Create candidate
A new candidate record with name, contact fields and skills.
POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/jobdiva/candidates
write
Only first_name and last_name are required. Returns the new candidate_id. It does not check for duplicates, so run find_candidate first. It sends nothing and reaches no one, so it does not wait for your OK.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| first_name string required | string | First name. |
| last_name string required | string | Last name. |
| email string | string | Email address. |
| cell_phone string | string | Cell phone number. |
| city string | string | City. |
| state string | string | State. |
| skills string[] | string[] | Skills to put on the record. |
Request
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/jobdiva/candidates \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"first_name":"Dana","last_name":"Whitfield","email":"dana.whitfield@example.com","cell_phone":"+1 312 555 0182","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","skills":["SQL","Python"]}'result = client.call("jobdiva", "create_candidate", {"first_name":"Dana","last_name":"Whitfield","email":"dana.whitfield@example.com","cell_phone":"+1 312 555 0182","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","skills":["SQL","Python"]})const result = await cotlet.call('jobdiva', 'create_candidate', {"first_name":"Dana","last_name":"Whitfield","email":"dana.whitfield@example.com","cell_phone":"+1 312 555 0182","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","skills":["SQL","Python"]});cotlet call jobdiva create_candidate --data '{"first_name":"Dana","last_name":"Whitfield","email":"dana.whitfield@example.com","cell_phone":"+1 312 555 0182","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","skills":["SQL","Python"]}'Example response
{
"candidate_id": 5841230,
"name": "Dana Whitfield",
"status": "created"
}