Retrieve one public Reed UK job by id: title, canonical url, the description as HTML and as plain text, contract type, working hours, salary (figures with period, currency and yearly equivalent, or the label Reed shows when the figures are hidden), location with town, county, region and postcode, recruiter (name, profile and type: agency, direct_employer or reed), sector, and ISO 8601 UTC dates (Reed sends no timezone, values are read as UTC). Expired or unknown jobs answer 404 and are not billed.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
integer
Required
Numeric Reed job id from the job url or the search endpoint. Example: 57401633.
57401633
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"job": {
"id": 57401633,
"title": "Senior Developer",
"description_html": "<p><br></p><strong>Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer (Active SC) </strong><p><strong>\u00a3650-\u00a3675/day Inside IR35 | 6 Months | Predominantly Remote</strong></p>",
"description_text": "Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer (Active SC) \u00a3650-\u00a3675/day Inside IR35 | 6 Months | Predominantly Remote",
"url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-developer/57401633",
"contract_type": "contract",
"is_full_time": true,
"is_part_time": false,
"salary": {
"from": 650,
"to": 675,
"period": "per_day",
"currency": "GBP",
"from_per_annum": 169000,
"to_per_annum": 175500,
"display": "\u00a3 650.00 - \u00a3 675.00 per day"
},
"location": {
"name": "London",
"town": "London",
"county": "London",
"region": "South East England",
"country": "United Kingdom"
},
"recruiter": {
"name": "TXP Technology x People",
"profile_id": 20220,
"profile_url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/concept-it-20220/p20220",
"type": "agency"
},
"sector": {
"id": 307,
"name": "1st Line Support/Helpdesk",
"parent_name": "IT & Telecoms"
},
"posted_at": "2026-09-29T09:47:25Z",
"updated_at": "2026-10-11T10:02:17Z",
"expires_at": "2026-11-10T23:55:00Z"
}
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "job_detail",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A required query parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"job_id": [
"A Reed job id is required, e.g. 57401633."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Resource Not Found
The Reed job does not exist or has expired. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false,
"endpoint_family": "job_detail"
},
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested Reed job was not found or has expired."
},
"success": false
}Invalid Source Response
Reed answered with a page that no longer matches the documented contract. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "job_detail"
},
"error": {
"code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
"message": "Reed returned a page Scrappa could not read. Please retry."
},
"success": false
}Service Unavailable
The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "job_detail"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The Reed API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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