Update a certification
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)",
"description": "Renewed every three years.",
"certificationTypeId": "4",
"issuingAuthorityName": "National Safety Council",
"issuingAuthorityUrl": "https://www.nsc.org"
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{id}"
payload = {
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)",
"description": "Renewed every three years.",
"certificationTypeId": "4",
"issuingAuthorityName": "National Safety Council",
"issuingAuthorityUrl": "https://www.nsc.org"
}
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({
name: 'Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)',
description: 'Renewed every three years.',
certificationTypeId: '4',
issuingAuthorityName: 'National Safety Council',
issuingAuthorityUrl: 'https://www.nsc.org'
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{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/certifications/{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([
'name' => 'Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)',
'description' => 'Renewed every three years.',
'certificationTypeId' => '4',
'issuingAuthorityName' => 'National Safety Council',
'issuingAuthorityUrl' => 'https://www.nsc.org'
]),
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/certifications/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)\",\n \"description\": \"Renewed every three years.\",\n \"certificationTypeId\": \"4\",\n \"issuingAuthorityName\": \"National Safety Council\",\n \"issuingAuthorityUrl\": \"https://www.nsc.org\"\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/certifications/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)\",\n \"description\": \"Renewed every three years.\",\n \"certificationTypeId\": \"4\",\n \"issuingAuthorityName\": \"National Safety Council\",\n \"issuingAuthorityUrl\": \"https://www.nsc.org\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{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 \"name\": \"Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)\",\n \"description\": \"Renewed every three years.\",\n \"certificationTypeId\": \"4\",\n \"issuingAuthorityName\": \"National Safety Council\",\n \"issuingAuthorityUrl\": \"https://www.nsc.org\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "87",
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"description": "Required for warehouse floor access.",
"type": {
"id": "4",
"name": "Regulatory"
},
"issuingAuthorityName": "National Safety Council",
"issuingAuthorityUrl": "https://www.nsc.org",
"labels": [
{
"id": "12",
"name": "Safety"
}
],
"holderCount": 14,
"holdersWithFileCount": 9,
"createdAt": "2026-01-12T08:30:00.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-03-02T14:00:00.000Z"
}
}{
"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"
}Certifications
Update a certification
Any subset of the fields. An explicit null clears description, type or issuing authority fields; an omitted field is left untouched.
Requires scope: certifications:write.
PATCH
/
api
/
v1
/
certifications
/
{id}
Update a certification
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)",
"description": "Renewed every three years.",
"certificationTypeId": "4",
"issuingAuthorityName": "National Safety Council",
"issuingAuthorityUrl": "https://www.nsc.org"
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{id}"
payload = {
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)",
"description": "Renewed every three years.",
"certificationTypeId": "4",
"issuingAuthorityName": "National Safety Council",
"issuingAuthorityUrl": "https://www.nsc.org"
}
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({
name: 'Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)',
description: 'Renewed every three years.',
certificationTypeId: '4',
issuingAuthorityName: 'National Safety Council',
issuingAuthorityUrl: 'https://www.nsc.org'
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{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/certifications/{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([
'name' => 'Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)',
'description' => 'Renewed every three years.',
'certificationTypeId' => '4',
'issuingAuthorityName' => 'National Safety Council',
'issuingAuthorityUrl' => 'https://www.nsc.org'
]),
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/certifications/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)\",\n \"description\": \"Renewed every three years.\",\n \"certificationTypeId\": \"4\",\n \"issuingAuthorityName\": \"National Safety Council\",\n \"issuingAuthorityUrl\": \"https://www.nsc.org\"\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/certifications/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)\",\n \"description\": \"Renewed every three years.\",\n \"certificationTypeId\": \"4\",\n \"issuingAuthorityName\": \"National Safety Council\",\n \"issuingAuthorityUrl\": \"https://www.nsc.org\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/certifications/{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 \"name\": \"Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)\",\n \"description\": \"Renewed every three years.\",\n \"certificationTypeId\": \"4\",\n \"issuingAuthorityName\": \"National Safety Council\",\n \"issuingAuthorityUrl\": \"https://www.nsc.org\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "87",
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"description": "Required for warehouse floor access.",
"type": {
"id": "4",
"name": "Regulatory"
},
"issuingAuthorityName": "National Safety Council",
"issuingAuthorityUrl": "https://www.nsc.org",
"labels": [
{
"id": "12",
"name": "Safety"
}
],
"holderCount": 14,
"holdersWithFileCount": 9,
"createdAt": "2026-01-12T08:30:00.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-03-02T14:00:00.000Z"
}
}{
"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
Opaque resource id.
Body
application/json
Maximum string length:
100Example:
"Forklift Operator Licence (Class 2)"
Maximum string length:
2000Example:
"Renewed every three years."
Certification type id; null removes the type.
Example:
"4"
Maximum string length:
255Example:
"National Safety Council"
Maximum string length:
2048Example:
"https://www.nsc.org"
Response
The resource, enveloped.
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