> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Workday Request Forwarding Guide

> Guide for Finch developers on how to use forward API requests to Workday.

The Workday integration supports request forwarding when using the `api_token` authentication method.

To send a custom request to the Workday API using [request forwarding](/developer-resources/Request-Forwarding) you must provide the XML body of the request in the data body field of the request to the Finch API. The format of the XML can be found in the [Workday API documentation](https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/productionapi/index.html).

The `method` field should always be `POST`.

The `route` field should be the path to the Workday API service you are trying to access and include the version number. For example, `/Human_Resources/v41.0`.

No `headers` or `params` are required.

The `data` field should contain the entire `<soapenv:Body>...</soapenv:Body>` element of the request XML. No other parts of the XML should be included.

Example request:

````curl --location 'https://api.tryfinch.com/forward' \ theme={null}
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{FINCH_ACCESS_TOKEN}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Finch-API-Version: 2020-09-17' \
--data '{
  "method": "POST",
  "route": "/Human_Resources/v41.0",
  "headers": null,
  "params": null,
  "data": "<soapenv:Body>..."
}'```

````