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API Technical Specs

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Get Skills Taxonomy

GET /v10/skills/taxonomy?format={json|csv}

Get all skills 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.

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.Skillsobject[]
An array of skills objects.
Value.Skills.Idstring
The ID for the skill in the taxonomy.
Value.Skills.Typestring
Type of skill. Possible values are Professional, IT, Language, or Soft.
Value.Skills.IsoCodestring
The language ISO 639-1 code. This will only appear for language skills (Type = Language).
Value.Skills.Descriptionsobject[]
A list of descriptions of the skill in all supported/requested languages.
Value.Skills.Descriptions.IsoCodestring
The ISO code for the language of the description.
Value.Skills.Descriptions.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
}
},
{ ... 
[ ... 
{
"Id" :  "string","Type" :  "string","IsoCode" :  "string",[ ... 
{
"IsoCode" :  "string","Description" :  "string"
}
]
}
]
}
}