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Upwork Profiles API

Query freelancer and client user profiles, skills, and ratings.

Upwork Profiles API is one of 7 APIs that Upwork publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Profiles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.upwork.com.

3 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.upwork.com/graphql
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Upwork Profiles API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2AuthCode) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 9 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2AuthCode — OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow for Upwork API access. Obtain an authorization code by redirecting users to the Upwork OAuth consent page, then exchange for…

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Profiles 3

Query freelancer and client user profiles, skills, and ratings.

POST
/graphql
Upwork Execute GraphQL Query or Mutation
executeGraphQL body → 200401429
GET
/api/v3/profiles/v2/search/providers
Upwork Search Freelancers
searchFreelancers 2 params → 200401
GET
/api/v3/profiles/v2/users/{user_id}
Upwork Get Freelancer Profile
getFreelancerProfile 1 param → 200404

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FreelancerProfile (11 properties), GraphQLError (3 properties), APIError (3 properties), GraphQLRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GraphQLRequest
object
A GraphQL request body containing the operation to execute
3 properties 1 required
APIError
object
API error response
3 properties
GraphQLError
object
A GraphQL error
3 properties
FreelancerProfile
object
A freelancer profile on Upwork
11 properties
FreelancerSearchResponse
object
Paginated freelancer search results
2 properties
GraphQLResponse
object
A GraphQL response containing data or errors
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

upwork-profiles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Upwork publishes across the network.

Upwork Authentication API
Upwork Contracts API
Upwork Jobs API
Upwork Messages API
Upwork Organizations API
Upwork Reports API
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