Update an assessment
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"title": "Q2 Skills Review (final)",
"description": "Updated brief.",
"allPeople": false,
"peopleTypeIds": [
"<string>"
],
"employeeDeadlineAt": "2026-03-31",
"managerDeadlineAt": "2026-04-15"
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}"
payload = {
"title": "Q2 Skills Review (final)",
"description": "Updated brief.",
"allPeople": False,
"peopleTypeIds": ["<string>"],
"employeeDeadlineAt": "2026-03-31",
"managerDeadlineAt": "2026-04-15"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
title: 'Q2 Skills Review (final)',
description: 'Updated brief.',
allPeople: false,
peopleTypeIds: ['<string>'],
employeeDeadlineAt: '2026-03-31',
managerDeadlineAt: '2026-04-15'
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'title' => 'Q2 Skills Review (final)',
'description' => 'Updated brief.',
'allPeople' => false,
'peopleTypeIds' => [
'<string>'
],
'employeeDeadlineAt' => '2026-03-31',
'managerDeadlineAt' => '2026-04-15'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"title\": \"Q2 Skills Review (final)\",\n \"description\": \"Updated brief.\",\n \"allPeople\": false,\n \"peopleTypeIds\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"employeeDeadlineAt\": \"2026-03-31\",\n \"managerDeadlineAt\": \"2026-04-15\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"title\": \"Q2 Skills Review (final)\",\n \"description\": \"Updated brief.\",\n \"allPeople\": false,\n \"peopleTypeIds\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"employeeDeadlineAt\": \"2026-03-31\",\n \"managerDeadlineAt\": \"2026-04-15\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"title\": \"Q2 Skills Review (final)\",\n \"description\": \"Updated brief.\",\n \"allPeople\": false,\n \"peopleTypeIds\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"employeeDeadlineAt\": \"2026-03-31\",\n \"managerDeadlineAt\": \"2026-04-15\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "42",
"title": "Q2 Skills Review",
"description": "Annual proficiency check-in.",
"status": "draft",
"tracks": {
"employee": {
"status": "active",
"startedAt": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"endedAt": null,
"deadlineAt": "2026-03-31T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"manager": {
"status": "active",
"startedAt": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"endedAt": null,
"deadlineAt": "2026-03-31T00:00:00.000Z"
}
},
"startedAt": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"endedAt": null,
"deadlineAt": null,
"managerGradesVisibleAt": "immediately",
"allPeople": true,
"counts": {
"assigned": 120,
"completed": 40,
"employeesAssigned": 118,
"employeesCompleted": 60,
"managersAssigned": 14,
"managersCompleted": 5
},
"createdAt": "2026-02-20T09:00:00.000Z",
"updatedAt": null,
"scope": {
"allPeople": false,
"businessUnitIds": [
"3"
],
"divisionIds": [],
"countryIds": [],
"businessRegionIds": [],
"cityIds": [],
"siteIds": [],
"departmentIds": [
"12",
"15"
],
"teamIds": [],
"shiftIds": [],
"peopleTypeIds": []
}
}
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}Assessment Results
Update an assessment
Title, description, visibility and population while both tracks are still draft; a track’s deadline while that track is draft. Anything else is a 409.
Requires scope: assessments:write.
PATCH
/
api
/
v1
/
assessments
/
{id}
Update an assessment
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"title": "Q2 Skills Review (final)",
"description": "Updated brief.",
"allPeople": false,
"peopleTypeIds": [
"<string>"
],
"employeeDeadlineAt": "2026-03-31",
"managerDeadlineAt": "2026-04-15"
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}"
payload = {
"title": "Q2 Skills Review (final)",
"description": "Updated brief.",
"allPeople": False,
"peopleTypeIds": ["<string>"],
"employeeDeadlineAt": "2026-03-31",
"managerDeadlineAt": "2026-04-15"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
title: 'Q2 Skills Review (final)',
description: 'Updated brief.',
allPeople: false,
peopleTypeIds: ['<string>'],
employeeDeadlineAt: '2026-03-31',
managerDeadlineAt: '2026-04-15'
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'title' => 'Q2 Skills Review (final)',
'description' => 'Updated brief.',
'allPeople' => false,
'peopleTypeIds' => [
'<string>'
],
'employeeDeadlineAt' => '2026-03-31',
'managerDeadlineAt' => '2026-04-15'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"title\": \"Q2 Skills Review (final)\",\n \"description\": \"Updated brief.\",\n \"allPeople\": false,\n \"peopleTypeIds\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"employeeDeadlineAt\": \"2026-03-31\",\n \"managerDeadlineAt\": \"2026-04-15\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"title\": \"Q2 Skills Review (final)\",\n \"description\": \"Updated brief.\",\n \"allPeople\": false,\n \"peopleTypeIds\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"employeeDeadlineAt\": \"2026-03-31\",\n \"managerDeadlineAt\": \"2026-04-15\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/assessments/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"title\": \"Q2 Skills Review (final)\",\n \"description\": \"Updated brief.\",\n \"allPeople\": false,\n \"peopleTypeIds\": [\n \"<string>\"\n ],\n \"employeeDeadlineAt\": \"2026-03-31\",\n \"managerDeadlineAt\": \"2026-04-15\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "42",
"title": "Q2 Skills Review",
"description": "Annual proficiency check-in.",
"status": "draft",
"tracks": {
"employee": {
"status": "active",
"startedAt": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"endedAt": null,
"deadlineAt": "2026-03-31T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"manager": {
"status": "active",
"startedAt": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"endedAt": null,
"deadlineAt": "2026-03-31T00:00:00.000Z"
}
},
"startedAt": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"endedAt": null,
"deadlineAt": null,
"managerGradesVisibleAt": "immediately",
"allPeople": true,
"counts": {
"assigned": 120,
"completed": 40,
"employeesAssigned": 118,
"employeesCompleted": 60,
"managersAssigned": 14,
"managersCompleted": 5
},
"createdAt": "2026-02-20T09:00:00.000Z",
"updatedAt": null,
"scope": {
"allPeople": false,
"businessUnitIds": [
"3"
],
"divisionIds": [],
"countryIds": [],
"businessRegionIds": [],
"cityIds": [],
"siteIds": [],
"departmentIds": [
"12",
"15"
],
"teamIds": [],
"shiftIds": [],
"peopleTypeIds": []
}
}
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}Authorizations
An API key issued by a company administrator — an environment prefix (production: sdb_live_) followed by 32 characters. The prefix identifies the environment and MUST NOT be hard-coded or validated by clients; treat the whole key as opaque. Shown exactly once at creation; only a one-way hash is stored.
Scopes (granted per key on the create screen; :write never implies :read):
skills:readskills:writepeople:readpeople:writecareers:readcareers:writetraining:readtraining:writeflags:readflags:writeorg:readorg:writeassessments:readlearning:readlearning:writecertifications:readcertifications:writeassessments:writeproficiency:readproficiency:writesurveys:readsurveys:writelabels:readlabels:write
Headers
Any unique string (at most 200 characters). Retrying with the same key and identical content replays the stored response for 24h instead of executing twice.
Maximum string length:
200Path Parameters
Assessment id.
Example:
"42"
Body
application/json
Maximum string length:
500Example:
"Q2 Skills Review (final)"
Maximum string length:
4000Example:
"Updated brief."
Available options:
immediately, after_employee_assessment, after_manager_assessment, after_assessment_ended Example:
false
Example:
"2026-03-31"
Example:
"2026-04-15"
Response
The resource, enveloped.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes