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# Get candidate

> One candidate record with skills, employment history, applications and recent notes. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/jobadder/get_candidate

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One candidate record with skills, employment history, applications and recent notes.

JobAdder API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/jobadder.md

`GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/jobadder/candidates/{candidate_id}`

Access: read.

Returns the profile of one candidate: contact details, skills, employment history and education, their applications with job and status, and the most recent notes. A candidate your JobAdder user cannot open returns APP_PERMISSION_DENIED. Attachments such as the original resume file are not returned.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `candidate_id` | string | yes | Candidate id from search_candidates or list_job_applications. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/jobadder/candidates/candidate_8c41d2 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("jobadder", "get_candidate", {"candidate_id":"candidate_8c41d2"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('jobadder', 'get_candidate', {"candidate_id":"candidate_8c41d2"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call jobadder get_candidate --data '{"candidate_id":"candidate_8c41d2"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "candidate_id": "cand_20931",
  "name": "Priya Nair",
  "email": "priya.nair@example.com",
  "skills": [
    "Financial reporting",
    "Xero",
    "Month-end close"
  ],
  "employment": [
    {
      "title": "Senior Accountant",
      "company": "Harbour Partners",
      "years": "2020-2026"
    }
  ],
  "applications": [
    {
      "application_id": "app_48213",
      "job": "Senior Accountant",
      "status": "Phone screen"
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    {
      "note_id": "note_77310",
      "text": "Referred by a client.",
      "created_at": "2026-10-14T09:12:00+11:00"
    }
  ]
}
```

Previous: [Search candidates](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/jobadder/search_candidates.md)
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1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

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