Lookup Skills🔗︎

HTTP Verb	Path
POST	/v10/skills/lookup
POST	/v10/skills/v2/lookup	Includes Certifications

Get the details associated with given skills in the taxonomy.

Info

This is an add-on feature. Reach out to sales@textkernel.com for more information.

Scope of use🔗︎

The purpose of this endpoint is to look up information in our Taxonomy. You must cache or store the response to limit the number of requests. When discontinuing use of our Services, you are required to delete all copies of the Taxonomy.

Request Body🔗︎

SkillIds 🔗︎ string[] required

SkillIds🔗︎

The IDs of the skills to get details about. A maximum of 100 IDs can be requested.

OutputLanguage 🔗︎ string

OutputLanguage🔗︎

The language to use for the output skill descriptions. If not provided, defaults to en. If specified, must be one of the supported ISO codes.

Sample JSON

{
  "SkillIds": [
    ""
  ],
  "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

Id 🔗︎ string

Id🔗︎

The ID of the skill in the skills taxonomy.

Description 🔗︎ string

Description🔗︎

The skill description in the requested language.

Type 🔗︎ string

Type🔗︎

Type of skill. Possible values are Certification, Professional, IT, Language, or Soft. Certifications only returned when using v2.

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",
        "Description": "string",
        "Type": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
}