Get On Board Board+ API

Private board integration

OpenAPI Specification

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openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Get on Board Applications Board+ API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: "The Get on Board API provides access to the data inside Get on Board, the leading recruitment platform for tech professionals in Latin America.\n\nThere are two facets of the API:\n\n- **Public API** — Open to anyone. Access the same data visible on the platform without logging in: job categories, company profiles, published jobs, and a job search endpoint. No authentication required.\n- **Private API** — Requires authentication. Access your company's private data: jobs, recruitment processes, professionals, and applications. Available to companies with an active subscription plan that includes API access.\n\nBase URL: `https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/`\n\nFor bugs, improvement suggestions, or missing features, contact us at team@getonbrd.com.\n\n## Sandbox environment\n\nYou can test any endpoint using the sandbox environment:\n\n```\nhttps://sandbox.getonbrd.dev/api/v0/\n```\n\nWe strongly encourage you to test your API integrations against the sandbox before making live requests in production. The sandbox contains fake data, and certain features like payments may not work.\n\nIf your company wants to test the private API before subscribing, contact us at info@getonbrd.com or via the support chat to discuss temporary access.\n\n## Expanding responses\n\nMany endpoints support the `expand` query parameter to include full related resources instead of ID-only references.\n\n**Default (collapsed)** — Related objects return only `id` and `type`:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"job\": {\n    \"data\": { \"id\": 285, \"type\": \"job\" }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n**Expanded** — Pass `expand[]` to get the full resource with all attributes:\n\n```\nGET /api/v0/applications?expand[]=job&expand[]=professional\n```\n\nYou can expand multiple relationships in a single request. Nested expansion is supported with dot notation (e.g., `expand[]=job.tags`).\n\nSupported expand values vary by endpoint — refer to each endpoint's parameter documentation for available options.\n\n## Pagination and metadata\n\nMost list endpoints return paginated results with a `data` array and a `meta` object:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"data\": [ ... ],\n  \"meta\": {\n    \"page\": 1,\n    \"per_page\": 120,\n    \"total_pages\": 3\n  }\n}\n```\n\n| Parameter  | Type    | Default | Max | Description             |\n|------------|---------|---------|-----|-------------------------|\n| `page`     | integer | 1       | —   | Page number (min 1)     |\n| `per_page` | integer | 120     | 120 | Items per page (min 1)  |\n\nSome collection endpoints intentionally omit pagination metadata because they return bounded reference data or workflow state:\n\n- `GET /api/v0/perks`\n- `GET /api/v0/applications/discard_reasons`\n- `GET /api/v0/processes/{process_id}/phases`\n- `GET /api/v0/webhook_endpoints`\n- `GET /api/v0/webhook_events`\n- `GET /api/v0/matching_jobs` currently ignores `per_page` and omits pagination metadata.\n\n## Date filtering\n\nSome private endpoints support date range filtering using Unix epoch timestamps:\n\n| Parameter | Type    | Description                       |\n|-----------|---------|-----------------------------------|\n| `from`    | integer | Start date (epoch timestamp)      |\n| `to`      | integer | End date (epoch timestamp)        |\n\nInvalid date formats return a `422` error.\n\n## Localization\n\nAPI responses can be localized by setting a language preference. Supported locales: `en` (English), `es` (Spanish), `pt` (Portuguese).\n\n| Parameter | Type   | Description                     |\n|-----------|--------|---------------------------------|\n| `lang`    | string | Locale code: `en`, `es`, or `pt` |\n\nLanguage is resolved in this order:\n\n1. `lang` query parameter (e.g., `?lang=es`)\n2. `Accept-Language` HTTP header\n3. Authenticated user's language preference (private API only)\n4. Default locale\n\nLocalized fields include category names, perk descriptions, country names, and validation error messages. Use `?lang=en` to force English responses.\n\n## Companies Private API\n\nCollection of protected resources and endpoints a subscribed company has access to. Every request needs to be authenticated.\n\n> **Note:** Only companies with an active subscription plan can have access to the private API. The Companies Private API endpoints will return `404` if a subscription expires.\n\n### Authentication\n\nAuthenticate requests by sending the company API key in the `Authorization` header as `Bearer <api_key>`.\n\nThe key can be found in the company's profile page in Get on Board. Look for the section **API access** (`https://www.getonbrd.com/companies/[your-company]/api_settings`).\n\n### How the endpoints work together\n\nThe Companies Private API provides four interconnected endpoints that represent your complete recruitment workflow:\n\n**Jobs** (create postings) → **Applications** (receive candidates) → **Processes** (manage hiring) → **Professionals** (access profiles)\n\n### Core relationships\n\n- **Jobs**: Your job postings. The starting point that attracts candidates.\n- **Applications**: Generated when professionals apply to your jobs.\n- **Processes**: Structured hiring pipelines with phases (screening, interviews, etc.) that organize your recruitment workflow. A job can have multiple processes.\n- **Professionals**: Candidate profiles with detailed information.\n\n### Moving applications between phases\n\nTo move a candidate through your hiring pipeline:\n\n1. List your jobs with `GET /api/v0/jobs`.\n2. Pick a job and list its processes with `GET /api/v0/jobs/{job_id}/processes`. Use the job `id` string returned by `GET /api/v0/jobs`; this is normally a slug, not the numeric relationship ID embedded inside expanded process/job payloads.\n3. List applications for the process with `GET /api/v0/applications?process_id={process_id}`.\n4. Discover available target phases with `GET /api/v0/processes/{process_id}/phases`.\n5. If the target phase has `kind: \"discarded\"`, fetch valid reasons with `GET /api/v0/applications/discard_reasons`.\n6. Move the application with `PATCH /api/v0/applications/{application_id}/phase`.\n\nPhase IDs are numeric. Use a reason `id` from `GET /api/v0/applications/discard_reasons` as `discard_reason` when moving to a discarded phase. Moving an application back to a non-discarded phase clears its stored discard reason.\n\n### Multi-brand posting for ATS partners (company shells)\n\nRecruiting for many client companies through one integration? Authorized partner accounts can create\n**company shells** — public brand profiles (name, logo, description, own company page) for each client —\nand post jobs under those brands with a single API key:\n\n1. Create a shell with `POST /api/v0/company_shells` (a logo is required).\n2. Pass the shell's slug as `company_shell_id` on `POST /api/v0/jobs` or `PUT /api/v0/jobs/{id}`.\n3. The public job page, company profile, feeds, and public API show the client's brand; applications,\n   processes, and billing stay on your partner account.\n\nShell endpoints return `403` for non-partner API keys. Contact Get on Board to enable partner access\nfor your integration.\n\n### Key business rules\n\n- **Professional data access**: The Professionals endpoint has the strictest access controls. You can only access professional profiles when the professional is part of an active hiring process, the professional profile has been \"unlocked\", and you own the hiring process.\n- **Professionals are process-scoped**: Always include `process_id` when listing or retrieving professionals, for example `GET /api/v0/professionals?process_id=123` or `GET /api/v0/professionals/{id}?process_id=123`.\n- **Event payloads are starting points**: Webhook payloads and collapsed relationships identify resources, but some related endpoints still require additional scope such as `process_id`.\n- **Prefer canonical follow-up reads**: When starting from an event or collapsed payload, fetch the resource named by the payload first (for example `GET /api/v0/applications/{application_id}`), then use `expand[]` or process-scoped endpoints as needed.\n- **Data scoping**: All endpoints only return data belonging to your company (jobs you created, applications to your jobs, your hiring processes).\n- **Job moderation**: Jobs must be submitted via `POST /jobs/:id/submit` and approved before going live on the platform.\n- **Expandable relationships**: Use `expand[]=applications`, `expand[]=processes`, etc. to include related data and reduce API calls.\n\n### Read-only smoke test\n\nThe following sequence exercises the public API and the private company workflow without creating, updating, or deleting data:\n\n```bash\ncurl \"https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/categories?per_page=3&lang=en\"\ncurl -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \"https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/jobs?per_page=3&lang=en\"\ncurl -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \"https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/jobs/JOB_ID_FROM_LIST/processes\"\ncurl -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \"https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/applications?process_id=PROCESS_ID&expand[]=job&expand[]=professional\"\ncurl -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \"https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/applications/APPLICATION_ID?expand[]=professional\"\ncurl -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \"https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/processes/PROCESS_ID/phases\"\ncurl -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \"https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/professionals?process_id=PROCESS_ID&per_page=2\"\n```"
servers:
- url: https://www.getonbrd.com
  description: Production
- url: https://sandbox.getonbrd.dev
  description: Sandbox
tags:
- name: Board+
  description: Private board integration
paths:
  /api/v0/board/professionals:
    delete:
      summary: Remove board professionals
      tags:
      - Board+
      security:
      - BoardSecretKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: emails
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        example:
        - webpro5@example.com
        - pending.webpro@outlook.com
      - name: secret_key
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: invalid_token
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Enqueues a batch of professional emails for board unwhitelisting.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
              example: ''
        '401':
          description: Enqueues a batch of professional emails for board unwhitelisting.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                required:
                - message
                - code
              example:
                message: (Status 401) Unauthorized access to Board+ API
                code: unauthorized
      operationId: removeBoardProfessionals
    get:
      summary: Retrieve a board professional
      tags:
      - Board+
      security:
      - BoardSecretKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: email
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: webpro9@example.com
      - name: secret_key
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 0K6i4FlWDnaPh1zEnxqWnA5wIEL9uVucSDy4aV1UNIxD
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a board professional by email for the authenticated board.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      type:
                        type: string
                      attributes:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          email:
                            type: string
                          status:
                            type: string
                          professional:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              data:
                                type: object
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: integer
                                  type:
                                    type: string
                                required:
                                - id
                                - type
                            required:
                            - data
                        required:
                        - email
                        - status
                        - professional
                    required:
                    - id
                    - type
                    - attributes
                required:
                - data
              example:
                data:
                  id: '1'
                  type: board_professional
                  attributes:
                    email: webpro9@example.com
                    status: completed
                    professional:
                      data:
                        id: 9
                        type: professional
        '401':
          description: Returns a board professional by email for the authenticated board.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                required:
                - message
                - code
              example:
                message: (Status 401) Unauthorized access to Board+ API
                code: unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Returns a board professional by email for the authenticated board.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                required:
                - message
                - code
              example:
                message: Record not found
                code: not_found
      operationId: retrieveBoardProfessional
      description: 'Board+ whitelist flow: check one professional by `email`, use `POST /api/v0/board/professionals` to enqueue whitelisting for one or more emails, and use `DELETE /api/v0/board/professionals` to enqueue removal.'
    post:
      summary: Whitelist board professionals
      tags:
      - Board+
      security:
      - BoardSecretKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: emails
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        example:
        - webpro12@example.com
        - pending.webpro@outlook.com
      - name: secret_key
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: z0cHmSMeNkbur7EZkFLanQmWnkPT7Jg4LlOD7TnuKUwF
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties: {}
            example: {}
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Enqueues a batch of professional emails for board whitelisting.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
              example: ''
        '401':
          description: Enqueues a batch of professional emails for board whitelisting.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                required:
                - message
                - code
              example:
                message: (Status 401) Unauthorized access to Board+ API
                code: unauthorized
      operationId: whitelistBoardProfessionals
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key
      description: 'Company authentication for private endpoints. Send `Authorization: Bearer <api_key>`.'
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Professional JWT token obtained via /api/v0/auth_tokens
    BoardSecretKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Board secret
      description: 'Board+ HMAC secret key. Send `Authorization: Bearer <board_secret_key>`. The legacy query-string form (`?secret_key=...`) is still accepted by the server but is discouraged because secrets leak into logs, browser history, and referrers.'
x-tagGroups:
- name: Public
  tags:
  - Categories
  - Companies
  - Countries
  - Headcounts
  - Industries
  - Insights
  - Modalities
  - Perks
  - Regions
  - Search
  - Seniorities
  - Tags
  - Tenant Cities
- name: Private
  tags:
  - Applications
  - Company shells
  - Jobs
  - Matching
  - Processes
  - Professionals
  - Webhooks
- name: Authentication
  tags:
  - Authentication
- name: Board+
  tags:
  - Board+