# Candid Essentials API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/candid/candid-essentials-api/  
**Provider:** Candid — https://apis.io/providers/candid/  
**Base URL:** https://api.candid.org/premier  
**Documentation:** https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome

Candid Essentials API is one of 9 APIs that [Candid](https://apis.io/providers/candid/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Essentials. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The Essentials API from Candid — 4 operation(s) for essentials.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/v1` | /essentials/v1 |
| POST | `/v2` | /essentials/v2 |
| POST | `/v3` | /essentials/v3 |
| POST | `/v4` | /essentials/v4 |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/candid/refs/heads/main/openapi/candid-essentials-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome
- **Portal** — https://developer.candid.org/

## Other Candid APIs (8)

- [Candid Premier API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/premier-api/)
- [Candid Charity Check API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/charity-check-api/)
- [Candid Demographics API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/demographics-api/)
- [Candid Grants API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/grants-api/)
- [Candid News API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/news-api/)
- [Candid Taxonomy API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/taxonomy-api/)
- [Candid Nonprofit Eligibility API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/nonprofit-eligibility-api/)
- [Candid Lookup API](https://apis.io/apis/candid/candid-lookup-api/)

## Tags

Essentials

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/candid/candid-essentials-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/candid/.