• Does iCIMS institute any rate limitations?

    Yes, iCIMS does institute limitations, and integration fees. See the Integration Terms page for more details.

  • What is GZIP?

    GZIP is a compression language for the purpose of minimizing the size of data transfer between systems.

  • How can I get access to a specific customer?

    Client ID’s will be communicated at the time of the live integration project.  This information is also included in the payload of the outbound iCIMS messages.

  • How can I manually test API calls?

    iCIMS suggests using a REST Client such as Postman.  This client allows an easy to use API to test iCIMS inbound messaging.  

  • How do I make a call?

    To make a call you must first establish your authentication method  with iCIMS.  iCIMS should then communicate back user credentials to allow inbound access to make calls.  These credentials can be added to the Rest Client.  A sample call would look similar to the following:

    https://api.icims.com/customers/1769/jobs/1707/?fields=bgcpackagetype

    Please reference the specific integration page for more details.

  • How can I customize my organizations attributes for the mutual clients?

    iCIMS standard list editor fields have the ability to add, delete, and rename drop-down options for al list editor fields.  This customization can be added by our production integrations consultants.

  • Does iCIMS support other languages such as HR-XML?

    No.  iCIMS suggests conversion software to make the integration work with our JSON API.

  • Why is it important to utilize iCIMS standard field framework?

    In order to create a repeatable and scalable integration iCIMS strongly suggests using our standard field framework to allow multi-tenancy.  All iCIMS standard fields have the same integration ID’s across all clients.

  • How can I update a field group entry like a specific background check results or assessment results?

    All field group entries return an entry ID in the response.  This entry ID can then be used to PATCH the prior submission.

  • Why is my payload blank/ Why do I have strange characters in my outbound payload from iCIMS?

    All iCIMS outbound messages are in GZIP format.  To read the payload the body of the message needs to be decompressed.

  • How do I decompress the body of my payload?

    This depends on the library that is being used.  We recommend referencing JSON.org for a library of commands specific to your coding language.

  • How do I capture all posted Job details for a specific iCIMS client?

    iCIMS provides a Job Portal API that exposes all posted job details.  See Understanding the Optimized Standard XML Feed for providing job details to job board aggregators. 

  • I cannot make patch calls using my HTTP library. Is there a workaround?

    You can override the method using a GET argument or a header:

    GET /resource?_method=POST

    or

    > POST /books
> X-HTTP-Method-Override : PATCH