Zoho Recruit API

Zoho Recruit - Applicant Tracking System provides API (Application Programming Interface) to all its partners, customers and developers. Now you can integrate Zoho Recruit modules with any Zoho services, third party applications, portals or websites, and customize as per your needs. With Zoho Recruit API you can extract Zoho Recruit data in XML or JSON format. Our API is available in all editions.

You can use Zoho Recruit API to integrate the following types of Application:

  • Zoho Services
  • Third-party applications

Zoho Recruit supports the following API methods:

Note: Zoho Recruit API's support https protocol only.

Generate Auth Token

To generate the Auth Token, you need to send an authentication request to Zoho Accounts using the URL format below.

URL Format

API Mode

https://accounts.zoho.com/apiauthtoken/nb/create?SCOPE=zohopeople/recruitapi&EMAIL_ID=Zoho Username or Email&PASSWORD=Zoho Password

Browser Mode

https://accounts.zoho.com/apiauthtoken/create?SCOPE=zohopeople/recruitapi

Parameters to be passed along with this URL are:

Parameter Description
EMAIL_ID Specify your Zoho Recruit Username or Email ID
SCOPE Specify the value as zohopeople/recruitapi
PASSWORD Specify your Zoho Recruit Password

Notes

  • If you are a Google Apps User, you can log into your Recruit account and then use the browser mode format to generate the Authentication Token.

Sample Response

#
#Wed Feb 29 03:07:33 PST 2012
AUTHTOKEN=bad18eba1ff45jk7858b8ae88a77fa30
RESULT=TRUE

Note:

The Auth Token can be used in all your API calls. 

You need to be logged into your Zoho Recruit account to use the Browser Mode. 

Example

Here's an example to fetch records:

https://recruit.zoho.com/ats/private/xml/JobOpenings/getRecords?authtoken=bad18eba1ff45jk7858b8ae88a77fa30&scope=recruitapi

 

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