---
title: "Parse Resume File"
method: POST
path: "/api/candidates/parse-resume-file"
tags: ["candidates"]
---

# Parse Resume File

`POST /api/candidates/parse-resume-file`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.thebetterhire.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.thebetterhire.ai/api/candidates/parse-resume-file`
- Auth: none declared

Parse uploaded resume file (PDF, DOCX, TXT)
Uses hybrid approach: pdfplumber/PyPDF2 first (fast, free),
then DeepSeek Files API fallback for problematic PDFs

Args:
    file: Resume file upload

Returns:
    dict: Contains raw_text and parsed_resume

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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