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# Update application status

> Move a job application to another status of its workflow. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

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

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Move a job application to another status of its workflow.

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

`PATCH https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/jobadder/applications/{application_id}/status`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Sets the status of one application and returns the old and the new status. In JobAdder a status update can trigger actions, such as an automatic reply to the applicant, depending on how your account is set up. A status the job's workflow does not have fails with an error. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `application_id` | string | yes | Application id from list_job_applications. |
| `status` | string | yes | Status name as shown in your JobAdder workflow, including a custom rejection status. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X PATCH https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/jobadder/applications/app_48213/status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status":"Phone screen"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("jobadder", "update_application_status", {"application_id":"app_48213","status":"Phone screen"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('jobadder', 'update_application_status', {"application_id":"app_48213","status":"Phone screen"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call jobadder update_application_status --data '{"application_id":"app_48213","status":"Phone screen"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "application_id": "app_48213",
  "previous_status": "New",
  "status": "Phone screen"
}
```

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