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POST
/
api
/
v1
/
candidates
/
{id}
/
notes
Create candidate note
curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.outhire.ai/api/v1/candidates/{id}/notes \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "note": "Referred by internal team."
}
'
import requests

url = "https://app.outhire.ai/api/v1/candidates/{id}/notes"

payload = { "note": "Referred by internal team." }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({note: 'Referred by internal team.'})
};

fetch('https://app.outhire.ai/api/v1/candidates/{id}/notes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.outhire.ai/api/v1/candidates/{id}/notes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'note' => 'Referred by internal team.'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://app.outhire.ai/api/v1/candidates/{id}/notes"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"note\": \"Referred by internal team.\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.outhire.ai/api/v1/candidates/{id}/notes")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"note\": \"Referred by internal team.\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.outhire.ai/api/v1/candidates/{id}/notes")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"note\": \"Referred by internal team.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "id": 162,
    "candidate_id": 419,
    "type": "note_added",
    "note": "Referred by internal team.",
    "note_preview": "Referred by internal team.",
    "performer_id": null,
    "added_by": "api",
    "created_at": "2026-03-11T10:21:54.553198Z"
  }
}
{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed.",
"details": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email"
}
]
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "unauthorized",
"message": "Missing or invalid API key."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed.",
"details": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email"
}
]
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Request validation failed.",
"details": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email"
}
]
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

id
integer
required

Numeric candidate id.

Body

application/json

Request body for appending a candidate note.

note
string
required

Full note body after trimming.

Required string length: 1 - 2000
Example:

"Referred by internal team."

Response

Candidate note created

Wrapper for a single candidate note resource.

data
object
required

Candidate note backed by a candidate_activities row.

Example:
{
"id": 162,
"candidate_id": 419,
"type": "note_added",
"note": "Referred by internal team.",
"note_preview": "Referred by internal team.",
"performer_id": null,
"added_by": "api",
"created_at": "2026-03-11T10:21:54.553198Z"
}