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# Add candidate

> Create a candidate with a name and optional email, phone, company and title. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/recruiterflow/add_candidate

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Create a candidate with a name and optional email, phone, company and title.

Recruiterflow API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/recruiterflow.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/recruiterflow/candidates`

Access: write.

Creates one candidate, as the Add Candidate form does. The name is the only required field. Before saving, Recruiterflow checks for an existing record that matches on phone number, LinkedIn URL or email; on a match the call creates nothing and returns the existing candidate_id with status duplicate. A new candidate is on no job until you pass job_id or call add_candidate_to_job. The tool sends no message itself. It reaches no one, but Cotlet has no delete tool, so check the name before calling.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | string | yes | Full name. |
| `email` | string | no | Email address. |
| `phone` | string | no | Phone number. |
| `current_company` | string | no | Current company. |
| `job_title` | string | no | Current job title. |
| `job_id` | string | no | Also add the candidate to this open job. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/recruiterflow/candidates \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Jane Doe"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("recruiterflow", "add_candidate", {"name":"Jane Doe"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('recruiterflow', 'add_candidate', {"name":"Jane Doe"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call recruiterflow add_candidate --data '{"name":"Jane Doe"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "candidate_id": "772455",
  "status": "created",
  "name": "Elena Rossi",
  "job": null,
  "url": "https://recruiterflow.com/candidates/772455"
}
```

Previous: [List tasks](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/recruiterflow/list_tasks.md)
Next: [Add candidates to a job](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/recruiterflow/add_candidate_to_job.md)

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