Get Notification Preference

Retrieve the current job seeker notification preferences

GET /api/v1/job-seekers/me/notification-preference

Get Notification Preference

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/notification-preference

import requests

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

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/notification-preference', 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/notification-preference",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($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/job-seekers/me/notification-preference"

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

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/notification-preference")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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

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

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

200

{
  "applicationStatusNotificationsEnabled": true,
  "jobMatchNotificationsEnabled": true,
  "updatedAt": "<string>"
}

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/job-seekers/me/notification-preference

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

This endpoint requires authentication and Job Seeker role.

Authentication

Include the access token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

Description

Retrieve the authenticated job seeker’s notification preferences.

If a preference row does not exist yet, the backend initializes it with the default values:

• jobMatchNotificationsEnabled = true
• applicationStatusNotificationsEnabled = true

Response

Success Response (200 OK)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "applicationStatusNotificationsEnabled": true,
    "jobMatchNotificationsEnabled": true,
    "updatedAt": "2026-03-07T20:15:00.000Z"
  },
  "message": "Success",
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/notification-preference",
    "method": "GET"
  }
}

Response Fields

applicationStatusNotificationsEnabled · boolean

Whether the user wants email notifications when a company changes the status of one of their applications.

jobMatchNotificationsEnabled · boolean

Whether the user wants email notifications when new job matches are generated for their account.

updatedAt · string

ISO 8601 timestamp of the latest update to the preference row.

Error Responses

401 Unauthorized - Not Authenticated

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

403 Forbidden - Insufficient Permissions

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

Notes

Default Initialization: The first GET request creates a preference row automatically if one does not exist yet.

Frontend Behavior: This endpoint always returns a real preference object, so the frontend does not need special handling for null settings.