Pause Job

Pause a published job posting

POST /api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause

Pause Job

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause"

response = requests.post(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST'};

fetch('https://api.example.com/api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.example.com/api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Endpoint

POST /api/v1/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause

Base URL: http://localhost:3000/api/v1

This endpoint requires authentication and Company role.

Authentication

Include the access token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

Description

Temporarily pause a published job posting. Paused jobs are hidden from candidates but can be published again later.

Path Parameters

Response

Success Response (201 Created)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "6cc9f0af-10c0-4998-b252-fc6c52394759",
    "title": "Backend Engineer",
    "description": "Job Description",
    "requirements": null,
    "responsibilities": null,
    "location": null,
    "salaryMin": null,
    "salaryMax": null,
    "jobType": "FULL_TIME",
    "workPreference": "REMOTE",
    "experienceLevel": "MID",
    "status": "PAUSED",
    "deadline": null,
    "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T14:51:00.000Z",
    "company": {
      "id": "8cfee915-6e24-4741-9493-fd5680743a84",
      "name": "Tech Corp",
      "logoUrl": null
    },
    "skills": [
      {
        "skillId": "1d1d1d93-c910-47e3-b2ff-5f5bc2ce0541",
        "name": "Node.js"
      }
    ]
  },
  "message": "Success",
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause",
    "method": "POST"
  }
}

Error Responses

401 Unauthorized

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "statusCode": 401,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

403 Forbidden

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Forbidden resource",
    "statusCode": 403,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Forbidden"
  }
}

404 Not Found

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Job not found",
    "statusCode": 404,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Not Found"
  }
}

400 Bad Request - Invalid Status

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Only published jobs can be paused",
    "statusCode": 400,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/companies/me/jobs/{jobId}/pause",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Bad Request"
  }
}

Notes

Only jobs with status PUBLISHED can be paused.

Reverting: You can publish a paused job again using the publish endpoint.