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Send candidate events that take place on your site to Indeed.
By using this API and its documentation and building an integration, you agree to the Additional API Terms and Guidelines.
Conversion Tracking API overview
Candidate events include:
- A candidate selects Indeed.com to apply for your job and lands on your site's job application page.
- A candidate applies for a job on your site.
Indeed uses this data in reports to accurately convey the value that Indeed provides. This data also optimizes sponsored job campaigns, which increases return on investment for advertisers.
Authentication
To request credentials to call this API, use the client credentials grant type (2-legged OAuth).
Indeed rate limits
To ensure system stability against unauthorized or unexpected use, Indeed rate-limits this API.
The current per-IP limit is 1000 requests every five minutes.
Initial testing
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Set the
testFirebody parameter totruein theEventobject when you set up the API integration. -
Review the daily apply signal counts that an Indeed representative shares by Indeed tracking token (
ittk) after Indeed receives a few days of data. -
Set the
testFirebody parameter tofalseor remove it if the data matches your records.The data starts to appear in the Indeed Analytics Dashboard, and you can start using apply-based bidding algorithms such as
targetCPA.
Subsequent testing
To use your test environment to test your integration on an ongoing basis:
- Call the API and set the
testFirebody parameter totruein theEventobject.