Remote Jobs Categories API Documentation List the categories and tags of the five job boards. Use a key as the category filter of the search endpoint. Costs 1 credit per successful request, whatever the source. Failed requests are not billed.
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{
"data": {
"categories": [
{
"key": "dev",
"label": "Software Engineering",
"source_board": "jobicy"
},
{
"key": "design",
"label": "Design",
"source_board": "weworkremotely"
}
],
"category_count": 2
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "categories"
},
"success": true
}Errors
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Validation Error
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{
"errors": {
"job_type": [
"The job type is one of full_time, part_time, contract, freelance, internship, temporary."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Service Unavailable
No job board could be reached. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "search"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The job boards are temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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