Get your Indeed candidates through an API

What you can build on Indeed

• Get candidates for a job

  Build this

  Reads the Candidates tab for one job, chosen by title or reference number in the job list, or for all open and paused jobs.

  Takes

  Job title or reference number (optional), applied since (optional)

  Returns

  Candidate name, job, location, application date, highlighted qualifications, recent activity, shortlisted, status

• Get a candidate's application

  Build this

  Opens one candidate from the Candidates tab and reads the application details: the resume, the cover letter and the messages exchanged.

  Takes

  Candidate name, job

  Returns

  Candidate name, job, application date, status, resume text, cover letter, messages

• Change a candidate's status

  Build this

  Checks the box next to a candidate in the Candidates tab and uses Change status to set Reviewed, Contacting, Rejected or Hired.

  Takes

  Candidate name, job, new status

  Returns

  Candidate name, job, previous status, new status

Automate Indeed with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• New candidates on every open job, each morning

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 8:00

  Step 1

  Get the candidates for all open and paused jobs.

  Step 2

  Keep the candidates who were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list grouped by job, with application date and highlighted qualifications.

• Hired candidates handed to your HR system

  Build this

  Starts

  Every day at 18:00

  Step 1

  Get the candidates for all open and paused jobs.

  Step 2

  Keep those with the status Hired that were not Hired on the last run.

  Step 3

  Post name, job, location and application date to your HR system's webhook.

• Weekly candidate summary for each job

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 7:00

  Step 1

  Get the candidates for all open and paused jobs who applied in the last 7 days.

  Step 2

  Count them by job and status, and summarize the highlighted qualifications per job.

  Step 3

  Email you the summary.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get candidates for a job” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "employers.indeed.com/get_candidates",
    "input": {
      "job": "Warehouse Associate, Night Shift",
      "applied_since": "2026-11-10"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "job": "Warehouse Associate, Night Shift",
    "candidates": [
      {
        "name": "Candidate A",
        "location": "Columbus, OH",
        "application_date": "2026-11-11",
        "highlighted_qualifications": [
          "Forklift certification"
        ],
        "recent_activity": "Applied",
        "shortlisted": false,
        "status": null
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

Indeed’s own options

Indeed's developer APIs are about job postings. Direct employers can create, update and expire jobs with the Job Sync API or define them in a Job Sync XML feed. Application statuses reach Indeed from applicant tracking systems through the Disposition Sync API. Reviewing and messaging candidates happens in the Candidates tab.

Read on November 12, 2026: Job postings integrations, Disposition Sync API, How to view and sort job applicants.

Signing in to Indeed

Indeed signs employers in with Continue with Google, Continue with Apple, a sign-in code sent to the phone on the account or to your email if there is no phone, or your company's SSO. Indeed is moving away from passwords. With Fous you sign in once through Indeed's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, a code sent to your email is handled, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Rejected tells the candidate

Setting a candidate to Rejected notifies them. A write method that changes statuses should take the candidate and the status from you, never decide on its own.

Where the sign-in code goes

Indeed usually sends the sign-in code to the phone number on the account, and to your email only when no phone number was given. Accounts created with a sign-in code cannot sign in with a password.

Two-factor sign-in every 90 to 365 days

A verified phone number signs you up for text message 2FA automatically. Indeed typically asks for it every 90 to 365 days, and sooner after a new device, a new network or a VPN.

Single sign-on starts with Indeed support

Indeed confirms whether SSO fits your company first. It supports SAML and OIDC, not SCIM, limits access to approved email domains and can skip the 2FA step.

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