Ashby

Ashby Department & Team API

The Department & Team API from Ashby — 5 operation(s) for department & team.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

POST /department.create department.create #
POST /department.archive department.archive #
POST /department.restore department.restore #
POST /department.move department.move #
POST /department.update department.update #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/
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APIReference
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/setting-up-webhooks
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/dedicated-partner-job-feeds
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Documentation
https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/custom-careers-page

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ashby/refs/heads/main/openapi/ashby-department-team-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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GraphQL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ashby/refs/heads/main/graphql/ashby-graphql.md

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OpenAPI Specification

ashby-department-team-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Ashby Department & Team API
  description: The public API for accessing resources in your Ashby instance.
  contact:
    name: Ashby Support
    url: https://app.ashbyhq.com/support
    email: support@ashbyhq.com
servers:
- url: https://api.ashbyhq.com
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Department & Team
paths:
  /department.create:
    post:
      summary: department.create
      description: 'Creates a department


        **Requires the [`organizationWrite`](authentication#permissions-departmentcreate) permission.**

        '
      operationId: departmentcreate
      tags:
      - Department & Team
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: The name of the department or team
                  example: Engineering Operations
                externalName:
                  type: string
                  description: 'An alternate candidate-facing name for this department that will be used on Ashby job boards

                    '
                  example: Engineering
                parentId:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  description: The id of the department's parent department
                  example: 1be42b8e-cafd-4beb-8121-f4981eb20f42
                extraData:
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1location.create/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/extraData'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Responses for the department.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: '#/paths/~1department.info/post/responses/200/content/application~1json/schema/oneOf/0/allOf/1/properties/results'
                    required:
                    - results
                - title: Error response
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1report.generate/post/responses/429/content/application~1json/schema'
  /department.archive:
    post:
      summary: department.archive
      description: 'Archives a department


        **Requires the [`organizationWrite`](authentication#permissions-departmentarchive) permission.**

        '
      operationId: departmentarchive
      tags:
      - Department & Team
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - departmentId
              properties:
                departmentId:
                  type: string
                  description: The department's ID
                  example: 1be42b8e-cafd-4beb-8121-f4981eb20f42
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Responses for the department.archive 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: '#/paths/~1department.info/post/responses/200/content/application~1json/schema/oneOf/0/allOf/1/properties/results'
                    required:
                    - results
                - title: Error response
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1report.generate/post/responses/429/content/application~1json/schema'
  /department.restore:
    post:
      summary: department.restore
      description: 'Restores a department


        **Requires the [`organizationWrite`](authentication#permissions-departmentrestore) permission.**

        '
      operationId: departmentrestore
      tags:
      - Department & Team
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - departmentId
              properties:
                departmentId:
                  type: string
                  description: The department's ID
                  example: 1be42b8e-cafd-4beb-8121-f4981eb20f42
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Responses for the department.restore 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: '#/paths/~1department.info/post/responses/200/content/application~1json/schema/oneOf/0/allOf/1/properties/results'
                    required:
                    - results
                - title: Error response
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1report.generate/post/responses/429/content/application~1json/schema'
  /department.move:
    post:
      summary: department.move
      description: 'Moves a department to another parent


        **Requires the [`organizationWrite`](authentication#permissions-departmentmove) permission.**

        '
      operationId: departmentmove
      tags:
      - Department & Team
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - departmentId
              properties:
                departmentId:
                  type: string
                  description: The department's ID
                  example: 1be42b8e-cafd-4beb-8121-f4981eb20f42
                parentId:
                  type: string
                  description: The department parent's ID
                  example: 1be42b8e-cafd-4beb-8121-f4981eb20f42
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Responses for the department.move 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: '#/paths/~1department.info/post/responses/200/content/application~1json/schema/oneOf/0/allOf/1/properties/results'
                    required:
                    - results
                - title: Error response
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1report.generate/post/responses/429/content/application~1json/schema'
  /department.update:
    post:
      summary: department.update
      description: 'Updates a department


        **Requires the [`organizationWrite`](authentication#permissions-departmentupdate) permission.**

        '
      operationId: departmentupdate
      tags:
      - Department & Team
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - departmentId
              properties:
                departmentId:
                  type: string
                  description: The department's ID
                  example: 1be42b8e-cafd-4beb-8121-f4981eb20f42
                name:
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1department.create/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/name'
                externalName:
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1department.create/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/externalName'
                extraData:
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1location.create/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema/properties/extraData'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Responses for the department.update 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: '#/paths/~1department.info/post/responses/200/content/application~1json/schema/oneOf/0/allOf/1/properties/results'
                    required:
                    - results
                - title: Error response
                  $ref: '#/paths/~1report.generate/post/responses/429/content/application~1json/schema'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: "Use HTTP Basic Auth to authenticate with our API. You must send your API key with every request. \nPut your API key as the basic auth username and leave the password blank.\n"
    WebhookSignature:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Ashby-Signature
      description: '[Optional] If you provide a secret token when configuring your webhook, this will be used to create a digest of the JSON payload sent with each webhook request.

        The digest will be included in the request under the `Ashby-Signature` http header.


        It will look like this:

        `Ashby-Signature: sha256=f3124911d2956f10aa3a49c43a88bdf13bba846e94f0ae2bd7c034f90239bd04`


        The part before the = indicates the algorithm that was used to compute the hash digest.

        '