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Wellfound Search Jobs API

Search Wellfound job listings as a signed-in candidate, with role, skill, job-type, remote-preference and location filters, and an already-applied flag per listing. Read-only. Requires an authenticated session blob from wellfound-login; for public browsing with no account use wellfound-browse-jobs.

wellfoundjobssearch

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How to call it

Send one POST to api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 6 weighted units of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 30 seconds. Responses are not cached; every call runs the operation.

endpoint

POST https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post

Wellfound Search Jobs API reference

Request parameters

page: integer — 1-based page number.
session: stringrequired — Authenticated blob from wellfound-login.
jobTypes: array — Job types, for example full-time or contract.
proxyUrl: string — Same exit the session was minted on. Omit to send directly.
locationId: string — Wellfound location id.
roleTagIds: array — Wellfound role tag ids.
skillTagIds: array — Wellfound skill tag ids.
hideOffPlatform: boolean — Hide listings that redirect off Wellfound.
remotePreference: string — Wellfound remote preference enum value.

Response fields

jobs: array
jobs[].id: stringrequired
jobs[].slug: string
jobs[].title: string
jobs[].equity: string
jobs[].jobUrl: string — Canonical listing page, https://wellfound.com/jobs/<id>-<slug>. Empty when Wellfound disclosed no slug, because both halves are required: the id alone 404s.
jobs[].remote: boolean — True or False as Wellfound disclosed it; null when it did not.
jobs[].jobType: string
jobs[].startupId: string
jobs[].description: string
jobs[].liveStartAt: integer
jobs[].startupName: string
jobs[].startupSlug: string
jobs[].compensation: string
jobs[].locationNames: array
jobs[].startupLogoUrl: string
jobs[].remoteConfigKind: string — REMOTE, ONSITE or ONSITE_OR_REMOTE. Empty when undisclosed.
jobs[].currentUserApplied: boolean — True when this account has already applied.
jobs[].startupCompanySize: string
jobs[].startupHighConcept: string
jobs[].startupTotalRaised: string
jobs[].startupFundingStage: string
page: integer
session: string — Refreshed blob carrying rotated cookies. Persist THIS one, not the input.
hasNextPage: boolean
totalStartupCount: integer — Companies matched, which is what Wellfound counts here.

Example request and response

The example response is generated from this operation’s published output schema — it shows the shape and field names, not values from a recorded call.

json — example request body

{
  "page": 1,
  "session": "example",
  "hideOffPlatform": true
}

json — example response shape

{
  "jobs": [
    {
      "id": "example",
      "slug": "",
      "title": "",
      "equity": "",
      "jobUrl": "",
      "remote": false,
      "jobType": "",
      "startupId": "",
      "description": "",
      "liveStartAt": 1,
      "startupName": "",
      "startupSlug": "",
      "compensation": "",
      "locationNames": [
        "example"
      ],
      "startupLogoUrl": "",
      "remoteConfigKind": "",
      "currentUserApplied": false,
      "startupCompanySize": "",
      "startupHighConcept": "",
      "startupTotalRaised": "",
      "startupFundingStage": ""
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "session": "",
  "hasNextPage": false,
  "totalStartupCount": 0
}

Code snippets

cURL

curl

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "page": 1, "session": "example", "hideOffPlatform": true }'

JavaScript

javascript

const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "page": 1,
  "session": "example",
  "hideOffPlatform": true
}),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post',
    headers={
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
    json={
  "page": 1,
  "session": "example",
  "hideOffPlatform": True
},
)

print(response.json())

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	payload := []byte(`{ "page": 1, "session": "example", "hideOffPlatform": true }`)

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	var result map[string]any
	json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
	fmt.Println(result)
}

PHP

php

<?php

$payload = json_encode([
    'page' => 1,
    'session' => 'example',
    'hideOffPlatform' => true,
]);

$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST           => true,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => $payload,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);

Ruby

ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = { "page": 1, "session": "example", "hideOffPlatform": true }.to_json

response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)

Java

java

import okhttp3.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.Map;

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

String json = "{ \"page\": 1, \"session\": \"example\", \"hideOffPlatform\": true }";

RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url("https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post")
    .post(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .build();

try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
    Map<?, ?> result = mapper.readValue(response.body().string(), Map.class);
    System.out.println(result);
}

csharp

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>("{ \"page\": 1, \"session\": \"example\", \"hideOffPlatform\": true }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/wellfound-search-jobs.post", payload);

var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);

Frequently asked questions

How much does the Wellfound Search Jobs API cost per call?

Each call spends 6 weighted units of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.

How do I authenticate to the Wellfound Search Jobs API?

Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.

Are Wellfound Search Jobs API responses cached?

No — every call runs the operation live; responses are not cached.

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