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Reed Job Search API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london

Search public Reed UK job listings by keyword and location. Filter by distance, salary range, contract type, working hours, working option and posting age. Each job has the id, title, url, a short description snippet, contract type, working hours, working option, salary (figures with period and currency, or the label Reed shows when the figures are hidden), location, recruiter (name, profile and type), and ISO 8601 UTC dates (Reed sends no timezone, values are read as UTC). Pages hold 25 jobs: pagination has the total results, total pages and has_more. A page past the last one and a search without matches are successful empty responses.

Reed Job Search API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "jobs": [
            {
                "id": 57337433,
                "title": "Lead Software Engineer",
                "description_snippet": "Lead Software Engineer Location: London, E14 5RE / Canary Wharf \u2013 Hybrid Job Type: Full-Time Skills: Lead Software Engineer, Laravel, React, Python...",
                "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/lead-software-engineer/57337433",
                "contract_type": "permanent",
                "is_full_time": true,
                "is_part_time": false,
                "working_option": "hybrid",
                "salary": {
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

This endpoint has no required query parameters.

10 optional filters available.

keywords string Optional

Job title or skill, e.g. software engineer. Provide keywords or location.

Example value software engineer
location string Optional

UK town, city or postcode, e.g. london. Provide keywords or location.

Example value london
proximity integer Optional

Distance from the location in miles: 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 or 50. Needs location.

Example value 10
salary_from integer Optional

Minimum salary in GBP per year, e.g. 50000.

Example value 10
salary_to integer Optional

Maximum salary in GBP per year, e.g. 80000. At least salary_from.

Example value 10
job_type string Optional

Comma list of permanent, contract and temp, e.g. permanent,contract.

Example value example
hours string Optional

Comma list of full_time and part_time.

Example value example
working_option string Optional

One of on_site, hybrid or remote.

Example value example
posted_within string Optional

One of today, 3_days, week or 2_weeks.

Example value example
page integer Optional

1-based page number, 1 to 1000. Defaults to 1. Each page holds 25 jobs.

Example value 1

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/reed/jobs/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london",
    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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london');

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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london', 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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london',
    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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london")
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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london", 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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london', 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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london")
        .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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london", 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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london"
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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london"));
            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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london',
            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/search?keywords=software+engineer&location=london")
        .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": {
        "jobs": [
            {
                "id": 57337433,
                "title": "Lead Software Engineer",
                "description_snippet": "Lead Software Engineer Location: London, E14 5RE / Canary Wharf \u2013 Hybrid Job Type: Full-Time Skills: Lead Software Engineer, Laravel, React, Python...",
                "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/lead-software-engineer/57337433",
                "contract_type": "permanent",
                "is_full_time": true,
                "is_part_time": false,
                "working_option": "hybrid",
                "salary": {
                    "display": "Salary negotiable"
                },
                "location": {
                    "name": "East London",
                    "county": "London"
                },
                "recruiter": {
                    "name": "BroadbandUK",
                    "profile_id": 108627,
                    "profile_url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/broadband-uk-108627/p108627",
                    "type": "direct_employer"
                },
                "posted_at": "2026-09-11T15:04:01Z",
                "updated_at": "2026-09-23T15:17:17Z",
                "expires_at": "2026-10-23T23:59:59Z",
                "is_easy_apply": true
            },
            {
                "id": 57328622,
                "title": "Python Software Engineer",
                "description_snippet": "Python / Applied AI Engineer \u2013 Contract Duration: 3 months  Location: Remote IR35: Inside IR35 VIQU are in need of a Python engineer to support a c...",
                "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/python-software-engineer/57328622",
                "contract_type": "contract",
                "is_full_time": true,
                "is_part_time": false,
                "working_option": "remote",
                "salary": {
                    "from": 400,
                    "to": 500,
                    "period": "per_day",
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
                "location": {
                    "name": "London",
                    "county": "London"
                },
                "recruiter": {
                    "name": "VIQU IT Recruitment",
                    "profile_id": 86416,
                    "profile_url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/viqu-limited-86416/p86416",
                    "type": "agency"
                },
                "posted_at": "2026-09-09T15:20:40Z",
                "updated_at": "2026-09-21T15:32:17Z",
                "expires_at": "2026-10-21T23:55:00Z",
                "is_easy_apply": true
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
            "page": 1,
            "per_page": 25,
            "total_results": 1112,
            "total_pages": 45,
            "has_more": true
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "job_search",
        "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": {
        "keywords": [
            "Provide keywords or a location, e.g. keywords=software engineer."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}
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_search"
    },
    "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_search"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "The Reed API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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