API Data
This data dictionary shows all available data points, explains their values, and provides samples of job posting data you can get via Jobs API.
All tables have snippets of the Professional Network Job Postings dataset.
All company information mentioned in this data dictionary is fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.
A null value means that the information was not listed in the posting.
Data point | Description | Data type |
id | Identification key for a job posting record | number (integer) |
created | The time and date when we first scraped the record | string |
last_updated | The time and date when we last scraped the record | string |
time_posted | The time when the record was posted | string |
title | Job title | string |
description | Job description Note: contains control characters. | string |
seniority | Job seniority level | string |
employment_type | Full-time or part-time work | string |
location | Job location | string |
url | Job posting URL | string |
hash | Job posting URL, processed by the MD5 algorithm | string |
company_id | Company identification key relating to the company table | number (integer) |
company_name | Company name | string |
company_url | Company profile URL | string |
external_url | External URL provided by the company referring to the job posting | string |
deleted | One of two values - 1 or 0 1 - the last time we scraped the job posting, 'Page not found' was returned; 0 - the last time we scraped the job posting, it was successfully scraped; Note: we revisit and rescrape job postings with deleted = 0 flags, as they are still active. | boolean |
application_active | One of two values - 1 or 0. 0 - the last time we scraped the job posting, the job posting was no longer available 1 - as of the last time the job posting was scraped, the information was still valid | boolean |
salary | Salary offered for the job position | string |
applicants_count | The number of applicants | string |
professional_network_job_id | In-house job ID (static) on the Professional network | number (integer |
country | Job location (country) | string |
redirected_url | URL where we are redirected while trying to access the job posting | string |
The main job table data sample:
Data point | Description | Data type | Example values |
job_industries_collection | Consists of record metadata and job_industry_list objects | array of objects | |
job_industry_list | Record metadata and information on the job industry | object | |
industry | Job industry title | string | Oil & Energy |
Industry table data sample: