Checkr Screenings API

Individual screening components nested under a report.

OpenAPI Specification

checkr-screenings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Checkr Account Screenings 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: Screenings
  description: Individual screening components nested under a report.
paths:
  /reports/{report_id}/ssn_trace/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: report_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    get:
      operationId: getSsnTrace
      tags:
      - Screenings
      summary: Retrieve an SSN trace
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The SSN trace screening.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Screening'
  /reports/{report_id}/county_criminal_searches/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: report_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    get:
      operationId: getCountyCriminalSearch
      tags:
      - Screenings
      summary: Retrieve a county criminal search
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The county criminal search screening.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Screening'
  /reports/{report_id}/national_criminal_search/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: report_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    get:
      operationId: getNationalCriminalSearch
      tags:
      - Screenings
      summary: Retrieve a national criminal search
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The national criminal search screening.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Screening'
  /reports/{report_id}/federal_criminal_search/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: report_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    get:
      operationId: getFederalCriminalSearch
      tags:
      - Screenings
      summary: Retrieve a federal criminal search
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The federal criminal search screening.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Screening'
  /reports/{report_id}/sex_offender_search/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: report_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    get:
      operationId: getSexOffenderSearch
      tags:
      - Screenings
      summary: Retrieve a sex offender registry search
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The sex offender search screening.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Screening'
  /reports/{report_id}/motor_vehicle_report/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: report_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ResourceId'
    get:
      operationId: getMotorVehicleReport
      tags:
      - Screenings
      summary: Retrieve a motor vehicle report
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The motor vehicle report screening.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Screening'
components:
  schemas:
    Screening:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pending
          - clear
          - consider
          - suspended
          - dispute
          - complete
        result:
          type: string
        completed_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        turnaround_time:
          type: integer
        records:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
  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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