Record an application event

POST

/api/applications

curl --request POST \
  --url http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/applications \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "event_kind": "applied", "normalized_url": "https://boards.greenhouse.io/acme/jobs/101" }'

Record an application event (applied, interview_scheduled, …) for a job. 0.1.11.4: applied is never refused for a posting that looks closed; the answer then also carries posting_note (“This posting looks closed: check it before you apply”; the key is absent otherwise).

Request Body^required

Media typeapplication/json

object

event_kind

required

Applied | interview_scheduled | offer_received | rejected | withdrawn.

string

job_identity

Text identity for pasted jobs.

string

normalized_url

The posting URL (or job_identity).

string

notes

Free text.

string

occurred_at

ISO time; default now.

string

Example

{
  "event_kind": "applied",
  "normalized_url": "https://boards.greenhouse.io/acme/jobs/101"
}

Responses

200

Success.

Media typeapplication/json

object

key

additional properties

any

Example

{
  "event": {
    "event_kind": "applied"
  },
  "job_state": {
    "next_events": [],
    "since": "2026-09-29T10:00:00Z",
    "state": "applied"
  }
}

403

Forbidden / forbidden_origin: loopback peer and Host 127.0.0.1:<port> or localhost:<port> only (Origin too on writes).

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

allowed_keys

Array<string>

code

required

string

message

required

string

key

additional properties

any

Example^generated

{
  "error": {
    "allowed_keys": [
      "example"
    ],
    "code": "example",
    "message": "example"
  }
}

404

Target_unavailable

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

allowed_keys

Array<string>

code

required

string

message

required

string

key

additional properties

any

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "target_unavailable",
    "message": "..."
  }
}

409

Invalid_transition

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

allowed_keys

Array<string>

code

required

string

message

required

string

key

additional properties

any

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_transition",
    "message": "..."
  }
}

415

Unsupported_media_type: writes need Content-Type: application/json.

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

allowed_keys

Array<string>

code

required

string

message

required

string

key

additional properties

any

Example^generated

{
  "error": {
    "allowed_keys": [
      "example"
    ],
    "code": "example",
    "message": "example"
  }
}

422

Unknown_key, invalid_value

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

allowed_keys

Array<string>

code

required

string

message

required

string

key

additional properties

any

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unknown_key",
    "message": "..."
  }
}