apidays LIVE Helsinki & North: API Ecosystems - Connecting Physical and Digital March 16 & 17, 2022 Sweden API Award Winner JobStream: One Public Sector’s “Open” Story Jonas Södergren, Product Manager and Programmer at JobTech unit, Swedish Public Employment Service

1. Sweden API award winner
Jonas Södergren, 16 mars 2022

2. Why did we win the award
JobStream is an appreciated open API for job ads,
by the Swedish Public Employment Service. It is
open, well utilized and creates value for the labor
market.

3. API as a business
JobTech
Development
Open
API
Output
Resource Organization Outcome
Data
100% Open source
Values
Sustainable collaborations
with public, private and citizens

4. API enables ecosystem
Minimize collaboration thresholds – It shouldn't cost to collaborate with us.
(scraping, easy to connect)
Minimize
Respect private actors business models. Create WIN-WIN situations.
Respect
Design for contribution. Don’t design tech.
Design for
contribution
Give back! Share the technique and data which the taxpayers already paid for
Give back

5. 2022 SERIES OF EVENT
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JULY
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SEPTEMBER
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APRIL
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Helsinki & North
MARCH
(VIRTUAL)
Paris
DECEMBER
(HYBRID)
London
OCTOBER
(HYBRID)
Hong Kong
AUGUST
(VIRTUAL)
JUNE (VIRTUAL)
India
MAY
(VIRTUAL)
APRIL (VIRTUAL)
Dubai & Middle East
JUNE
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6. The only thing you need to remember from
this presentation
Value != API
● Give me the data, i don´t care about your API.
● Public money should imply public code
● Please, skip API-keys, always KISS
● Be open with your availability data. Let the user decide if they trust
your services based on your data.

7. API journey
● Jobstream - Subscribe
● Jobseach - AI powered search engine
● Jobad links - Scrape private sector ads (in collaboration)
● Historical ads - A file with all ads ever existed in Sweden
https://jobsearch.api.jobtechdev.se/
https://jobstream.api.jobtechdev.se/
https://links.api.jobtechdev.se/
https://data.jobtechdev.se/annonser/historiska

8. COLLECT ALL JOB ADS
MAP INTO STANDARD
FORMAT JOBPOSTING
ENRICH WITH SWEDISH
STATISTIC CODE SSYK
ENRICH WITH PLACE
AND PROFESSION
HIGHLIGHT DUPLICATES
TRUNCATE JOB ADS
Ads are collected via scraping or via API
depending on the ad sites preference.
All ads are mapped into a common standard
to better adapt to multiple services and to
create consistency.
Ads are enriched with SSYK for statistical
purposes.
Ads are enriched with relevant metadata,
needed in order to make the ad searchable
in different digital services.
Duplicates are highlighted so they can be
managed and displayed in different
interfaces.
Ad text are truncated in accordance with
the principle back-to-source, i.e. driving traffic
Back to the original site since this is considered
critical for a sustainable ecosystem.
The result is a JSON file with enriched data which
can be displayed in a digital service via an API.
Open architecture – everyone can join

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