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Creating a Public Interview Link

The Create public interview link API method enables you to generate a public interview link to an interview which you can place on your website.

Prerequisites

Before making a 'create public interview link' request, you must have an access token to sign the request. You can retrieve an access token using one of the following flows:

• Getting an access token using the Resource Owner flow
• Getting an access token using the Implicit flow

Additionally, you must have the following items in the tenancy in which you are creating the public interview link:

• Client interviews must be enabled
• A work group  – the ID of a work group in your tenancy is required when making the request
• A template package – the ID of a template package uploaded to your tenancy is required when making the request

Overview

The 'create public interview link' API method is a command method. The API client invoking this method must have either a command or a root scope.

This method is useful when you want to gather data from an unknown external user, such as a prospect. When you create a public interview link, Advance generates a link to the interview which you can place on your website.

Authentication

See Authentication for more information about authenticating requests to the Advance API.

API Documentation

Request

Request URL

PUT https://{tenancymoniker}.{domain}/HdaApi/rest/v1.1/PublicInterviewLinks/{publicInterviewLinkId}

Headers

Key	Required	Description	Example value
Authorization	Yes	The Authorization header for the request. Uses the access token retrieved (see Prerequisites section above for more information).	Bearer [access token]

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
tenancymoniker	String	URL	Yes	The tenancy moniker for the tenancy in which you want to create the new work item.
domain	String	URL	Yes	Your domain. For example, yourorganization.com.
publicInterviewLinkId	Guid	URL	Yes	The ID that identifies the public interview link. The ID cannot be the same as that of an existing public interview link.
name	String	Request body	Yes	A friendly description to identify the public interview link.
templatePackageId	Guid	Request body	Yes	The ID for an existing template package. The template package must be: Activated; and Assigned to the work group specified above The live version of the template package is always used to create the work item.
workGroupId	Guid	Request body	Yes	The ID for an existing work group.
isActive	Boolean	Request body	No	The status of the public interview link. Defaults to true.

Examples

Example Request URL

https://yourtenancy.yourorganization.com/HdaApi/rest/v1.1/PublicInterviewLinks/2d9f3d10-6fdb-494f-9929-955515c6f114

Example Request JSON

{

    "name": "Onboarding Link",

    "templatePackageId": "0ef6a9be-b007-4d7d-83f1-9d56f931cd0f",

    "workGroupId": "cb97f8d6-04a1-490a-aa09-92af12dfb305",

    "isActive": true

}

Example Response

Status: 204 The public interview link has been successfully created or updated

Error responses:

Status: 400 The work group does not exist or the template does not exist, or is not part of the work group or is not enabled.

Status: 403 Client interviews are not enabled on the tenancy.