# Appen Jobs API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-jobs-api/  
**Provider:** Appen — https://apis.io/providers/appen/  
**Base URL:** https://api.appen.com  
**Documentation:** https://developer.appen.com/open-api.yaml

Appen Jobs API is one of 8 APIs that [Appen](https://apis.io/providers/appen/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Job. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 2 JSON Schemas.

Job management operations for creating, configuring, and controlling data annotation workflows. - **Job Lifecycle Management:** - **Create Jobs**: Initialize new annotation tasks with project association and type specification - **Update Settings**: Modify job configuration, instructions, and workflow parameters - **Launch Jobs**: Activate jobs from DRAFT to RUNNING state for contributor access - **Pause Jobs**: Temporarily halt job execution while preserving progress - **Job Types Supported:** - **WORK**: Standard annotation jobs for tasks - **QA**: Quality assurance jobs for reviewing, validating work and providing the feedback. - **Job States:** 1. **DRAFT**: Initial creation state, configurable but not accessible to contributors 2. **RUNNING**: Active state where contributors can work on assignments 3. **PAUSED**: Temporarily halted, preserving all progress and judgments

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/v3/jobs/jobs.json` | Create a new job |
| POST | `/v3/project-flow/projects/jobs/copy-job` | Copy an existing job within a project |
| GET | `/v3/project-flow/projects/jobs/status` | Get job status |
| PUT | `/v3/jobs/update` | Update job settings |
| GET | `/v3/jobs/jobStatusById` | Get job settings |
| POST | `/v3/jobs/pause` | Pause job |
| POST | `/v3/jobs/launch` | Launch & Resume/Run job |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/appen/refs/heads/main/openapi/appen-jobs-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/appen/refs/heads/main/json-schema/appen-job-dto-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/appen/refs/heads/main/json-schema/appen-response-schema.json

## Other Appen APIs (7)

- [Appen AI Data Annotation Platform API](https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-ai-data-annotation-platform-api/)
- [Appen Download API](https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-download-api/)
- [Appen Internal Contributors API](https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-internal-contributors-api/)
- [Appen Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-projects-api/)
- [Appen Route Units API](https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-route-units-api/)
- [Appen Test Questions API](https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-test-questions-api/)
- [Appen Upload API](https://apis.io/apis/appen/appen-upload-api/)

## Tags

Job

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