Import a candidate
Adds an external candidate into your company's pipeline without them having a Jobiflow account. Imported candidates are only visible to your company. Requires scope: `candidates:write`
Adds an external candidate into your company's pipeline without them having a Jobiflow account. Imported candidates are only visible to your company.
Requires scope: candidates:write
Authorization
ApiKeyAuth API key issued by Jobiflow. Pass it in the X-API-Key request header.
Create keys via the company dashboard (Settings → API Keys) or via POST /settings/api-keys.
In: header
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Response Body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
curl -X POST "https://example.com/public/v1/candidates/import" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith" }'{
"id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
"firstName": "string",
"lastName": "string",
"headline": "string",
"city": "string",
"country": "string",
"desiredJobTypes": "string",
"remotePreference": true
}{
"status": 400,
"error": "BAD_REQUEST",
"message": "Malformed JSON body",
"timestamp": "2026-05-17T12:00:00Z",
"path": "/public/v1/job-listings"
}{
"status": 401,
"error": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Invalid or missing API key",
"timestamp": "2026-05-17T12:00:00Z",
"path": "/public/v1/job-listings"
}{
"status": 403,
"error": "FORBIDDEN",
"message": "Scope 'jobs:write' is required",
"timestamp": "2026-05-17T12:00:00Z",
"path": "/public/v1/job-listings"
}{
"status": 422,
"error": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"timestamp": "2026-05-17T12:00:00Z",
"path": "/public/v1/job-listings",
"details": [
{
"field": "position",
"message": "must not be blank"
}
]
}Get a candidate profile GET
Returns the full profile of a candidate, including work experience, education, skills, languages, and certifications. Requires scope: `candidates:read`
Remove an imported candidate DELETE
Removes a company-imported candidate from your pipeline. This does not affect candidates who applied through Jobiflow directly. Requires scope: `candidates:write`