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# ZipRecruiter Job Search API

The ZipRecruiter Job Search API allows publishers to search for job listings across ZipRecruiter's marketplace. Publishers can integrate job search functionality into their websites and applications. The API exposes 1 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically search for jobs. Covers 1 operations with apiKey authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for hr and recruiting only.

## Capabilities

- Search for jobs
- Manage hr recruiting data programmatically
- Integrate ZipRecruiter Job Search API into automated workflows
- Query and filter ZipRecruiter Job Search API records by parameters
- Monitor ZipRecruiter Job Search API operational status and events

## Use cases

### HR and Recruiting Operations

Use the ZipRecruiter Job Search API to perform hr recruiting operations programmatically. The API provides 1 endpoints covering core functionality including search for jobs.

Example prompt: Call GET /jobs/v1 to search for jobs

### Data Retrieval and Monitoring

Query ZipRecruiter Job Search API resources on a schedule to track changes, generate alerts, or feed downstream dashboards. Agents poll relevant endpoints, compare against previous state, and trigger actions when thresholds are crossed.

Example prompt: Poll the primary ZipRecruiter Job Search API endpoint, compare response to last known state, and alert if changed

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call ZipRecruiter Job Search API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'search for jobs', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GET | /jobs/v1 | Search for jobs |

## Key resources

- **Jobs** — Job search operations

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring ZipRecruiter by hand means passing your api_key on the query string and mapping its job-search response fields yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import ZipRecruiter from the API Directory, store the API key once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** The ZipRecruiter Job Search API exposes a single read-only job search operation, so scoping is operations-only: limit the agent to the job search operation it needs. You choose the operations it may call, so nothing beyond job search runs unless you add it.
- **Credential handling:** Your ZipRecruiter API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'search for jobs', and Jentic returns the matching ZipRecruiter operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Greenhouse** — Alternative hr recruiting API
- **Lever** — Alternative hr recruiting API
- **Workday** — Complementary hr recruiting API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the ZipRecruiter Job Search API use?

The ZipRecruiter Job Search API uses an API key passed in the `api_key` query. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I search for jobs with the ZipRecruiter Job Search API?

Yes. Use the GET /jobs/v1 endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the ZipRecruiter Job Search API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I search for jobs through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'search for jobs'. Jentic returns the matching ZipRecruiter Job Search API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the ZipRecruiter Job Search API have?

The ZipRecruiter Job Search API exposes 1 endpoints covering jobs operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the ZipRecruiter Job Search API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which operations and credentials the agent may use. The ZipRecruiter Job Search API exposes a single read-only job search operation (GET /jobs/v1), so you can scope the agent to just that operation and nothing else runs unless you add it. Your ZipRecruiter API key stays with your instance and is injected at execution time, so the agent never sees the raw secret.