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Run a job board with listings in a Google Sheet

A job board is a list of openings people filter by role, location, and remote. PasteSheet turns a Google Sheet of listings into a live, cached JSON API with filtering, search, and pagination built in — so you launch a board and post a job by adding a row.

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Key facts

  • The Google Sheets API allows 300 read requests per minute per project and 60 per minute per user. Past that it returns 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED. source
  • A cached endpoint reads the sheet once per TTL, not once per request — so 10,000 visitors become one upstream read, and Google's quota stops being your problem.
  • The board holds up to 500 openings on Free and 5,000 on Starter ($9/mo); Pro ($19/mo) lifts the row cap.
  • The endpoint is read-only: a candidate can filter and read openings but cannot apply through it. Point each apply link at your ATS or a form tool that owns the writes.

A job board is a spreadsheet with a search bar

Every job board is the same table underneath: a row per opening with a title, company, location, a remote flag, and a link to apply. Keeping that in a Google Sheet means anyone on your team can post a role — no CMS, no admin dashboard, no engineer in the loop.

PasteSheet serves the sheet as JSON and hands you the querying a board needs: filter by role or location, match a remote flag, full-text search the titles, sort by date, and paginate. Your front end — a static site, a Next.js app, or a Framer site — renders the openings.

Launch your board

From a sheet to a live, filterable board in four steps:

  1. 1 List one job per row: title, company, location, remote, salary, and an apply link.
  2. 2 Paste the sheet's share URL into PasteSheet to get a live endpoint — no Google Cloud project.
  3. 3 Fetch the endpoint from your site and wire the filters to URL parameters.
  4. 4 Post a new job by adding a row; close one by deleting it or flipping a status cell.

Filter openings over the API

The role, location, and remote filters your board offers are just URL parameters — combine them with search, sort, and pagination:

terminal 
curl "https://pastesheet.com/your-endpoint/Jobs?remote=true&contains[role]=engineer&sort=-posted"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "role": "Senior Backend Engineer",
      "company": "Acme",
      "location": "Remote (US)",
      "remote": true,
      "posted": "2026-07-10",
      "apply_url": "https://acme.com/jobs/be-eng"
    }
  ]
}

Safe to publish, nothing to wire up

Because the endpoint is read-only by design, it is safe to expose publicly or hand to a teammate: consumers can read and query the data but can never change the sheet. And there is no Google Cloud project, OAuth screen, or service account to set up — you paste a share URL and get a live API.

What it costs

Starter

For indie makers shipping a real app.

$9 /mo
Endpoints
10
Requests / mo
50,000
Row cap
5,000
  • Full-text search
  • Private endpoints & keys
  • Schema-change alerts
Choose Starter

MCP is included on the Free plan. Connect any public endpoint over MCP with no Google Cloud project and no credit card. Private endpoints and the account-wide workspace server need a paid plan (from Starter ($9/mo)) for the keys and OAuth they authenticate with.

Pro adds full-text search and aggregation (count, sum, avg, group_by) that your AI agent can call through query_rows.

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Frequently asked questions

How do candidates filter jobs?

Your front end maps each filter to a URL parameter: ?remote=true for the remote toggle, ?location=Berlin or contains[role]=design for role and location, and search= for a keyword box across the listing. Sort and pagination are parameters too.

How do employers or I post a new job?

Add a row to the Google Sheet. The new opening appears on the board after the cache refreshes. To close a role, delete the row or flip a status cell — no publishing flow and no deploy.

Can applicants submit through the board?

Not through PasteSheet — it is read-only, so it serves and filters the listings but takes no writes. Point each apply link at your ATS, an email, or a form tool that owns the application submissions.

How current are the listings?

Responses are cached for speed. The Free plan refreshes every 5 minutes; paid plans let you set a custom TTL, so a fresh row goes live within your chosen window rather than on a manual rebuild.

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