Create an application answer
Opportunities module
POST/application-answersapplicationAnswers.create
An answer to an application question. Creates an application answer. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.
- Requires the capability me.work_details.write.
- OAuth scopes: me.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Request body: ApplicationAnswerCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| application_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the application. |
| opportunity_question_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the question. |
| answer | string | Yes | Answer.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
{
"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"opportunity_question_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"answer": "Yes, three seasons of festival load-ins."
}Response 201: ApplicationAnswer
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the application answer. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| application_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the application. |
| opportunity_question_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the question. |
| answer | string | Yes | Answer.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"opportunity_question_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"answer": "Yes, three seasons of festival load-ins."
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/application-answers" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"application_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","opportunity_question_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","answer":"Yes, three seasons of festival load-ins."}'const { data } = await xos.applicationAnswers.create({
"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"opportunity_question_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"answer": "Yes, three seasons of festival load-ins."
});response = xos.application_answers.create({"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "opportunity_question_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "answer": "Yes, three seasons of festival load-ins."})xos application-answers create --data '{"application_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","opportunity_question_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","answer":"Yes, three seasons of festival load-ins."}'