Create a candidate and job posting in Ashby ATS and move the candidate through stages

domain: ashbyhq.com · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Obtain an Ashby API key from Settings > Integrations > API Keys; all requests use the key via HTTP Basic Auth (key as username, empty password) to https://api.ashbyhq.com.
  2. POST /v1/candidate.create with a JSON body containing name and email; the response includes a candidate id.
  3. To create a job posting, POST /v1/jobPosting.create with title, teamId, locationId, and employmentType; retrieve valid teamId and locationId values from /v1/team.list and /v1/location.list respectively.
  4. Create an application linking candidate to job: POST /v1/application.create with candidateId and jobPostingId; the response includes an application id and the initial stage id.
  5. Move the application to the next stage: POST /v1/application.changeStage with applicationId and interviewStageId; retrieve available stage IDs from /v1/interviewPlan.list for the job.
  6. To archive the application, POST /v1/application.archive with applicationId and archiveReasonId; list valid reasons from /v1/archiveReason.list.

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