applications.bulk_move

Move many applications into one column at once

Request: POST/api/v1/boards/{boardId}/applications/bulk-move
Scope required: applications:write
Effect: Changes data. Send an Idempotency-Key if you might retry it.
Acts on: Acts on the account’s own job search.
MCP tool: applications_bulk_move
Environment: Live and sandbox alike.
Request body: JSON.

What it does

Moves up to 200 cards on one board into the same status in a single transaction: either every card moves or none does, so a batch that names a card on another board or another account is refused with 422 and changes nothing. This is the operation for "archive everything I was rejected from before June" — find the ids with `applications.list` and send them here rather than calling `applications.move` in a loop, which would leave the board half-changed if one call failed. Each card that actually changes column closes its open status-history row and opens a new one; a card already in that column is left untouched and is not counted in `movedCount`. Returns the board’s updated columns.

Parameters

Parameters this endpoint accepts, where each one goes, and whether it is required
Name	Sent in	Requirement	Accepts
boardId	path	Required	string

Request body

applicationIds: array of string, required
status: one of: saved, applied, interviewing, offer, rejected, accepted, archived, required

Response

board

object, required

columns

object, required

accepted: array of string, required
applied: array of string, required
archived: array of string, required
interviewing: array of string, required
offer: array of string, required
rejected: array of string, required
saved: array of string, required

string, required

movedCount

integer, required

Examples

Archive two rejections

Archive two rejections — request

curl -s -X POST https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/api/v1/boards/brd_7/applications/bulk-move \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JAT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "applicationIds": [
    "app_123",
    "app_124"
  ],
  "status": "archived"
}'

Archive two rejections — response

{
  "board": {
    "id": "brd_7",
    "columns": {
      "saved": [],
      "applied": [],
      "interviewing": [],
      "offer": [],
      "rejected": [],
      "accepted": [],
      "archived": [
        "app_124",
        "app_123"
      ]
    }
  },
  "movedCount": 2
}