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# Get a candidate verdict

> Verdict, score, a rating per skill and a report link. Add `include=answers` to also get what they said.

**Scope:** `results:read`



## OpenAPI

````yaml /blue-collar-api/api-reference/openapi.json get /candidates/{candidate_id}/result
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}/result:
    get:
      tags:
        - Results
      summary: Get a candidate verdict
      description: >-
        Verdict, score, a rating per skill and a report link. Add
        `include=answers` to also get what they said.


        **Scope:** `results:read`
      operationId: getCandidateResult
      parameters:
        - name: candidate_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9-]{8,64}$
          example: a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01
        - name: include
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            const: answers
            type: string
          example: answers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    const: true
                    type: boolean
                  message:
                    type: string
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      candidate:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          candidate_id:
                            type: string
                          external_id:
                            anyOf:
                              - type: string
                              - type: 'null'
                          name:
                            type: string
                      campaign_id:
                        type: string
                      mandate_id:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Record's mandate id: the job mandate the campaign ran
                          under
                      job_id:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: 'null'
                        description: Your job id; null for a mandate created without one
                      status:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - interested
                          - not_interested
                          - no_answer_yet
                          - unreachable
                      progress:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                            enum:
                              - not_yet_started
                              - in_progress
                              - completed
                          - type: 'null'
                      methods:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          data_enrichment:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              status:
                                type: string
                                enum:
                                  - completed
                                  - in_progress
                                  - not_started
                              qualified:
                                anyOf:
                                  - type: boolean
                                  - type: 'null'
                              answers:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  properties:
                                    key:
                                      anyOf:
                                        - type: string
                                        - type: 'null'
                                    question:
                                      type: string
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                    answer:
                                      anyOf:
                                        - type: string
                                        - type: 'null'
                                    answer_native:
                                      anyOf:
                                        - type: string
                                        - type: 'null'
                                description: >-
                                  Only with ?include=answers (scope
                                  results:answers)
                          skill_verification:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              status:
                                type: string
                                enum:
                                  - completed
                                  - in_progress
                                  - not_started
                              verdict:
                                anyOf:
                                  - type: string
                                  - type: 'null'
                              total_score:
                                anyOf:
                                  - type: number
                                  - type: 'null'
                              is_partial:
                                type: boolean
                              answered:
                                anyOf:
                                  - type: number
                                  - type: 'null'
                              total:
                                anyOf:
                                  - type: number
                                  - type: 'null'
                              skills:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  properties:
                                    name:
                                      type: string
                                    rating:
                                      type: string
                          interest_collection:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              status:
                                type: string
                                enum:
                                  - completed
                                  - not_started
                              current_role:
                                anyOf:
                                  - type: string
                                  - type: 'null'
                              open_to_other_roles:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  properties:
                                    role:
                                      type: string
                                    years:
                                      anyOf:
                                        - type: string
                                        - type: 'null'
                              answers:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  properties:
                                    role:
                                      type: string
                                    summary:
                                      anyOf:
                                        - type: string
                                        - type: 'null'
                                    transcripts:
                                      type: array
                                      items:
                                        type: object
                                        properties:
                                          label:
                                            type: string
                                          text:
                                            type: string
                                description: >-
                                  Only with ?include=answers (scope
                                  results:answers)
                      ready_to_hire:
                        type: boolean
                      completed_at:
                        anyOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: 'null'
                      report_url:
                        type: string
              example:
                success: true
                data:
                  candidate:
                    candidate_id: a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01
                    external_id: cand-88231
                    name: Ravi Kumar
                  campaign_id: asmnt_9f2c41d7a8b3e65f
                  mandate_id: JM_261009101612456H3N8W2L5C9V1Z4
                  job_id: job-10452
                  status: interested
                  progress: completed
                  methods:
                    data_enrichment:
                      status: completed
                      qualified: true
                      answers:
                        - key: has_licence
                          question: Do you hold a valid forklift licence?
                          type: yes_no
                          answer: 'yes'
                          answer_native: ஆம்
                    skill_verification:
                      status: completed
                      verdict: Good Fit
                      total_score: 78
                      is_partial: false
                      answered: 3
                      total: 3
                      skills:
                        - name: Forklift Basic Operation
                          rating: Strong
                        - name: Pallet Jack Safety Check
                          rating: Medium
                  ready_to_hire: true
                  completed_at: '2026-10-05T12:41:10.000Z'
                  report_url: https://example.com/r/7Hk2p9
        '403':
          description: >-
            `SCOPE_MISSING`: `include=answers` also needs the `results:answers`
            scope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: '`NOT_FOUND`: No such `candidate_id`.'
          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/result?include=answers"
        - lang: javascript
          label: JavaScript
          source: >-
            const res = await call("GET",
            "/api/v1/partner/candidates/a3f1c9d2-7b44-4e0a-9c1d-5e6f7a8b9c01/result?include=answers");

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

            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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