Create a reference entry

curl --request POST \
  --url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Online course",
  "description": "Self-paced, browser based."
}
'

import requests

url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}"

payload = {
    "name": "Online course",
    "description": "Self-paced, browser based."
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({name: 'Online course', description: 'Self-paced, browser based.'})
};

fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}', 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/learning-reference/{list}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Online course',
    'description' => 'Self-paced, browser based.'
  ]),
  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/learning-reference/{list}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Online course\",\n  \"description\": \"Self-paced, browser based.\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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.post("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Online course\",\n  \"description\": \"Self-paced, browser based.\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Online course\",\n  \"description\": \"Self-paced, browser based.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3",
    "name": "Online course",
    "description": "Self-paced, browser based.",
    "position": 1,
    "referenceCount": 14,
    "createdAt": "2026-01-12T08:30:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "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"
}

POST

api

learning-reference

{list}

Create a reference entry

curl --request POST \
  --url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Online course",
  "description": "Self-paced, browser based."
}
'

import requests

url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}"

payload = {
    "name": "Online course",
    "description": "Self-paced, browser based."
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({name: 'Online course', description: 'Self-paced, browser based.'})
};

fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}', 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/learning-reference/{list}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Online course',
    'description' => 'Self-paced, browser based.'
  ]),
  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/learning-reference/{list}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Online course\",\n  \"description\": \"Self-paced, browser based.\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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.post("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Online course\",\n  \"description\": \"Self-paced, browser based.\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-reference/{list}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Online course\",\n  \"description\": \"Self-paced, browser based.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3",
    "name": "Online course",
    "description": "Self-paced, browser based.",
    "position": 1,
    "referenceCount": 14,
    "createdAt": "2026-01-12T08:30:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "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

Authorization

string

header

required

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:read
skills:write
people:read
people:write
careers:read
careers:write
training:read
training:write
flags:read
flags:write
org:read
org:write
assessments:read
learning:read
learning:write
certifications:read
certifications:write
assessments:write
proficiency:read
proficiency:write
surveys:read
surveys:write
labels:read
labels:write

Headers

Idempotency-Key

string

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: 200

Path Parameters

list

enum<string>

required

Which reference list: learning-types, training-providers, training-formats, training-audiences or training-course-levels.

Available options:

learning-types,

training-providers,

training-formats,

training-audiences,

training-course-levels

Body

application/json

name

string

required

Maximum string length: 255

Example:

"Online course"

description

string

Maximum string length: 1000

Example:

"Self-paced, browser based."

Response

The created resource, enveloped.

data

object

required

Show child attributes

Using the API

System Objects

Team Data

Errors

Create a reference entry

Authorizations

Headers

Path Parameters

Body

Response