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Reed Job Detail API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633

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.

Reed Job Detail API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
job_id = 57401633
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "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,
...

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.

job_id integer Required

Numeric Reed job id from the job url or the search endpoint. Example: 57401633.

Example value 57401633

Request Examples

PHP
<?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
<?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();
}
JavaScript
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));
JavaScript
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);
}
Ruby
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
Python
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()
Python
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}")
Java
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());
        }
    }
}
Go
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))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/details?job_id=57401633"
C#
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}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
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();
RUST
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
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "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.

422

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"
}
404

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
}
503

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
}
503

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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