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Get Professions Taxonomy

GET /v10/professions/taxonomy?format={json|csv}&language={en|es|fr|...}

Get all professions in the taxonomy with associated IDs and descriptions in all supported languages.

Notes

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.

Query Parameters

ParameterData TypeDescription
formatstringThe datatype to return the taxonomy in. Can be either json or csv.
languagestringThe language parameter returns the taxonomy with descriptions only in that specified language. If not specified, descriptions in all languages are returned. Must be specified as one of the supported ISO codes.

Response Body

Infoobject
Information explaining the outcome of the transaction.
Info.Codestring
A response code elaborating on the HTTP status code.
The following is a list of codes that can be returned by the service:

Success – Successful transaction

MissingParameter - A required parameter wasn't provided

InvalidParameter - A parameter was incorrectly specified

AuthenticationError - An error occurred with the credentials provided
Info.Messagestring
This message further describes the code providing additional detail.
Info.TransactionIdstring
The (GUID) id for a specific API transaction. Use this when contacting support@sovren.com about issues.
Info.EngineVersionstring
The version of the parsing/matching engine running under-the-hood.
Info.ApiVersionstring
The version of the API.
Info.TotalElapsedMillisecondsinteger
How long the transaction took on Sovren's server, in milliseconds. If the transaction takes longer to complete on the client side, that extra duration is solely network latency.
Info.TransactionCostdecimal
How many credits the transaction costs.How many credits the transaction costs.
Info.CustomerDetailsobject
Information about the customer who made the API call.
Value.CustomerDetails.AccountIdstring
The AccountId for the account.
Value.CustomerDetails.Namestring
The customer name on the account.
Value.CustomerDetails.IPAddressstring
The client IP Address where the API call originated.
Value.CustomerDetails.Regionstring
The region for the account, also known as the 'Data Center'.
Value.CustomerDetails.CreditsRemainingdecimal
The number of credits remaining to be used by the account.
Value.CustomerDetails.CreditsUseddecimal
The number of credits used by the account.
Value.CustomerDetails.MaximumConcurrentRequestsinteger
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.
Value.CustomerDetails.ExpirationDatedate
The date that the current credits expire.
Valueobject
Contains response data for the transaction.
Value.Professionsobject[]
A list of returned professions.
Value.Professions.CodeIdint
The unique code ID of the profession in the Professions Taxonomy.
Value.Professions.Descriptionsobject[]
The description(s) of the profession in the desired language(s).
Value.Professions.Descriptions.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.Descriptions.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.Classobject
The class which this profession belongs to.
Value.Professions.Class.CodeIdint
The code ID of the parent class in the Professions Taxonomy.
Value.Professions.Class.Descriptionsobject[]
The description(s) of the class in the desired language(s).
Value.Professions.Class.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.Class.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.Groupobject
The group which this profession belongs to.
Value.Professions.Group.CodeIdint
The code ID of the parent group in the Professions Taxonomy.
Value.Professions.Group.Descriptionsobject[]
The description(s) of the group in the desired language(s).
Value.Professions.Group.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.Group.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.Iscoobject
The ISCO-2008 details of this profession.
Value.Professions.Isco.CodeIdstring
The ISCO code/ID.
Value.Professions.Isco.Descriptionsobject[]
The ISCO description(s).
Value.Professions.Isco.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.Isco.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.Onet2019object
The O*NET 2019 details of this profession.
Value.Professions.Onet2019.CodeIdstring
The O*NET code/ID.
Value.Professions.Onet2019.Descriptionsobject[]
The O*NET description(s).
Value.Professions.Onet2019.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.Onet2019.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.Onetobject
The O*NET 2010 (deprecated) details of this profession.
Value.Professions.Onet.CodeIdstring
The O*NET code/ID.
Value.Professions.Onet.Descriptionsobject[]
The O*NET description(s).
Value.Professions.Onet.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.Onet.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.Kldb2020object
The KLDB-2020 details of this profession.
Value.Professions.Kldb2020.CodeIdstring
The KLDB code/ID.
Value.Professions.Kldb2020.Descriptionsobject[]
The KLDB description(s).
Value.Professions.Kldb2020.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.Kldb2020.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.UkSoc2010object
The UK-SOC-2010 details of this profession.
Value.Professions.UkSoc2010.CodeIdstring
The UK-SOC-2010 code/ID.
Value.Professions.UkSoc2010.Descriptionsobject[]
The UK-SOC-2010 description(s).
Value.Professions.UkSoc2010.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.UkSoc2010.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.
Value.Professions.UwvBocobject
The UWV-BOC details of this profession.
Value.Professions.UwvBoc.CodeIdstring
The UWV-BOC code/ID.
Value.Professions.UwvBoc.Descriptionsobject[]
The UWV-BOC description(s) (Dutch only).
Value.Professions.UwvBoc.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Professions.UwvBoc.Descriptionstring
The description in the particular language.

Sample Response

{ ... 
{ ... 
"Code" :  "string","Message" :  "string","TransactionId" :  "string","EngineVersion" :  "string","ApiVersion" :  "string","TotalElapsedMilliseconds" :  0,"TransactionCost" :  0,{ ... 
"AccountId" :  "string","Name" :  "string","IPAddress" :  "string","Region" :  "string","CreditsRemaining" :  0,"CreditsUsed" :  0,"ExpirationDate" :  "2021-12-31","MaximumConcurrentRequests" :  0
}
},
{ ... 
[ ... 
{
"CodeId" :  0,[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
],
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  0,[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
},
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  0,[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
},
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  "string",[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
},
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  "string",[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
},
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  "string",[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
},
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  "string",[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
},
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  "string",[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
},
{ ... 
"CodeId" :  "string",[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
}
}
]
}
}