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          • The Candidate object
          • GET/candidates
          • POST/candidates
          • GET/candidates/{id}
          • PATCH/candidates/{id}
          • POST/candidates/ignore/{model_id}
          • GET/candidates/meta/patch/{id}
          • GET/candidates/meta/post
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/candidates/{id}

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PATCH
/ats/v1/candidates/:id
PATCH
/api/ats/v1/candidates/:id
$curl -X PATCH https://api.merge.dev/api/ats/v1/candidates/id \
>     -H "X-Account-Token: X-Account-Token" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "model": {},
>  "remote_user_id": "string"
>}'
200Updated
1{
2  "model": {
3    "id": "521b18c2-4d01-4297-b451-19858d07c133",
4    "remote_id": "21198",
5    "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
6    "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
7    "first_name": "Gil",
8    "last_name": "Feig",
9    "company": "Columbia Dining App.",
10    "title": "Software Engineer",
11    "remote_created_at": "2021-10-15T00:00:00Z",
12    "remote_updated_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
13    "last_interaction_at": "2021-10-17T00:00:00Z",
14    "is_private": true,
15    "can_email": true,
16    "locations": [
17      "San Francisco",
18      "New York",
19      "Miami"
20    ],
21    "phone_numbers": [
22      {
23        "value": "+1234567890",
24        "phone_number_type": "MOBILE"
25      }
26    ],
27    "email_addresses": [
28      {
29        "value": "hello@merge.dev",
30        "email_address_type": "PERSONAL"
31      }
32    ],
33    "urls": [
34      {
35        "value": "http://alturl.com/p749b",
36        "url_type": "BLOG"
37      }
38    ],
39    "tags": [
40      "High-Priority"
41    ],
42    "applications": [
43      "29eb9867-ce2a-403f-b8ce-f2844b89f078",
44      "b4d08e5c-de00-4d64-a29f-66addac9af99",
45      "4ff877d2-fb3e-4a5b-a7a5-168ddf2ffa56"
46    ],
47    "attachments": [
48      "bea08964-32b4-4a20-8bb4-2612ba09de1d"
49    ],
50    "remote_was_deleted": true,
51    "field_mappings": {
52      "organization_defined_targets": {
53        "custom_key": "custom_value"
54      },
55      "linked_account_defined_targets": {
56        "custom_key": "custom_value"
57      }
58    },
59    "remote_data": [
60      {
61        "path": "/candidates",
62        "data": null
63      }
64    ]
65  },
66  "warnings": [
67    {
68      "title": "Unrecognized Field",
69      "detail": "An unrecognized field, age, was passed in with request data.",
70      "problem_type": "UNRECOGNIZED_FIELD",
71      "source": {
72        "pointer": "/age"
73      },
74      "block_merge_link": true,
75      "raw_error": "string",
76      "error_code": 1
77    }
78  ],
79  "errors": [
80    {
81      "title": "Missing Required Field",
82      "detail": "custom_fields is a required field on model.",
83      "problem_type": "MISSING_REQUIRED_FIELD",
84      "source": {
85        "pointer": "/model/custom_fields"
86      },
87      "block_merge_link": true,
88      "raw_error": "string",
89      "error_code": 1
90    }
91  ],
92  "logs": [
93    {
94      "log_id": "99433219-8017-4acd-bb3c-ceb23d663832",
95      "dashboard_view": "https://app.merge.dev/logs/99433219-8017-4acd-bb3c-ceb23d663832",
96      "log_summary": {
97        "url": "www.exampleintegration.com/api/v1/exampleapi",
98        "method": "POST",
99        "status_code": 200
100      }
101    }
102  ]
103}

Updates a Candidate object with the given id.

Field support by integration

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Use the /linked-accounts endpoint to pull platform support information

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Token-based authentication with required prefix “Bearer”

Path parameters

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"

Headers

X-Account-TokenstringRequired
Token identifying the end user.

Query parameters

is_debug_modebooleanOptional

Whether to include debug fields (such as log file links) in the response.

run_asyncbooleanOptional

Whether or not third-party updates should be run asynchronously.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
modelobjectRequired

Description

The Candidate object is used to represent profile information about a given Candidate. Because it is specific to a Candidate, this information stays constant across applications.

Usage Example

Fetch from the LIST Candidates endpoint and filter by ID to show all candidates.

remote_user_idstringRequired

Response

modelobject

Description

The Candidate object is used to represent profile information about a given Candidate. Because it is specific to a Candidate, this information stays constant across applications.

Usage Example

Fetch from the LIST Candidates endpoint and filter by ID to show all candidates.

warningslist of objects
errorslist of objects
logslist of objects