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title: Connect to the ADP Workforce Now API
description: Connection btween Corporategift.com and ADP using pre-purchased API keys
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# Connect to the ADP Workforce Now API

## Connection btween Corporategift.com and ADP using pre-purchased API keys

### Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

1. Purchase the [ADP API Central app](https://apps.adp.com/en-US/apps/410612).
2. An Corporategift.com CGElite account

### Getting credentials with the ADP API Central app

1. Purchase and access the ADP API Central portal
2. Login to your ADP account
3. Create a new project:
   
     - Click "Projects" in the left menu
     - Click "Create Project" button
     - Enter a project name and description
     - Select "Employee Demographic Data (Read/Write)" use case
     - Click "Create Project"

![](https://res.cloudinary.com/apideck/image/upload/v1691587073/docs/connectors/adp-workforce-now/api-central--select-usecase.png)

![](https://res.cloudinary.com/apideck/image/upload/v1691587073/docs/connectors/adp-workforce-now/api-central--create-project.png)

1. Generate certificate: 
     - Click "Manage Certificate"
     - Follow steps to generate certificate
     - Download and save both certificate and private key files

![](https://res.cloudinary.com/apideck/image/upload/v1691587073/docs/connectors/adp-workforce-now/api-central--generate-certificate.png)

**💡 TIP**: Include the full key text with ---BEGIN PRIVATE KEY--- and ---END PRIVATE KEY--- headers

1. Copy the project's "Client ID" and "Client Secret" - you'll need these for the next step

### <https://developers.apideck.com/connectors/adp-workforce-now/docs/application_owner+oauth_credentials#vault-connection-setup>Vault Connection Setup

Now that you have your ADP Workforce credentials, you can enter the integration credentials to connect to ADP instances in a secure manner.

Ask you CSM for your vault connection link 

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