Add Skills

Add skills to the authenticated job seeker profile

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

Add Skills

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills

import requests

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

response = requests.post(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST'};

fetch('https://api.example.com/api/v1/job-seekers/me/skills', 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/skills",
  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/job-seekers/me/skills"

	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/job-seekers/me/skills")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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

200

{
  "skillId": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "verified": true
}

Endpoint

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

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

Add skills to your profile. Supports multiple formats:

• By skill ID: Link existing platform skills (must exist in database)
• By skill name: Create new skill if not exists, then link

You can provide a single skill or multiple skills (bulk).

Request Body

Option 1: By Skill ID (single)

{
  "skillId": "95847893-6c58-404a-8560-528ec9653502"
}

Option 2: By Skill IDs (bulk)

{
  "skillIds": ["95847893-6c58-404a-8560-528ec9653502", "531c1ac0-1606-4313-9ad3-77420ba09005"]
}

Option 3: By Skill Name (single - creates if not exists)

{
  "skillName": "Python"
}

Option 4: By Skill Names (bulk - creates if not exists)

{
  "skillNames": ["Python", "JavaScript", "Go"]
}

Request Fields

At least one of skillId, skillIds, skillName, or skillNames must be provided.

Response

Success Response (201 Created)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "skillId": "95847893-6c58-404a-8560-528ec9653502",
      "verified": false,
      "name": "golang"
    },
    {
      "skillId": "531c1ac0-1606-4313-9ad3-77420ba09005",
      "verified": false,
      "name": "rust"
    }
  ],
  "message": "Success",
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/skills",
    "method": "POST"
  }
}

Response Fields

skillId · string

Unique identifier for the skill.

name · string

Name of the skill.

verified · boolean

Always false for manually added skills. Skills from CV parsing would be true.

Error Responses

400 Bad Request - No Skill Provided

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "At least one of skillId, skillIds, skillName, or skillNames must be provided",
    "statusCode": 400,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/skills",
    "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/skills",
    "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/skills",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Forbidden"
  }
}

404 Not Found - Skill ID Not Found

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Skill with ID {skillId} not found in the platform",
    "statusCode": 404,
    "timestamp": "2026-04-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "path": "/job-seekers/me/skills",
    "method": "POST",
    "details": "Not Found"
  }
}

Notes

Create if not exists: When using skillName or skillNames, new skills will be automatically created in the platform if they don’t exist.

Duplicate handling: If a skill is already associated with your profile, it returns the existing association without error.

Verification: Manually added skills are marked as verified: false. Only skills parsed from CV are marked as verified: true.