Lever Applications API

A candidate's application to a specific posting on an opportunity.

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lever-co-applications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Lever Data Applications API
  description: 'The Lever Data API exposes the full Lever ATS / CRM recruiting workflow over a JSON REST surface at

    `https://api.lever.co/v1`. It is the integration backbone for Opportunities (candidates), Postings,

    Applications, Interviews, Feedback, Notes, Offers, Requisitions, Stages, Sources, Files, Tags, Users,

    EEO Responses, Audit Events, and Webhooks. Authentication is HTTP Basic with a personal API key or

    OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Grant. Rate-limited via a token-bucket at 10 requests/second steady-state

    per key with a burst of 20 req/s.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Lever
    url: https://hire.lever.co/developer
  license:
    name: Lever Terms of Service
    url: https://www.lever.co/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.lever.co/v1
  description: Lever Data API production
security:
- BasicAuth: []
- OAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Applications
  description: A candidate's application to a specific posting on an opportunity.
paths:
  /opportunities/{id}/applications:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OpportunityId'
    get:
      tags:
      - Applications
      summary: List Applications For An Opportunity
      operationId: listApplications
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Applications for the opportunity.
  /{site}/{postingId}:
    parameters:
    - name: site
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: postingId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    post:
      tags:
      - Applications
      summary: Submit An Application
      description: 'Submit an application against a posting. Accepts either JSON or multipart/form-data.

        Requires a posting-form API key passed via `?key=`.

        '
      operationId: submitApplication
      parameters:
      - name: key
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Posting-form API key.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              - email
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                email:
                  type: string
                  format: email
                phone:
                  type: string
                org:
                  type: string
                resume:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                urls:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                comments:
                  type: string
                source:
                  type: string
                ip:
                  type: string
                referer:
                  type: string
                consent:
                  type: object
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              - email
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                email:
                  type: string
                  format: email
                phone:
                  type: string
                org:
                  type: string
                urls:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                comments:
                  type: string
                silent:
                  type: boolean
                source:
                  type: string
                ip:
                  type: string
                timezone:
                  type: string
                userAgent:
                  type: string
                acceptLanguage:
                  type: string
                referer:
                  type: string
                consent:
                  type: object
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Application submitted.
        '429':
          description: Rate-limited (max 2 POST per second per site).
components:
  parameters:
    OpportunityId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication using a Lever API key as the username and an empty password.
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://auth.lever.co/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://auth.lever.co/oauth/token
          scopes:
            offline_access: Issue refresh tokens.
            opportunities:read:admin: Read opportunities.
            opportunities:write:admin: Write opportunities.
            postings:read:admin: Read postings.
            postings:write:admin: Write postings.
            interviews:read:admin: Read interviews.
            interviews:write:admin: Write interviews.
            feedback:read:admin: Read feedback.
            feedback:write:admin: Write feedback.
            users:read:admin: Read users.
            users:write:admin: Write users.
            requisitions:read:admin: Read requisitions.
            requisitions:write:admin: Write requisitions.
            offers:read:admin: Read offers.
            files:read:admin: Read files.
            files:write:admin: Write files.
            webhooks:read:admin: Read webhook subscriptions.
            webhooks:write:admin: Write webhook subscriptions.
            audit_events:read:admin: Read audit log events.
            eeo_responses:read:admin: Read EEO survey responses.
            eeo_responses_pii:read:admin: Read EEO survey responses with PII.
            confidential:access:admin: Access confidential records.