Ashby Referral API

The Referral API from Ashby — 1 operation(s) for referral.

Operations 1

POST /referral.create referral.create #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/applicationlist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/candidatelist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/joblist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/jobpostinglist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/interviewschedulelist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/offerlist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/approvaldefinitionupdate
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/surveyrequestlist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/assessmentstart
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/creating-an-assessments-integration
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/customfieldcreate
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/userlist
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/fileinfo
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/reportgenerate
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/setting-up-webhooks
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/authenticating-webhooks
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/common-webhook-payload-data
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/related-webhooks
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/webhook-retries
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/apikeyinfo

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OpenAPI Specification

ashby-hq-referral-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Ashby Referral API
  description: Complete public API for accessing resources in your Ashby instance. Includes applications, candidates, jobs, interviews, offers, surveys, custom fields, organization metadata, files, reports, approvals, and webhooks.
  contact:
    name: Ashby Support
    url: https://app.ashbyhq.com/support
    email: support@ashbyhq.com
servers:
- url: https://api.ashbyhq.com
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Referral
paths:
  /referral.create:
    post:
      summary: referral.create
      operationId: referralCreate
      description: 'Creates a referral


        **Requires the [`candidatesWrite`](authentication#permissions-referralcreate) permission.**

        '
      tags:
      - Referral
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  allOf:
                  - description: The id of the referral form, from /referralForm.info
                  - $ref: '#/paths/~1interviewerPool.addUser/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/userId'
                creditedToUserId:
                  allOf:
                  - description: The id of the user submitting the referral
                  - $ref: '#/paths/~1interviewerPool.addUser/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/userId'
                fieldSubmissions:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    properties:
                      path:
                        type: string
                        description: The form field's "path" value
                      value:
                        type: string
                        description: 'The value depends on the field type:

                          - Most fields: A primitive value (string, number, boolean)

                          - Job field: An object with `{ title: job.title, value: job.id }`. The referenced job must be open.

                          - Location field: An object with the following properties: `{ country: "USA", city: "San Francisco", region: "California" }`. You may provide any combination of these properties and we will attempt to geocode the location. For best results, provide all three properties.

                          - EducationHistory field: [Early Access] An array of objects with the following properties: `{ schoolName: "University of California, Berkeley", degree: "Bachelor of Science", major: "Computer Science", startDate: "2020-09-01", endDate: "2024-05-15", isCurrent: true }`. Only `schoolName` is required. We will attempt to match the school name to a known school in our database. If `isCurrent` is true, `endDate` must not be provided.

                          '
                    required:
                    - path
                    - value
                createdAt:
                  allOf:
                  - description: 'An ISO date string to set the referral''s createdAt timestamp to. When this value isn''t provided, the createdAt timestamp defaults to the time the referral was created.

                      '
                  - $ref: '#/paths/~1candidate.createNote/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/createdAt'
              required:
              - id
              - creditedToUserId
              - fieldSubmissions
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Responses for the referral.create endpoint
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                - title: Success response
                  allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/paths/~1job.info/post/responses/200/content/application~1json/schema/oneOf/0/allOf/0'
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      results:
                        $ref: '#/webhooks/pushToHRIS/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/data/properties/application'
                    required:
                    - results
                - $ref: '#/paths/~1report.generate/post/responses/429/content/application~1json/schema'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Auth. Send your Ashby API key as the username and leave the password blank.
    WebhookSignature:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Ashby-Signature
      description: HMAC-SHA256 signature of the webhook payload, used to verify webhook authenticity.