Overview

Introduction

The Projected Skill Growth API provides an interface to retrieve projections of skill demand over time. It helps identify which skills are expected to grow or decline in demand within the labor market.

Skill growth projections are derived from Lightcast’s dynamic skills taxonomy, built using analysis of hundreds of millions of online job postings, résumés, and social profiles. These projections extend current insights into the future and represent one of the most granular and up-to-date skill forecasting datasets available in the industry.

Note: By default, all clients are allowed a maximum of 5 requests per second. Contact us if you require higher limits.

API Endpoint

There are multiple endpoints within this category. Refer to individual API docs under the Projected Skill Growth API section.

Request Headers

(*) Indicates the action to be required

All requests must include the following headers:

Authentication

All endpoints in this category require an OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token for authentication. Tokens are granted through Lightcast’s Authentication API and are valid for 1 hour.

To access the Projected Skill Growth API, the token must include the following scope:

• projected-skill-growth (for expanded access)

Sample Request

curl --request POST \
  --url https://auth.emsicloud.com/connect/token \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  --data client_id=CLIENT_ID \
  --data client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET \
  --data grant_type=client_credentials \
  --data scope=projected-skill-growth

Request Parameters

Sample Response

{
  "access_token": "<ACCESS_TOKEN>",
  "expires_in": 3600,
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}

Note that the Tokens expire after 3600 seconds. To maintain uninterrupted access, refresh the token before it expires. To know more about this, refer to the Authentication guide.

Response Parameters

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