Upwork job detail API reference

The signed-out job page (/freelance-jobs/apply/<ciphertext>/, which Upwork redirects to /freelance-jobs/apply/<slug>_<ciphertext>/). /jobs/<ciphertext> is the logged-in app and is accepted only as an id, not fetched. The search row plus category and category group, the budget currency, the workload and engagement duration in weeks, the contract-to-hire flag, and client activity (applicants, hired, interviews).

The signed-out job page does not embed the job's skill list (the payload's skill objects belong to the similar-jobs rail), so skills is empty here; search rows carry the skills. A closed or unknown job is a 404 and is not billed. A block or a spent time budget is 503 with Retry-After and is not billed.

Request

POSThttps://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/upwork/job

Authenticate with your API key in the x-api-key header (see Authentication).

Run this request on your own API key from this page, with the values you type. Signed out? Sign in or get an API key.

Body

JSON object. Unknown fields are rejected with 422.

ciphertextstring | nullpattern ^~0[0-9a-zA-Z]{10,40}$
Upwork's job ciphertext: ciphertext of a row from POST /v1/upwork/jobs.
urlstring | nullmin length 12, max length 2000
An Upwork job link instead of ciphertext: the signed-out /freelance-jobs/apply/…~02… page, or /jobs/~02….

Example request

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/upwork/job" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "ciphertext": "~022118540488998101506"
  }'

Response

200 — One Upwork job: category, workload and client activity. Metered responses carry x-credits-charged and x-credits-remaining headers (see credit headers).

200 response

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "upwork_job",
    "ciphertext": "~022118540488998101506"
  },
  "job": {
    "job_id": "2118540488998101506",
    "ciphertext": "~022118540488998101506",
    "title": "Python Pipeline Data Engineer: Build Sports Analytics Database & API (Punting Form Data)",
    "description": "I am looking for an expert Backend Data Engineer to design and build a private, cloud-hosted data harvesting pipeline and relational database model for a custom sports analytics platform.",
    "url": "https://www.upwork.com/freelance-jobs/apply/~022118540488998101506/",
    "type": "hourly",
    "hourly_min": 50,
    "hourly_max": 90,
    "tier": "expert",
    "duration_label": "1 to 3 months",
    "engagement": "part_time",
    "skills": [
      "Python",
      "API"
    ],
    "published_at": "2026-11-06T06:55:17.989Z",
    "created_at": "2026-11-06T03:06:28.280Z",
    "client_payment_verified": false,
    "category": "Data Mining & Management",
    "category_group": "Data Science & Analytics",
    "currency": "USD",
    "workload": "Less than 30 hrs/week",
    "duration_weeks": 9,
    "contract_to_hire": false,
    "status": "active",
    "applicants": 46,
    "hired": 0,
    "interviews": 12
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "upwork"
  }
}

Arrays are shortened to their first items.

Errors

Errors return a JSON body with a detail field. Failed requests are not charged. See Errors for the full list and retry advice.

Status	Meaning	Retry?
`401`Unauthorized	Missing or invalid API key. `{"detail":"missing or invalid API key"}`	No, fix the request
`402`Payment Required	Not enough credits for this request: the account's credits mode is `enforce` (`mode` in `GET /v1/billing`) and the request costs more than the available credits. Nothing is run or charged. `{"detail":"insufficient credits: this request costs 5, 0 available. Credits renew 2026-11-01."}`	No, fix the request
`404`Not Found	The property, stay, job or record was not found. `{"detail":"job not found"}`	No, fix the request
`422`Unprocessable Content	Request validation failed. `detail` is a list of problems for schema errors, or a string for semantic checks performed by the endpoint. `{"detail":[{"loc":["body","name"],"msg":"Field required","type":"missing"}]}`	No, fix the request
`429`Too Many Requests	Too many requests: the key's requests-per-minute limit was exceeded, or (in `enforce` credits mode) the plan's concurrent-request limit. No rate-limit or Retry-After headers are sent; back off and retry. `{"detail":"rate limit 60/min exceeded"}`	Yes, with backoff
`503`Service Unavailable	Temporarily unavailable: a dependency of this endpoint is down, or the upstream source changed its contract. Retry later. `{"detail":"database unavailable: OperationalError"}`	Yes, with backoff

Try it

Press Try it above to run this request on your own key, with the values you type (sign in first). For a no-code walkthrough, use the workspace’s guided Try it.

Export your key: export SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY=sk_... (no key yet? start a free trial).
Copy the cURL example above and run it in a terminal.

Credits

2 credits per successful call (2 (an unknown job and failed requests are free)). Failed, blocked and empty results are free.

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