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hResume Conversion API

This simple API converts resumes in web pages marked up with the hResume microformat into common desktop formats. It can currently return Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF and HTML formats. If you wish to convert hResumes into a programming format please try ufXtract which can output JSON or XML.

Sortable list - (drag resume sections into the desired output order)

  • Name
  • Summary
  • Work
  • Education
  • Skills
  • Affiliation
  • Publications
  • Contact details

Url

Link Html

Code to use on your site

You can copy and paste the HTML below into any web page marked-up with hResume. The HTML code changes to match the section order defined in the form above.

Example Code
Word icon
Download as Word
PDF icon
Download as PDF

API parameters

The API URL is: http://labs.madgex.com/api/hresumeconversion1_0/

url (optional)
The URL of the hResume. If no URL is given the API will use the referrering URL.
format
The type of output format i.e. word, pdf or html.
section-order (optional)
A comma delimited list of the hReusme sections in the desired output order. The section names are: name, summary, contact-details, work, education, skills, affiliation and publications.
terminology (optional)
This property can be set to en-gb (UK English) or en-us (US English). It changes some of the terminology in the converted documents. By default it is set to en-gb.

API usage limits and conditions

If you do not own the site containing your resume please make sure you read the terms and condition of that site carefully. Some sites do not allow you to extract any data from their HTML pages. Do not use this tool in anyway against the terms and condition of the site you are requesting data from.

We record the URLs being converted and the requesting IP address.