What is CSM?

Career Services Manager (CSM) is the tool that enables your institutions career center to connect students. CSM can also organize and manage career fairs and other events, manage employer relationships, control the on-campus recruiting process, and much, much more.

What is the CSM API?

The CSM REST API is a way in which you can obtain or input information to a CSM system without using the interface, usually using code. It allows for easy automation of tasks.

What kind of data can I get through the API?

Student, Contact, Employer, Job, Event, Professional Network, Report data.

How do I get an API key?

Your contact at the career center on campus will need to submit a request with Symplicity support staff to obtain an API key. Please ask your career center contact to see the documentation in Neighborhood for further information.

What do I do if my API key is not working?

Your contact at the career center will need to contact Symplicity support to report an issue.

What do I do if my API key has expired?

Your contact at the career center will need to contact Symplicity support to report an issue.

How does Authorization work?

All routes require authentication with an encrypted token. You must add a token authentication header to your requests. Here is the format:

Key Value

Authentication: Token [your token here]

Make sure you put the word “Token” with a space before your actual token!

Are there limitations on the number of requests?

100 calls with a leak rate of 10 calls per second. If your app averages up to 10 calls per second it will never receive a “429 Rate Limit Exceeded Error”.

10,000 calls for a period of 24 hours, which will reset at midnight.

See the API documentation for further information.

Can I request a higher rate limit?

Not at this time.

What happens if I hit the rate limit?

You will be unable to read/write data until you are back under the limit. You will see an Error: “Rate Limit Exceeded Error”

From which languages can I use the CSM API?

The REST APIs will return whatever language the system uses as events, student information, employer information has been saved. The parameters for any API calls will still be in English.

What’s JSON?

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language, and a natural choice as a response for our REST APIs.

How are the POST, PUT, and GET calls different?

On a basic level, POST calls create records in the CSM system, GET calls get information out of the system, and PUT calls update current records in the system. For GET calls on the CSM API, you need to put the parameters in the URL, as well as have the authorization token in the header. For POST and PUT calls on the CSM API, you need the URL, the authorization token in the header, an added header (Content-Type:application/json;charset=UTF-8), and a body with the data that you want to input or update.

Does Symplicity have any code libraries or SDKs?

Not at this time.

Where can I find example of code interacting with the API?

In our documentation you can try calls, which will then show you the response

How can I test my API calls?

For institutions eligible for the Radius Program, Symplicity provides a testing site, or sandbox. Please speak with your contact at the career services center to have them submit a support request to have the testing environment set up.

How do I get support?

At this time, your contact at the career services center will need to submit a support request for any issues you are having with the API.

Can I use the API commercially?

No, Symplicity does not allow for commercial use of the APIs other than with our partner program. If you would like to exchange data between another software system and Symplicity, please click on the link to see how e can connect.

How stable is the API? Does the API ever change? How can I learn about new features?

As far as API stability goes, the CSM API is backwards compatible. Right now, the CSM API is version one, but we’ll move to version two if there are any backwards-incompatible changes that need to be made. We will announce any new versions or new features as the come out.

Where can I find the Documentation?

The CSM API Documentation can be found here.