Autocomplete Skills🔗︎

HTTP Verb	Path
POST	/v10/skills/autocomplete

Returns normalized skills that begin with a given prefix, based on the chosen language(s). Each skill is associated with multiple descriptions. If any of the descriptions are a good completion of the given prefix, the skill is included in the results.

Info

You can try this endpoint out at our Swagger page ( US Data Center | EU Data Center | AU Data Center )
To minimize the number of requests, it is recommended to set a delay between each keystroke before sending a new request.

Scope of use🔗︎

The purpose of this endpoint is to provide real-time autocompletions for user input based on our Taxonomy. It is not permitted to cache, store, or utilize responses from this endpoint for the purpose of limiting request volume, or to create replicas or derivatives of the Service and the Taxonomy.

Request Body🔗︎

Prefix 🔗︎ string required

Prefix🔗︎

The skill prefix to be completed. Must contain at least 1 character.

Languages 🔗︎ string[]

Languages🔗︎

The language(s) used to search for matching skills (the language of the provided Prefix). A maximum of 5 languages can be provided. Must be one of the supported ISO codes.

Types 🔗︎ string[]

Types🔗︎

If specified, only these types of skills will be returned. The following values are acceptable: Professional, IT, Language, Soft, All.

Limit 🔗︎ int

Limit🔗︎

The maximum number of returned skills. The default is 10 and the maximum is 100.

OutputLanguage 🔗︎ string

OutputLanguage🔗︎

The language to ouput the found skill descriptions in (default is en). Must be one of the supported ISO codes.

Sample JSON

{
  "Prefix": "",
  "Limit": 10,
  "Types": [
    ""
  ],
  "Languages": [
    ""
  ],
  "OutputLanguage": ""
}

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

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

Skills 🔗︎ object[]

Skills🔗︎

A list of skills based on the given Prefix.

Skills properties

Id 🔗︎ string

Id🔗︎

The ID of the skill in the skills taxonomy.

Type 🔗︎ string

Type🔗︎

Type of skill. Possible values are Professional, IT, Language, or Soft.

Description 🔗︎ string

Description🔗︎

The description of the skill in the requested language.

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": {
    "Skills": [
      {
        "Id": "string",
        "Type": "string",
        "Description": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
}