> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.userecord.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a candidate journey

> What Record has done with this candidate so far: invite, reply, reminders, SMS and each voice call, then what is waiting.

**Scope:** `results:read`



## OpenAPI

````yaml /blue-collar-api/api-reference/openapi.json get /candidates/{candidate_id}/journey
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Record Blue Collar API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Run Record candidate verification from your own system. You need two things:
    your **key id** and your **secret**. Everything else is generated. See
    Authentication for how.
servers:
  - url: https://api-bc.userecord.io/api/v1/partner
    description: Blue Collar API
security: []
tags:
  - name: Skills
    description: The skill taxonomy, read live a page at a time
  - name: Skill requests
    description: Ask Record to add a missing skill
  - name: Lookups
    description: >-
      Lookups for filling in a job mandate: places in India, the countries an
      abroad job can be in, and the employment types and shifts the playground
      offers
  - name: Workflows
    description: >-
      Your organisation's blue-collar workflows (read all; change and
      soft-delete only the ones you created)
  - name: Job mandates
    description: >-
      Your organisation's job mandates, addressed by Record's mandate_id (read
      all; change only the ones you created)
  - name: Campaigns
    description: Contact candidates for one of your jobs and verify them. Spends credits
  - name: Results
    description: >-
      What Record collected from each candidate: status (pending, completed,
      declined, failed) and an output of answers and verdicts
  - name: Events
    description: >-
      Pull your result events and acknowledge them: the safety net behind the
      webhook, and a way to receive results without exposing a URL
  - name: Webhooks
    description: >-
      Endpoints that Record POSTs result events to: signed, retried until you
      acknowledge, replayable
  - name: Analytics
    description: >-
      The workflow Overview analytics of the Record playground: funnel,
      channels, follow-ups, calls, drop-offs, languages (read-only, scope
      analytics:read)
paths:
  /candidates/{candidate_id}/journey:
    get:
      tags:
        - Results
      summary: Get a candidate journey
      description: >-
        What Record has done with this candidate so far: invite, reply,
        reminders, SMS and each voice call, then what is waiting.


        **Scope:** `results:read`
      operationId: getCandidateJourney
      parameters:
        - name: candidate_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{4,64}$
          example: a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The candidate's journey
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    const: true
                    type: boolean
                  message:
                    type: string
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      candidate_id:
                        type: string
                      campaign_id:
                        type: string
                      status:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - pending
                          - completed
                          - declined
                          - failed
                        description: >-
                          The candidate's status now: the same value the result
                          record carries
                      reason:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                            enum:
                              - undeliverable
                              - no_response
                          - type: 'null'
                        description: Why the status is failed; null otherwise
                      steps:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            key:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                                - queued
                                - whatsapp_sent
                                - whatsapp_delivered
                                - whatsapp_failed
                                - tapped_yes
                                - tapped_no
                                - link_opened
                                - reminder_sent
                                - no_reply
                                - link_not_opened
                                - sms_sent
                                - sms_failed
                                - call
                                - call_queued
                                - call_next
                                - completed
                              description: Stable. Every voice call is `call`
                            label:
                              type: string
                              description: Display text; do not match on it
                            state:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                                - done
                                - failed
                                - pending
                                - scheduled
                              description: >-
                                done, failed, pending (waiting on the candidate
                                or on us) or scheduled (planned)
                            at:
                              anyOf:
                                - type: string
                                - type: 'null'
                              description: >-
                                When it happened, or when it is due; null when
                                Record has no time for it
                            detail:
                              anyOf:
                                - type: string
                                - type: 'null'
                        description: >-
                          In the order they happen: what was done first, then
                          what is waiting
                      last_activity_at:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: 'null'
                        description: >-
                          The last thing the candidate themselves did (replied,
                          answered, finished)
                      responded_at:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: 'null'
                        description: When they first said yes on WhatsApp
                      next_step:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                            enum:
                              - voice_call
                              - reminder
                          - type: 'null'
                        description: What Record does next; null when nothing is due
                      link_opened:
                        type: boolean
              example:
                success: true
                data:
                  candidate_id: a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01
                  campaign_id: asmnt_9f2c41d7a8b3e65f
                  status: pending
                  reason: null
                  steps:
                    - key: whatsapp_sent
                      label: WhatsApp message sent
                      state: done
                      at: '2026-10-05T09:30:00.000Z'
                      detail: null
                    - key: whatsapp_delivered
                      label: Delivered
                      state: done
                      at: '2026-10-05T09:30:00.000Z'
                      detail: null
                    - key: tapped_yes
                      label: Tapped Yes
                      state: done
                      at: '2026-10-05T09:41:00.000Z'
                      detail: link sent in the next message
                    - key: link_not_opened
                      label: Link not opened yet
                      state: pending
                      at: '2026-10-05T13:30:00.000Z'
                      detail: Reminder 1 goes out
                    - key: call
                      label: Call not answered
                      state: failed
                      at: '2026-10-05T10:00:00.000Z'
                      detail: Attempt 1 of 3
                    - key: call_queued
                      label: Voice call queued
                      state: pending
                      at: '2026-10-05T14:00:00.000Z'
                      detail: Attempt 2 of 3
                    - key: call_next
                      label: Next call, if no answer
                      state: scheduled
                      at: '2026-10-05T18:00:00.000Z'
                      detail: null
                  last_activity_at: '2026-10-05T09:41:00.000Z'
                  responded_at: '2026-10-05T09:41:00.000Z'
                  next_step: voice_call
                  link_opened: false
        '404':
          description: '`NOT_FOUND`: No such `candidate_id` for this key.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - ApiKey: []
          SecretKey: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: >-
            pcall GET
            "/api/v1/partner/candidates/a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01/journey"
        - lang: javascript
          label: JavaScript
          source: >-
            const res = await call("GET",
            "/api/v1/partner/candidates/a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01/journey");

            const { data } = await res.json();
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: >-
            res = call("GET",
            "/api/v1/partner/candidates/a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01/journey")

            data = res.json()["data"]
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          const: false
          type: boolean
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - VALIDATION_FAILED
                - LIMIT_EXCEEDED
                - UNAUTHORIZED
                - SCOPE_MISSING
                - FORBIDDEN
                - HTTPS_REQUIRED
                - NOT_FOUND
                - CONFLICT
                - WORKFLOW_IN_USE
                - INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS
                - IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REQUIRED
                - IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REUSED
                - IDEMPOTENCY_IN_PROGRESS
                - PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
                - UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
                - RATE_LIMITED
                - COOLDOWN
                - DAILY_CAP
                - SERVICE_DISABLED
                - SERVER_ERROR
            message:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  path:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
              description: Quote it to Record support
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: Your key id, `VFN_TEST_…` or `VFN_LIVE_…`. Sent on every request.
    SecretKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-secret-key
      description: >-
        Your secret, `VFN_SK_…`. **Not a real header, and never sent to the
        API.** It is only a form field for Try it, which uses it to sign your
        request in your browser. In your own code you sign each request with the
        secret and send `x-api-key`, `x-timestamp` and `x-signature` (see
        Authentication).

````

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