# Assign worker

Assign worker is a command in the HeadHoncho API. Put a technician or subcontractor on a job. If Job follow-up is on, the automation acts on it at once, as it would from the app.

Page: https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/assign_worker | Part of the HeadHoncho API docs: https://headhoncho.app/docs/api | Machine-readable: https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/openapi.json

## The request

Reference for **Assign worker**, HeadHoncho API v1. It is a command, sent to the base address `https://api.headhoncho.app`.

`POST /api/v1/commands/assign-worker`

The key or app needs the **Jobs** area at **do**. It counts as a write call: 60 a minute for each key or connected app. See [rate limits](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#rate-limits).

It runs the app's own command `assign-worker`. Send an `Idempotency-Key` header with every call: the same key with the same body returns the first answer and runs nothing twice. See [the model](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/model#idempotency).

## Parameters

| Name | Kind | Required | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `job_id` | id, in the JSON body | Yes | The job id, or its number. | `job_1203` |
| `worker_id` | id, in the JSON body | Yes | From Who am I. | `wrk_7a12` |

## What comes back

accepted, job_id, number, position, technicians now on the job, and automation: one sentence on what the automation did, or empty.

It never deletes anything. It changes only what the command names, and it writes the change to the job's history with who asked for it.

## Errors that apply

| Code | Status | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`missing_key`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#missing_key) | 401 | Send your key as Authorization: Bearer hh_live_... |
| [`unknown_key`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#unknown_key) | 401 | That key is not one we issued, or it was revoked. |
| [`expired_token`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#expired_token) | 401 | That token has expired. Refresh it, or connect the app again. |
| [`no_access`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#no_access) | 403 | This credential does not reach that. Ask the person who made it for access. |
| [`read_only`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#read_only) | 403 | This credential may read this area but not change it. |
| [`not_found`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#not_found) | 404 | No such record in the companies this credential reaches. |
| [`invalid`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#invalid) | 422 | Some fields were refused. See fields. |
| [`missing_idempotency_key`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#missing_idempotency_key) | 400 | Send an Idempotency-Key header on every command. |
| [`idempotency_mismatch`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#idempotency_mismatch) | 409 | This Idempotency-Key was used with a different body. |
| [`rate_limited`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#rate_limited) | 429 | Too many calls this minute. Wait and try again. |

## Related

- [Create job](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/create_job): Open a job or a lead in one company: the customer, the address, and optionally the job type, the time window and the technician.
- [Update job](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/update_job): Change a job's facts: the customer, the address, the schedule, the price, the job type or the notes. Only the fields you send change.
- [Change job status](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/change_job_status): Move a job to another status by its name, slug or id. The move lands in the job's history with who asked for it.
- [Unassign worker](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/unassign_worker): Take a technician or subcontractor off a job. The ticket's cancellation reaches them the way it does from the app.
- [Add job note](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/add_job_note): Add a note to a job. It appends to the job's log and never overwrites.
- The same records in the app: [the Jobs panel](https://headhoncho.app/docs/jobs).
- How the API fits together: [the model](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/model), [API keys](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/keys), [errors](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors) and [the MCP server](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/mcp).

## Examples

### Answer

```json
{
  "accepted": true,
  "job_id": "job_1203",
  "number": 1203,
  "position": 88411,
  "technicians": [
    {
      "id": "wrk_7a12",
      "name": "Omar S."
    }
  ],
  "automation": "Ticket sent to Omar S."
}
```

### cURL

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.headhoncho.app/api/v1/commands/assign-worker" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hh_live_..." \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 6f1d2c9e-1b7a-4c1e-9a52-0d3f8e4b7a10" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "job_id": "job_1203",
  "worker_id": "wrk_7a12"
}'
```

### Python

```python
import requests
import uuid

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.headhoncho.app/api/v1/commands/assign-worker",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer hh_live_...",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "job_id": "job_1203",
        "worker_id": "wrk_7a12",
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://api.headhoncho.app/api/v1/commands/assign-worker", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: "Bearer hh_live_...",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "job_id": "job_1203",
    "worker_id": "wrk_7a12"
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### Your AI

```text
Tool: assign_worker
Arguments: job_id (id, required), worker_id (id, required)
Access: do on Jobs
Hints: readOnly=false, destructive=false, idempotent=true, openWorld=false
Try asking: "Using HeadHoncho, assign worker with job_id job_1203 and worker_id wrk_7a12."
```