---
title: "Prepare placeholder tag"
method: POST
path: "/template-placeholders/prepare"
tags: ["Template Placeholders"]
---

# Prepare placeholder tag

`POST /template-placeholders/prepare`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.100hires.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.100hires.com/v2/template-placeholders/prepare`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Converts a placeholder reference into an HTML tag that can be inserted into an email template body.

## Request body

- PreparePlaceholderRequest
  - `type` string, required: Placeholder type (system, candidate_column, job_variable, questionnaire_link, scheduling_link)
  - `identifier` string: Placeholder identifier
  - `qas_profile_question_id` integer: Profile question ID
  - `form_question_id` integer: Form question ID
  - `system_column_title` string: System column title
  - `job_variable_id` integer: Job variable ID

## Response `200`

Prepared placeholder HTML tag

- object
  - `html` string: HTML tag string for embedding in template body

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `415`: Content-Type must be application/json
- `429`: Too many requests

---

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