Record a certification by external key
curl --request POST \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"email": "ada@example.com",
"issuedAt": "2026-01-15",
"certificationTitle": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"certificationId": "87",
"expiresAt": "2028-01-15",
"scoreDescription": "Pass",
"renew": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite"
payload = {
"email": "ada@example.com",
"issuedAt": "2026-01-15",
"certificationTitle": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"certificationId": "87",
"expiresAt": "2028-01-15",
"scoreDescription": "Pass",
"renew": False
}
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({
email: 'ada@example.com',
issuedAt: '2026-01-15',
certificationTitle: 'Forklift Operator Licence',
certificationId: '87',
expiresAt: '2028-01-15',
scoreDescription: 'Pass',
renew: false
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite', 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/people-certifications/composite",
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([
'email' => 'ada@example.com',
'issuedAt' => '2026-01-15',
'certificationTitle' => 'Forklift Operator Licence',
'certificationId' => '87',
'expiresAt' => '2028-01-15',
'scoreDescription' => 'Pass',
'renew' => false
]),
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/people-certifications/composite"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"issuedAt\": \"2026-01-15\",\n \"certificationTitle\": \"Forklift Operator Licence\",\n \"certificationId\": \"87\",\n \"expiresAt\": \"2028-01-15\",\n \"scoreDescription\": \"Pass\",\n \"renew\": false\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/people-certifications/composite")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"issuedAt\": \"2026-01-15\",\n \"certificationTitle\": \"Forklift Operator Licence\",\n \"certificationId\": \"87\",\n \"expiresAt\": \"2028-01-15\",\n \"scoreDescription\": \"Pass\",\n \"renew\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite")
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 \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"issuedAt\": \"2026-01-15\",\n \"certificationTitle\": \"Forklift Operator Licence\",\n \"certificationId\": \"87\",\n \"expiresAt\": \"2028-01-15\",\n \"scoreDescription\": \"Pass\",\n \"renew\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"person": {
"id": "1042",
"name": "Dana Whitfield"
},
"certification": {
"id": "87",
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"type": "Regulatory"
},
"status": "approved",
"certified": true,
"identifier": "FL-2291-B",
"issuedAt": "2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"expiresAt": "2027-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"expiry": {
"state": "expiring",
"daysUntil": 12
},
"scoreDescription": "Distinction",
"issuingAuthority": "National Safety Council",
"heldDirectly": true,
"careers": [
"Warehouse Operator"
],
"attachmentCount": 2,
"labels": [
{
"id": "12",
"name": "Safety"
}
],
"submittedAt": "2026-01-10T10:00:00.000Z",
"approvedAt": "2026-01-12T10:00:00.000Z",
"deniedAt": null,
"attachments": [
{
"id": "5011",
"type": "file",
"label": "Certificate scan",
"url": "https://verify.example.org/abc",
"createdAt": "2026-02-01T09:00:00.000Z"
}
]
}
}{
"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"
}{
"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"
}Certification Data
Record a certification by external key
One call keyed on what an outside system holds: the person’s email and the certification’s title (created in the library if absent) or id. Records it with the issued date, optional expiry and score, and approves it directly; renew: true routes through renewal instead. Global-administrator acting identities only.
Requires scope: certifications:write.
POST
/
api
/
v1
/
people-certifications
/
composite
Record a certification by external key
curl --request POST \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"email": "ada@example.com",
"issuedAt": "2026-01-15",
"certificationTitle": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"certificationId": "87",
"expiresAt": "2028-01-15",
"scoreDescription": "Pass",
"renew": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite"
payload = {
"email": "ada@example.com",
"issuedAt": "2026-01-15",
"certificationTitle": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"certificationId": "87",
"expiresAt": "2028-01-15",
"scoreDescription": "Pass",
"renew": False
}
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({
email: 'ada@example.com',
issuedAt: '2026-01-15',
certificationTitle: 'Forklift Operator Licence',
certificationId: '87',
expiresAt: '2028-01-15',
scoreDescription: 'Pass',
renew: false
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite', 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/people-certifications/composite",
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([
'email' => 'ada@example.com',
'issuedAt' => '2026-01-15',
'certificationTitle' => 'Forklift Operator Licence',
'certificationId' => '87',
'expiresAt' => '2028-01-15',
'scoreDescription' => 'Pass',
'renew' => false
]),
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/people-certifications/composite"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"issuedAt\": \"2026-01-15\",\n \"certificationTitle\": \"Forklift Operator Licence\",\n \"certificationId\": \"87\",\n \"expiresAt\": \"2028-01-15\",\n \"scoreDescription\": \"Pass\",\n \"renew\": false\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/people-certifications/composite")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"issuedAt\": \"2026-01-15\",\n \"certificationTitle\": \"Forklift Operator Licence\",\n \"certificationId\": \"87\",\n \"expiresAt\": \"2028-01-15\",\n \"scoreDescription\": \"Pass\",\n \"renew\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/people-certifications/composite")
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 \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"issuedAt\": \"2026-01-15\",\n \"certificationTitle\": \"Forklift Operator Licence\",\n \"certificationId\": \"87\",\n \"expiresAt\": \"2028-01-15\",\n \"scoreDescription\": \"Pass\",\n \"renew\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"person": {
"id": "1042",
"name": "Dana Whitfield"
},
"certification": {
"id": "87",
"name": "Forklift Operator Licence",
"type": "Regulatory"
},
"status": "approved",
"certified": true,
"identifier": "FL-2291-B",
"issuedAt": "2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"expiresAt": "2027-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"expiry": {
"state": "expiring",
"daysUntil": 12
},
"scoreDescription": "Distinction",
"issuingAuthority": "National Safety Council",
"heldDirectly": true,
"careers": [
"Warehouse Operator"
],
"attachmentCount": 2,
"labels": [
{
"id": "12",
"name": "Safety"
}
],
"submittedAt": "2026-01-10T10:00:00.000Z",
"approvedAt": "2026-01-12T10:00:00.000Z",
"deniedAt": null,
"attachments": [
{
"id": "5011",
"type": "file",
"label": "Certificate scan",
"url": "https://verify.example.org/abc",
"createdAt": "2026-02-01T09:00:00.000Z"
}
]
}
}{
"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"
}{
"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
The person's email address.
Example:
"ada@example.com"
Issued date (ISO 8601). Required.
Example:
"2026-01-15"
Created if no certification has this exact name.
Maximum string length:
100Example:
"Forklift Operator Licence"
An existing certification id, instead of a title.
Example:
"87"
Example:
"2028-01-15"
Maximum string length:
255Example:
"Pass"
Route through renewal of the current approved record instead.
Example:
false
Response
The created resource, enveloped.
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