StartExam API

Register Employees

Method registers employees for a test and returns identifiers that can be used to start the test.

Request Information

Scheme

POST https://api.startexam.com/v2/employees-participants

URI Parameters

None

Body Parameters

Json with the RegisterParticipantsQuery, see details and example below.

  • center - center unique name. The value can be retrieved from the center details page.
  • validFrom - session link activation time, UTC, ISO 8601.
  • validTill - session link expiration time, UTC, ISO 8601.
  • proctoring - enable proctoring (applicable only for accounts with enabled proctoring)
  • proctoringActivationParameters - proctoring parameters (applicable only with enabled proctoring)
  • doNotCreateIfExist - do not create new registration if employee has been already registered for center and test
  • tests - from 1 to 10 test identifiers, Guid.
  • employees - from 1 to 500 employees identifiers.

Request Example

POST https://api.startexam.com/v2/employees-participants HTTP/1.1
Host: api.startexam.com
Accept: application/json; charset=utf-8
Authorization: SharedKey 99:f52JP7GQd0xqrBzMO1NWTNVGzLENymgdUXu/Ie++NX4=
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 518
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:29:26 GMT

{
  "center": "mycenter",
  "validFrom": "2025-11-27T00:00:00Z",
  "validTill": "2025-12-07T23:59:59Z",
  "proctoring": true,
  "proctoringActivationParameters": [
    {
      "name": "Type",
      "value": "Offline"
    },
    {
      "name": "AuxiliaryCamera",
      "value": "true"
    }
  ],
  "doNotCreateIfExist": false,
  "tests": [
    "54b406ca-236d-4960-8ea4-fedc86bd5163"
  ],
  "employees": [
    {
      "id": "willis74"
    },
    {
      "id": "knightly32"
    },
    {
      "id": "covey77"
    }
  ]
}

Date and Authorization headers are constructed in the standard way.

Response Information

HTTP status code

200 OK, 400 Bad Request, etc. according the response processing guide.

Content-Type

Json.

Content

Identifiers of registered participants (sessions for employees).

Use the URL mask below to construct a unique link for employee and redirect him to his exam:

https://go.startexam.com/{center}#participant/{id}

Response Example

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 160

{
  "participantIds": [
    "9f98c442-04f4-42e3-94f0-7a0bdf0fb023",
    "d110d5bf-8360-4d92-9010-cda2d1e08b57",
    "88283599-054a-4975-b5a3-0743e39543fc"
  ]
}

To redirect the first participant (willis74) to the assessment you can use URL:

https://go.startexam.com/mycenter#participant/9f98c442-04f4-42e3-94f0-7a0bdf0fb023

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