> ## Documentation Index
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# Bulk create candidates from CV

> 
Automatically create multiple candidates from uploaded CV files without human review.

**Process:**
- Upload 1-20 CV files (PDF or DOCX format)
- AI automatically extracts candidate information
- Failed CV parsing is silently skipped
- Returns the count of successfully created candidates

**Supported Formats:**
- PDF (.pdf)
- Microsoft Word (.docx)

**Limitations:**
- Maximum 20 files per request
- Maximum 10MB per file
- Duplicate candidates (by email/phone/LinkedIn) trigger an automatic CV diff instead of creating duplicates
		



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /candidates/_from-unsupervised-cv/_bulk
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Spott API Reference
  version: '0.1'
servers:
  - url: https://api.gospott.com
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /candidates/_from-unsupervised-cv/_bulk:
    post:
      tags:
        - Candidates
      summary: Bulk create candidates from CV
      description: "\nAutomatically create multiple candidates from uploaded CV files without human review.\n\n**Process:**\n- Upload 1-20 CV files (PDF or DOCX format)\n- AI automatically extracts candidate information\n- Failed CV parsing is silently skipped\n- Returns the count of successfully created candidates\n\n**Supported Formats:**\n- PDF (.pdf)\n- Microsoft Word (.docx)\n\n**Limitations:**\n- Maximum 20 files per request\n- Maximum 10MB per file\n- Duplicate candidates (by email/phone/LinkedIn) trigger an automatic CV diff instead of creating duplicates\n\t\t"
      operationId: createCandidatesFromCvsUnsupervised
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        description: Upload 1-20 CV files to create candidates
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - files
              properties:
                files:
                  type: array
                  description: Array of CV files (PDF or DOCX)
                  minItems: 1
                  maxItems: 20
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: binary
                    description: CV file (max 10MB)
            examples:
              Single CV:
                summary: Upload one CV file
                description: Create a single candidate from one CV
                value:
                  files:
                    - candidate_cv.pdf
              Multiple CVs:
                summary: Upload multiple CV files
                description: Create multiple candidates from up to 20 CVs
                value:
                  files:
                    - john_doe_cv.pdf
                    - jane_smith_cv.docx
                    - bob_johnson_cv.pdf
      responses:
        '201':
          description: >-
            CVs processed successfully. Returns the number of candidates
            created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: number
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid input
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExceptionBaseDto'
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      statusCode:
                        type: number
                        example: 400
                      message:
                        type: string
                      error:
                        type: string
                        example: Bad Request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing authentication
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExceptionBaseDto'
        '413':
          description: Payload too large - file exceeds 10MB limit
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExceptionBaseDto'
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      statusCode:
                        type: number
                        example: 413
                      message:
                        type: string
                        example: Payload too large
                      error:
                        type: string
                        example: Payload Too Large
        '500':
          description: Error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExceptionBaseDto'
      security:
        - x-api-key: []
components:
  schemas:
    ExceptionBaseDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          minimum: -9007199254740991
          maximum: 9007199254740991
        message:
          type: string
        requestId:
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - message
        - requestId
      id: ExceptionBaseDto
  securitySchemes:
    x-api-key:
      type: apiKey
      name: x-api-key
      in: header
      description: >-
        API key for authentication. Get your API key from Settings → API Keys in
        your Spott dashboard.

````