The Muse API

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Overview

The Muse API provides access to job listings and in-depth company profiles including culture, photos, and employee perspectives. It helps developers build job search experiences that go beyond titles and salaries to show what working at a company is really like. An API key is optional for browsing public data, making it easy to start without registration.

Beginner Tip

You can call The Muse API without an API key for basic queries—just append api_key=YOUR_API_KEY as a query parameter when you need higher rate limits. Start without a key to explore the data before registering.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

Use case: Integrate job board and company profiles data into web and mobile applications

The Muse data via REST API

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "title": "Software Engineer",
  "company": "Tech Corp",
  "location": "Remote",
  "salary_range": "$120,000 - $180,000",
  "posted_date": "2025-01-10",
  "description": "We are looking for an experienced..."
}

Field Reference

id Unique identifier for the job listing.

name Job title as listed by the company.

company.name Name of the hiring company.

locations List of location objects indicating where the job is based.

levels Seniority levels associated with the job such as Mid Level or Senior Level.

refs.landing_page URL to the full job posting on The Muse website.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&page=1&per_page=10&category=Software%20Engineer";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

429 Too Many Requests Exceeding the rate limit for unauthenticated requests, which is lower than authenticated ones.

✓ Register for a free API key and include it as the api_key query parameter to get a higher rate limit.

Empty jobs array Filter parameters like category or level do not match any current listings.

✓ Check the /categories and /levels endpoints to see valid filter values before applying them.

404 Not Found Requesting a company or job by an ID that does not exist or has been removed.

✓ Fetch the list of companies or jobs first and use IDs from those responses.

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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