Update a skill on a career
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"benchmarkId": "7",
"requirement": {
"isRequired": true,
"scope": "going_forward"
},
"trainingRequiresNote": false,
"trainingRequiresAttachment": true,
"trainingExpiryDays": 0,
"trainingExpiryMonths": 6,
"trainingExpiryYears": 0
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}"
payload = {
"benchmarkId": "7",
"requirement": {
"isRequired": True,
"scope": "going_forward"
},
"trainingRequiresNote": False,
"trainingRequiresAttachment": True,
"trainingExpiryDays": 0,
"trainingExpiryMonths": 6,
"trainingExpiryYears": 0
}
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({
benchmarkId: '7',
requirement: {isRequired: true, scope: 'going_forward'},
trainingRequiresNote: false,
trainingRequiresAttachment: true,
trainingExpiryDays: 0,
trainingExpiryMonths: 6,
trainingExpiryYears: 0
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}', 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/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}",
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([
'benchmarkId' => '7',
'requirement' => [
'isRequired' => true,
'scope' => 'going_forward'
],
'trainingRequiresNote' => false,
'trainingRequiresAttachment' => true,
'trainingExpiryDays' => 0,
'trainingExpiryMonths' => 6,
'trainingExpiryYears' => 0
]),
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/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"benchmarkId\": \"7\",\n \"requirement\": {\n \"isRequired\": true,\n \"scope\": \"going_forward\"\n },\n \"trainingRequiresNote\": false,\n \"trainingRequiresAttachment\": true,\n \"trainingExpiryDays\": 0,\n \"trainingExpiryMonths\": 6,\n \"trainingExpiryYears\": 0\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/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"benchmarkId\": \"7\",\n \"requirement\": {\n \"isRequired\": true,\n \"scope\": \"going_forward\"\n },\n \"trainingRequiresNote\": false,\n \"trainingRequiresAttachment\": true,\n \"trainingExpiryDays\": 0,\n \"trainingExpiryMonths\": 6,\n \"trainingExpiryYears\": 0\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}")
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 \"benchmarkId\": \"7\",\n \"requirement\": {\n \"isRequired\": true,\n \"scope\": \"going_forward\"\n },\n \"trainingRequiresNote\": false,\n \"trainingRequiresAttachment\": true,\n \"trainingExpiryDays\": 0,\n \"trainingExpiryMonths\": 6,\n \"trainingExpiryYears\": 0\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "205",
"skill": {
"id": "42",
"name": "Welding"
},
"skillDescription": "MIG and TIG welding.",
"sectionId": "77",
"skillGroupIds": [
"9"
],
"position": 2,
"benchmark": {
"id": "7",
"grade": 3,
"label": "Proficient"
},
"requirement": {
"isRequired": true,
"scope": "all",
"effectiveFrom": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"setBy": {
"id": "42",
"name": "Welding"
}
},
"trainingEvidence": {
"requiresNote": false,
"requiresAttachment": true
},
"trainingExpiry": {
"days": 0,
"months": 6,
"years": 0
},
"levels": [
{
"levelId": "31",
"isActive": true,
"benchmark": {
"id": "7",
"grade": 3,
"label": "Proficient"
}
}
]
}
}{
"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"
}{
"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"
}Careers
Update a skill on a career
Change benchmark (by naming a rung of the company scale), required status and its retroactivity, training evidence rules, and training expiry.
Requires scope: careers:write.
PATCH
/
api
/
v1
/
careers
/
{id}
/
skills
/
{careerSkillId}
Update a skill on a career
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"benchmarkId": "7",
"requirement": {
"isRequired": true,
"scope": "going_forward"
},
"trainingRequiresNote": false,
"trainingRequiresAttachment": true,
"trainingExpiryDays": 0,
"trainingExpiryMonths": 6,
"trainingExpiryYears": 0
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}"
payload = {
"benchmarkId": "7",
"requirement": {
"isRequired": True,
"scope": "going_forward"
},
"trainingRequiresNote": False,
"trainingRequiresAttachment": True,
"trainingExpiryDays": 0,
"trainingExpiryMonths": 6,
"trainingExpiryYears": 0
}
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({
benchmarkId: '7',
requirement: {isRequired: true, scope: 'going_forward'},
trainingRequiresNote: false,
trainingRequiresAttachment: true,
trainingExpiryDays: 0,
trainingExpiryMonths: 6,
trainingExpiryYears: 0
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}', 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/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}",
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([
'benchmarkId' => '7',
'requirement' => [
'isRequired' => true,
'scope' => 'going_forward'
],
'trainingRequiresNote' => false,
'trainingRequiresAttachment' => true,
'trainingExpiryDays' => 0,
'trainingExpiryMonths' => 6,
'trainingExpiryYears' => 0
]),
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/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"benchmarkId\": \"7\",\n \"requirement\": {\n \"isRequired\": true,\n \"scope\": \"going_forward\"\n },\n \"trainingRequiresNote\": false,\n \"trainingRequiresAttachment\": true,\n \"trainingExpiryDays\": 0,\n \"trainingExpiryMonths\": 6,\n \"trainingExpiryYears\": 0\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/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"benchmarkId\": \"7\",\n \"requirement\": {\n \"isRequired\": true,\n \"scope\": \"going_forward\"\n },\n \"trainingRequiresNote\": false,\n \"trainingRequiresAttachment\": true,\n \"trainingExpiryDays\": 0,\n \"trainingExpiryMonths\": 6,\n \"trainingExpiryYears\": 0\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/careers/{id}/skills/{careerSkillId}")
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 \"benchmarkId\": \"7\",\n \"requirement\": {\n \"isRequired\": true,\n \"scope\": \"going_forward\"\n },\n \"trainingRequiresNote\": false,\n \"trainingRequiresAttachment\": true,\n \"trainingExpiryDays\": 0,\n \"trainingExpiryMonths\": 6,\n \"trainingExpiryYears\": 0\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "205",
"skill": {
"id": "42",
"name": "Welding"
},
"skillDescription": "MIG and TIG welding.",
"sectionId": "77",
"skillGroupIds": [
"9"
],
"position": 2,
"benchmark": {
"id": "7",
"grade": 3,
"label": "Proficient"
},
"requirement": {
"isRequired": true,
"scope": "all",
"effectiveFrom": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"setBy": {
"id": "42",
"name": "Welding"
}
},
"trainingEvidence": {
"requiresNote": false,
"requiresAttachment": true
},
"trainingExpiry": {
"days": 0,
"months": 6,
"years": 0
},
"levels": [
{
"levelId": "31",
"isActive": true,
"benchmark": {
"id": "7",
"grade": 3,
"label": "Proficient"
}
}
]
}
}{
"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"
}{
"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:
200Body
application/json
Rung id to require career-wide; null clears the benchmark.
Example:
"7"
Requirement configuration to store.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Example:
false
Example:
true
Example:
0
Example:
6
Example:
0
Response
The resource, enveloped.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes