---
title: "Prepare application from main resume"
method: POST
path: "/v1/prepare_application"
tags: ["applications"]
---

# Prepare application from main resume

`POST /v1/prepare_application`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.trylitos.com`
- URL: `https://api.trylitos.com/v1/prepare_application`
- Auth: OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://api.trylitos.com/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://api.trylitos.com/oauth/token`, scopes: `applications:write`)

Prepare a board job for sending using the main resume as-is (no per-job tailoring): Litos opens the employer portal, discovers the form, and returns the review with every question it needs answered. Faster and cheaper than start_application when the main resume already fits.

## Request body

- object
  - `job_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

The operation's result. Shapes mirror the Litos dashboard routes they proxy.

- object

## Other responses

- `4XX`: A refusal, carrying `error` (a sentence) and usually `code`.

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