Apply to Job

Apply to a job posting

POST /api/v1/job-seekers/me/applications

Apply to Job

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/applications \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jobId": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/applications"

payload = { "jobId": "<string>" }
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({jobId: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/applications', 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/job-seekers/me/applications",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'jobId' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/applications"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"jobId\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/job-seekers/me/applications")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"jobId\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/applications")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"jobId\": \"<string>\"\n}"

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

Endpoint

POST /api/v1/job-seekers/me/applications

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

This endpoint requires Job Seeker authentication.

Headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer

Request Body

jobId · string · required

The unique identifier of the job to apply for (UUID).

Example Request

{
  "jobId": "uuid-of-the-job"
}

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "uuid"
  },
  "message": "Application submitted successfully",
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/applications",
    "method": "POST"
  }
}

Error Responses

400 Bad Request - Validation Error

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": ["jobId must be a UUID"],
    "statusCode": 400,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/applications",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Bad Request"
  }
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "statusCode": 401,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/applications",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Unauthorized"
  }
}

403 Forbidden

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

404 Not Found

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

409 Conflict

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "You have already applied to this job",
    "statusCode": 409,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/applications",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Conflict"
  }
}