> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update Candidate



## OpenAPI

````yaml /actionkit/openapi.json POST /projects/{project_id}/tools/#GREENHOUSE_UPDATE_CANDIDATE
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: ActionKit Tools API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://actionkit.useparagon.com
    description: US Cloud
security: []
paths:
  /projects/{project_id}/tools/#GREENHOUSE_UPDATE_CANDIDATE:
    post:
      summary: Update Candidate
      parameters:
        - name: project_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: >-
              Your Paragon Project ID. You can copy your Project ID from your
              dashboard URL or by clicking Copy Project ID under the Environment
              switcher.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                tool:
                  type: string
                  default: GREENHOUSE_UPDATE_CANDIDATE
                parameters:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    candidateId:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Candidate ID : The ID of the candidate to update.
                        (example: "4981013006")
                    firstName:
                      type: string
                      description: 'First Name : The candidate’s first name'
                    lastName:
                      type: string
                      description: 'Last Name : The candidate’s last name'
                    title:
                      type: string
                      description: 'Title : The candidate’s title'
                    company:
                      type: string
                      description: 'Company : The candidate’s company'
                    emailAddresses:
                      type: object
                      description: |-
                        Email Addresses (example: "[
                          {
                            "value": "john.locke+work@example.com",
                            "type": "work"
                          }
                        ]")
                      properties: {}
                    addresses:
                      type: object
                      description: |-
                        Addresses (example: "[
                          {
                            "value": "123 Fake St.",
                            "type": "home"
                          }
                        ]")
                      properties: {}
                    phoneNumbers:
                      type: object
                      description: |-
                        Phone Numbers (example: "[
                          {
                            "value": "555-1212",
                            "type": "mobile"
                          }
                        ]")
                      properties: {}
                    websiteAddresses:
                      type: object
                      description: |-
                        Website Addresses (example: "[
                          {
                            "value": "johnlocke.example.com",
                            "type": "personal"
                          }
                        ]")
                      properties: {}
                    additionalFields:
                      type: object
                      description: >-
                        Additional Fields : Specify additional fields to include
                        on this candidate data as JSON. For example, you may
                        associate tags and is_private here. See the docs
                        (https://developers.greenhouse.io/harvest.html?shell#post-add-candidate)
                        for available fields. (example: "{
                          "tags": [ 
                            "Walkabout" 
                          ],
                          "is_private": false
                        }")
                      properties: {}
                  required:
                    - candidateId
                  x-integration: greenhouse
              required:
                - tool
                - parameters
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Your [Paragon User
        Token](/getting-started/installing-the-connect-sdk#setup) (JWT), which
        you can generate using your project's signing keys.

````