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Format Resume With Template

Format a Parsed Resume with Custom Template🔗︎

HTTP Verb Path
POST /v10/formatter/resume/template

Format a Parsed Resume into a standardized DOCX or PDF file using a custom template that you provide.

Info

Request Body🔗︎

ResumeData 🔗︎ object required

ResumeData🔗︎

Parsed ResumeData or RedactedResumeData from the Textkernel CV/Resume Parser. See Parse a Resume

OutputType 🔗︎ string required

OutputType🔗︎

Either DOCX, PDF, or HTML

Template 🔗︎ string required

Template🔗︎

A base64-encoded string of the DOCX template document file bytes. This should use the standard 'base64' encoding as defined in RFC 4648 Section 4 (not the 'base64url' variant). .NET users can use the Convert.ToBase64String(byte[]) method. For more information on creating custom templates, see here.

CustomData 🔗︎ object

CustomData🔗︎

Any data that the template needs that is not in the extracted CV data. For example:

{
    "CandidateId": "12345",
    "DateApplied": "2024-02-05"
}

Sample JSON
{
  "ResumeData": {},
  "OutputType": "PDF",
  "Template": "base64stringhere",
  "CustomData": {}
}

Response Body🔗︎

Info 🔗︎ object

Info🔗︎

Information explaining the outcome of the transaction.


Info properties

Code 🔗︎ string

Code🔗︎

Code Description
Success Successful transaction
MissingParameter A required parameter wasn't provided
InvalidParameter A parameter was incorrectly specified
AuthenticationError An error occurred with the credentials provided
TemplateError There was a problem populating the given template
Message 🔗︎ string

Message🔗︎

This message further describes the code providing additional detail.

TransactionId 🔗︎ string

TransactionId🔗︎

The (GUID) id for a specific API transaction. Use this when contacting support@textkernel.com about issues.

EngineVersion 🔗︎ string

EngineVersion🔗︎

The version of the parsing/matching engine running under-the-hood.

ApiVersion 🔗︎ string

ApiVersion🔗︎

The version of the API.

TotalElapsedMilliseconds 🔗︎ integer

TotalElapsedMilliseconds🔗︎

How long the transaction took on Textkernel's server, in milliseconds. If the transaction takes longer to complete on the client side, that extra duration is solely network latency.

TransactionCost 🔗︎ decimal

TransactionCost🔗︎

How many credits the transaction costs.How many credits the transaction costs.

CustomerDetails 🔗︎ object

CustomerDetails🔗︎

Information about the customer who made the API call.


CustomerDetails properties

AccountId 🔗︎ string

AccountId🔗︎

The AccountId for the account.

Name 🔗︎ string

Name🔗︎

The customer name on the account.

IPAddress 🔗︎ string

IPAddress🔗︎

The client IP Address where the API call originated.

Region 🔗︎ string

Region🔗︎

The region for the account, also known as the 'Data Center'.

CreditsRemaining 🔗︎ decimal

CreditsRemaining🔗︎

The number of credits remaining to be used by the account.

CreditsUsed 🔗︎ decimal

CreditsUsed🔗︎

The number of credits used by the account.

MaximumConcurrentRequests 🔗︎ integer

MaximumConcurrentRequests🔗︎

The number of requests that can be made at one time. If using sub-accounts, this is the maximum number of concurent requests across all accounts, not just this single sub-account.

ExpirationDate 🔗︎ date

ExpirationDate🔗︎

The date that the current credits expire.

Value 🔗︎ object

Value🔗︎

Contains response data for the transaction.


Value properties

DocumentAsBase64String 🔗︎ string

DocumentAsBase64String🔗︎

The formatted resume document (either PDF or DOCX). This is a byte[] as a Base64-encoded string.

Sample JSON
{
  "Info": {
    "Code": "string",
    "Message": "string",
    "TransactionId": "string",
    "EngineVersion": "string",
    "ApiVersion": "string",
    "TotalElapsedMilliseconds": 0,
    "TransactionCost": 0,
    "CustomerDetails": {
      "AccountId": "string",
      "Name": "string",
      "IPAddress": "string",
      "Region": "string",
      "CreditsRemaining": 0,
      "CreditsUsed": 0,
      "ExpirationDate": "2021-12-31",
      "MaximumConcurrentRequests": 0
    }
  },
  "Value": {
    "DocumentAsBase64String": ""
  }
}