Search for a Candidate🔗︎

HTTP Verb	Path
POST	/v10/matchv2/candidates/search

Search for a candidate based on the query provided.

Info

You can try this endpoint out at our Swagger page ( US Data Center | EU Data Center)

Request Body🔗︎

Options 🔗︎ object required

Options🔗︎

This object allows the user to filter match results. See Options

Query 🔗︎ object required

Query🔗︎

The query object that will drive the search. See Query

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
`ConstraintError`	A conditionally required parameter wasn't provided
`InvalidParameter`	A parameter was incorrectly specified
`AuthenticationError`	An error occurred with the credentials provided
`Unauthorized`	Your account doesn't have permission to perform this operation
`DataNotFound`	Couldn't find the requested asset

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.

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🔗︎

Value of the SearchResult. See Result

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": {
    "MatchSize": 1,
    "HasMoreResults": true,
    "ResultItems": [
    {
    "DocID": "",
    "FieldValues": [
    {
        "Key": "",
        "Value": [
        {
            "Value": ""
        }
        ]
    }
    ],
    "Score": 0.1,
    "QueryPartScores": [1]
    }
    ],
    "QueryParts": [
        {
        "Field": "name",
        "Condition": "REQUIRED",
        "ConditionSpecified": true,
        "Weight": 1.0,
        "WeightSpecified": true,
        "Items": [
            {
            "Value": "",
            "Label": ""
            }
        ],
        "FieldLabel": "Name"
        }
    ],
    "NewQueryParts": [
        {
            "Field": "name",
            "Condition": "REQUIRED",
            "ConditionSpecified": true,
            "Weight": 1.0,
            "WeightSpecified": true,
            "Items": [
                {
                    "Value": "",
                    "Label": ""
                }
            ],
            "FieldLabel": "Name"
        }
    ],
    "IsOrCombined": false,
    "SearchEngine": "candidates_api",
    "Synonyms": [],
    "QueryContext": {},
    "SearchAfter": [""],
    "EsTimeMsSpecified": false
}
}