employmentDict["HoursCategory"] != null) hoursCategory.Text = employmentDict["HoursCategory"];
if (employmentDict["IrregularPayments"] != null)
{

if (Boolean.Parse(employmentDict["IrregularPayments"]))
{

irregularPayments.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

irregularPayments.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

}
if (employmentDict["OffPayrollWorker"] != null)
{

if (Boolean.Parse(employmentDict["OffPayrollWorker"]))
{

offPayrollWorker.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

offPayrollWorker.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

if (employmentDict["Apprentice"] != null)
{

if (Boolean.TryParse(employmentDict["Apprentice"], out bool apprentice))
{

if (apprentice)
{

Apprentice.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}

else

{

Apprentice.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}
}
else
{

Apprentice.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

if (employmentDict["JobTitle"] != null) strtJobTitle.Text = employmentDict["JobTitle"];
if (employmentDict["WorkerPayType"] != null) workerPayType.Text = employmentDict["WorkerPayType"];

if (employmentDict["ContractedHours"] != null)
{

contractedHours.Text = employmentDict["ContractedHours"];

}
else
{

contractedHours.Text = "";

}

if (NIDict["NINumber"] != null) niNumber.Text = NIDict["NINumber"];
if (NIDict["NITableLetter"] != null) niTableLetter.Text = NIDict["NITableLetter"];
if (NIDict["Director"] != null)
{

if (Boolean.Parse(NIDict["Director"]))

{

director.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

director.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

}
if (NIDict["NonCumulativeNI"] != null)
{

if (Boolean.Parse(NIDict["NonCumulativeNI"]))
{

nonCumulativeNI.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

nonCumulativeNI.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

}
if (NIDict["DirectorStartDate"] != null && NIDict["DirectorStartDate"] != "")
{

directorStartDate.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd";
directorStartDate.Text = NIDict["DirectorStartDate"];

}
else
{

directorStartDate.CustomFormat = " ";

}

if (paymentDict != null)
{

if (paymentDict["AccountName"] != null) accountName.Text = paymentDict["AccountName"];
if (paymentDict["AccountNumber"] != null) accountNumber.Text = paymentDict["AccountNumber"];
if (paymentDict["SortCode"] != null) sortCode.Text = paymentDict["SortCode"];
if (paymentDict["RollNumber"] != null) rollNumber.Text = paymentDict["RollNumber"];

}

if (starterStatementDict != null)
{

if (starterStatementDict["StarterStatement"] != null) starterStatement.Text = starterStatementDict["StarterStatement"];
if (starterStatementDict["StudentLoanPlanType"] != null) studentLoanPlanType.Text = starterStatementDict["StudentLoanPlanType"];
if (starterStatementDict["StudentLoanRepayDirectly"] != null) studentLoanRepayDirectly.Checked = Boolean.Parse(starterStatementDict["StudentLoanRepayDirectly"]);
if (starterStatementDict["StudentLoanBeforeLast6April"] != null) studentLoanBeforeLast6April.Checked = Boolean.Parse(starterStatementDict["StudentLoanBeforeLast6April"]);

}

if (p45Dict != null)
{

if (p45Dict["P45EmployersReference"] != null) p45EmployersReference.Text = p45Dict["P45EmployersReference"];
if (p45Dict["P45LeavingDate"] != null && p45Dict["P45LeavingDate"] != "")

{

p45LeavingDate.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd";
p45LeavingDate.Text = p45Dict["P45LeavingDate"];

}
else
{

p45LeavingDate.CustomFormat = " ";

}

if (p45Dict["P45PeriodNo"] != null) p45PeriodNo.Text = p45Dict["P45PeriodNo"];
if (p45Dict["P45TaxablePay"] != null) p45TaxablePay.Text = p45Dict["P45TaxablePay"];
if (p45Dict["P45TaxPaid"] != null) p45TaxPaid.Text = p45Dict["P45TaxPaid"];
if (p45Dict["P45TaxCode"] != null) p45TaxCode.Text = p45Dict["P45TaxCode"];
if (p45Dict["P45Wk1Mth1"] != null)

{

if (Boolean.Parse(p45Dict["P45Wk1Mth1"]))
{

p45Wk1Mth1.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

p45Wk1Mth1.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

if (p45Dict["P45TaxDistrictNo"] != null) p45TaxDistrictNo.Text = p45Dict["P45TaxDistrictNo"];
if (p45Dict["P45PayFrequency"] != null) p45PayFrequency.Text = p45Dict["P45PayFrequency"];

}

if (taxDict != null)
{

if (taxDict["StartDate"] != null) taxStartDate.Text = taxDict["StartDate"];
if (taxDict["TaxCode"] != null) taxTaxCode.Text = taxDict["TaxCode"];
if (taxDict["TaxBasis"] != null)

{

if (Boolean.Parse(taxDict["TaxBasis"]))

{

taxTaxBasis.CheckState = CheckState.Checked;

}
else
{

taxTaxBasis.CheckState = CheckState.Unchecked;

}

}
else
{

Console.WriteLine("GET person was not successful: " + response2.StatusCode);
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nGet person failed: " + response2.StatusCode;

}

if (person == null)
{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nGet Person returned null";

}
else
{

Console.WriteLine("Get Person returned:" + person.ToString());
output.Text = output.Text + ".\r\nGet Person returned:" + person.ToString();

}

}
catch (Exception ex)
{

Console.WriteLine("Exception in Get Person:" + ex);

}
}

Add a Payment

private void btnAddPayment_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

try
{

Console.WriteLine("Add Payment clicked");
output.Text = "";
var token = Authenticate();

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthentication failed ";

}
else
{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthenticated: " + token.ToString();

Object result = null;
string url = restURL.Text + "api/Payment/" + employeeID.Text;
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDoing PUT to URL: " + url;
Console.WriteLine("About to PUT to " + url);

//Load scheme details in to request body
FormUrlEncodedContent content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]

{

new KeyValuePair<string, string>("PayElement", paymentPayElement.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("StartDate", paymentStartDate.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("EndDate", paymentEndDate.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("AnnualAmount", annualAmount.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("PeriodAmount", periodAmount.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Balance", balance.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("RateEffectiveDate", paymentRateEffectiveDate.Text)

});

var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Put, url);
requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + token);
requestMessage.Content = content;
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);

HttpResponseMessage response2 = client.PutAsync(url, content).Result;
if (response2.IsSuccessStatusCode)

{

Task<Object> res2 = response2.Content.ReadAsAsync<Object>();
Console.WriteLine("Add Payment result: " + res2.Result);
result = res2.Result;

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine("Add Payment was not successful: " + response2.StatusCode);
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAdd Payment failed: " + response2.StatusCode;
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAdd Payment failed: " + response2.ToString();
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAdd Payment failed: " + response2.ReasonPhrase;

}

if (result == null)
{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAdd Payment returned null";

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine("Add Payment returned:" + result.ToString());
output.Text = output.Text + ".\r\nAdd Payment returned:" + result.ToString();

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Console.WriteLine("Exception in Add Payment:" + ex);

}

Update a Payment

private void btnUpdatePayment_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

try

{

Console.WriteLine("Update Payment clicked");
output.Text = "";
var token = Authenticate();

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthentication failed ";

}

else

{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthenticated: " + token.ToString();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);

Object result = null;
string url = restURL.Text + "api/Payment/" + employeeID.Text;
url += "/" + paymentPayElement.Text + "/" + paymentStartDate.Text.Replace("/", "-");
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDoing POST to URL: " + url;
Console.WriteLine("About to POST to " + url);

//Load scheme details in to request body
FormUrlEncodedContent content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]

{

new KeyValuePair<string, string>("PayElement", paymentPayElement.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("StartDate", paymentStartDate.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("EndDate", paymentEndDate.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("AnnualAmount", annualAmount.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("PeriodAmount", periodAmount.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Balance", balance.Text),
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("RateEffectiveDate", paymentRateEffectiveDate.Text)

}

);

HttpResponseMessage response2 = client.PostAsync(url, content).Result;
if (response2.IsSuccessStatusCode)

{

Task<Object> res2 = response2.Content.ReadAsAsync<Object>();
Console.WriteLine("Update Payment result: " + res2.Result);
result = res2.Result;

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine("Update was not successful: " + response2.StatusCode);
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nUpdate Payment failed: " + response2.StatusCode;
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nUpdate Payment failed: " + response2.ToString();
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nUpdate Payment failed: " + response2.ReasonPhrase;

}

if (result == null)

{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nUpdate Payment returned null";

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine("Update Payment returned:" + result.ToString());
output.Text = output.Text + ".\r\nUpdate Payment returned:" + result.ToString();

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Console.WriteLine("Exception in Update Payment:" + ex);

}

Delete a Payment

private void btnDeletePayment_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

try

{

Console.WriteLine("Delete Payment clicked");
output.Text = "";
var token = Authenticate();

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(token))

{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthentication failed ";

}

else

{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nAuthenticated: " + token.ToString();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);

Object result = null;
string url = restURL.Text + "api/Payment/" + employeeID.Text;
url += "/" + paymentPayElement.Text + "/" + paymentStartDate.Text.Replace("/", "-");

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDoing DELETE to URL: " + url;
Console.WriteLine("About to DELETE to " + url);

HttpResponseMessage response2 = client.DeleteAsync(url).Result;

if (response2.IsSuccessStatusCode)

{

Task<Object> res2 = response2.Content.ReadAsAsync<Object>();
Console.WriteLine("Delete Payment result: " + res2.Result);
result = res2.Result;

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine("Delete was not successful: " + response2.StatusCode);
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDelete Payment failed: " + response2.StatusCode;
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDelete Payment failed: " + response2.ToString();
output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDelete Payment failed: " + response2.ReasonPhrase;

}

if (result == null)

{

output.Text = output.Text + "\r\nDelete Payment returned null";

}
else

{

Console.WriteLine("Delete Payment returned:" + result.ToString());
output.Text = output.Text + ".\r\nDelete Payment returned:" + result.ToString();

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Console.WriteLine("Exception in Delete Payment:" + ex);

}

Whilst using the InPay Web Services, some fields have expected values from a range of constants. These are detailed below.

Field	Constant	Comment	Notes
Person
Method	CASH	Cash	This is the method of payment
	CHEQUE	Cheque
	BACS	Bacs or payment via other banking software

HoursCategory	A	Up to 15.99	Required for the FPS submission
	B	24 - 29.99
	C	30 hrs or more
	D	Other
	E	16 - 23.99

Worker Pay Type	1	Salaried	Not Mandatory
	2	Grade
	3	Hourly

AbsenceDetail
AbsenceType	1	Holiday
	2	Sickness

InPay Webservices

Scenarios and uses

Authentication

Data Retrieval (Read operations)

Data Creation (Write Operations)

C# Code

Authenticate

Retrieve a Worker

Add a Payment

Update a Payment

Delete a Payment

AbsenceDetail