Checkr Documents API

Files attached to a candidate.

OpenAPI Specification

checkr-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Checkr Account Documents API
  description: The Checkr API is a RESTful interface for running compliant employment background checks. Employers, staffing firms, and platform partners create candidates, send invitations, order packages, and retrieve reports composed of individual screenings - SSN trace, county/state/national/federal criminal searches, sex offender registry, motor vehicle records, and education / employment verifications. The API also covers adverse action workflows, subscriptions and continuous checks, node/hierarchy and geo account structure, documents, Form I-9, and webhooks for event-driven report status updates. Authentication is HTTP Basic auth with your secret API key as the username and an empty password; Checkr Partner integrations use OAuth. All responses are JSON. This document models the widely used, publicly documented endpoints; it is not exhaustive of every screening type Checkr offers.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Checkr
    url: https://checkr.com
  termsOfService: https://checkr.com/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.checkr.com/v1
  description: Production
- url: https://api.checkr-staging.com/v1
  description: Staging
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Documents
  description: Files attached to a candidate.
paths:
  /candidates/{id}/documents:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    get:
      operationId: listCandidateDocuments
      tags:
      - Documents
      summary: List candidate documents
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of documents.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentList'
    post:
      operationId: uploadCandidateDocument
      tags:
      - Documents
      summary: Upload a candidate document
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                type:
                  type: string
                  description: The document type, e.g. driver_license or motor_vehicle_report.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The uploaded document.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document'
  /candidates/{id}/documents/{document_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    - name: document_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getCandidateDocument
      tags:
      - Documents
      summary: Retrieve a candidate document
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The document.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document'
components:
  schemas:
    Document:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
          example: document
        filename:
          type: string
        content_type:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        download_uri:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    DocumentList:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document'
        object:
          type: string
          example: list
  parameters:
    ResourceId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the resource.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic auth with your secret API key as the username and an empty password. Checkr Partner integrations authenticate on behalf of customer accounts using OAuth instead.
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