Get Started with Lever API

Lever is a leading recruitment software that combines the power of ATS and CRM to help hire top talent for companies. It provides a complete talent management solution to facilitate sourcing, nurturing and interviews. It helps companies ensure inclusivity in recruitment while eliminating bias in hiring with its tools including Lever Hire, Lever Nurture, Lever Analytics. 

All data in Lever API is sent and received as JSON over HTTPS and unencrypted HTTP is not supported. Lever API uses basic auth for authentication using API key as the username or OAuth. 

Lever API endpoints

Top Lever API endpoints to access particular information are as follows:

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• GET https://api.lever.co/v1/candidates to use an access token
• GET /opportunities/:opportunity/applications/:application to retrieve full record of a single application
• GET /opportunities/:opportunity/applications to list all applications for a candidate
• GET /archive_reasons/:archive_reason to retrieve a single archive reason
• GET /archive_reasons to list all archive reasons in Lever account
• GET /audit_events to list all audit events
• GET /contacts/:contact to retrieve a single account
• GET /opportunities/:opportunity/feedback/:feedback to retrieve a feedback form
• GET /opportunities/:opportunity/feedback to list all feedback for a candidate for this opportunity
• GET /feedback_templates/:feedback_template to retrieve a feedback template
• GET /feedback_templates to list all feedback templates
• GET /opportunities/:opportunity/files/:file/download to download a file
• POST /opportunities/:opportunity/interviews to create a new interview
• POST /opportunities/:opportunity/notes to create a note and add it to a candidate profile
• POST /opportunities/:opportunity/addLinks to update contact links by opportunity
• POST /opportunities/:opportunity/removeTags to remove tags from an opportunity
• GET /postings/:posting to retrieve a single posting
• GET /postings to list all postings
• POST /postings to create a posting

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Check out this detailed documentation for more endpoints.

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Lever API use cases

• Candidate relationship building with easy-to-use nurturing capabilities
• Collaborative interviews with visibility into the entire candidate pipeline and a single location for every candidate interaction
• Hiring and recruiting insights with out-of-the-box, actionable analytics 
• Inclusive hiring to set and assess DEI strategies and overcome unconscious
• Candidate record maintenance to keep every candidate’s information and all correspondence

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Lever API FAQs

Check out the top FAQs for Lever API to help you get started

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1. What is the difference between the Lever API and Postings API? Answer
2. Does the Lever API archive encompass all candidates that have been either rejected or somehow stopped the interview process? Answer
3. Are stages in Lever API customized by each company? Answer
4. How do I add global tags to a Lever account? Answer
5. Are tags customized by each company in Lever? Answer

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How to integrate with Lever API

To learn how you can get started with Lever API integration, check out this detailed guide.

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Get started with Lever API

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