First American Financial

First American 4506-C Tax Transcript API

Direct access to the IRS to verify consistency of borrower income, identity and employment via IRS Form 4506-C — order, consent form, status, and transcript retrieval as JSON or PDF. Swagger 2.0, 5 operations.

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Operations 5

POST /4506t/order Request tax transcript #

POST /4506t/consentForm Upload consent form for previously submitted tax transcript request #

GET /4506t/transcript Retrieve transcript. #

GET /4506t/transcriptpdf Retrieve transcript pdf #

GET /4506t/status Retrieve status of order. #

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OpenAPI Specification

swagger: '2.0'
info:
  description: ''
  version: v1
  title: 4506-C API
host: api.firstam.io
basePath: /v1
schemes:
- https
paths:
  /4506t/order:
    post:
      tags:
      - Request
      summary: Request tax transcript
      description: 'Required fields: Name, TaxID, TaxYears, FormType, TaxReturnType, RequestorID'
      operationId: postOrder
      consumes:
      - application/json
      produces:
      - application/json
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: x-app-id
        description: Application ID
        required: true
        type: string
      - in: header
        name: x-app-key
        description: Application Key
        required: true
        type: string
      - in: body
        name: body
        description: Request to the Service
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/definitions/order'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/confirmation'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          description: Invalid App ID or Key
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
        '503':
          description: Usage Limit Exceeded
  /4506t/consentForm:
    post:
      tags:
      - Request
      summary: Upload consent form for previously submitted tax transcript request
      description: 'Required fields: TransactionID, IsEsigned, File, FileType.'
      operationId: postConsentForm
      consumes:
      - application/json
      produces:
      - application/json
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: x-app-id
        description: Application ID
        required: true
        type: string
      - in: header
        name: x-app-key
        description: Application Key
        required: true
        type: string
      - in: body
        name: body
        description: Upload consent form
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/definitions/consentform'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/confirmation'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          description: Invalid App ID or Key
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
        '503':
          description: Usage Limit Exceeded
  /4506t/transcript:
    get:
      tags:
      - Request
      summary: Retrieve transcript.
      description: Retrieve transcript.
      operationId: getTranscript
      consumes:
      - application/json
      produces:
      - application/json
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: x-app-id
        description: Application ID
        required: true
        type: string
      - in: header
        name: x-app-key
        description: Application Key
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: transactionID
        in: query
        description: Unique Identifier Tied to Order
        required: true
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/transcript'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request (Missing/Invalid TransactionID)
        '401':
          description: Invalid App ID or Key
        '404':
          description: Not Found (No Report Found by TransactionID)
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
        '503':
          description: Usage Limit Exceeded
  /4506t/transcriptpdf:
    get:
      tags:
      - Request
      summary: Retrieve transcript pdf
      description: Retrieve transcript pdf
      operationId: getTranscriptPDF
      consumes:
      - application/json
      produces:
      - application/json
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: x-app-id
        description: Application ID
        required: true
        type: string
      - in: header
        name: x-app-key
        description: Application Key
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: transactionID
        in: query
        description: Unique Identifier Tied to Order
        required: true
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              TransactionID:
                type: string
              RequestorID:
                type: string
              OrderStatus:
                $ref: '#/definitions/orderstatus'
              TranscriptPDF:
                type: string
                description: Base64 encoded PDF file
        '400':
          description: Bad Request (Missing TransactionID)
        '401':
          description: Invalid App ID or Key
        '404':
          description: Not Found (No Report Found by TransactionID)
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
        '503':
          description: Usage Limit Exceeded
  /4506t/status:
    get:
      tags:
      - Request
      summary: Retrieve status of order.
      description: Retrieve status of order.
      operationId: getStatus
      consumes:
      - application/json
      produces:
      - application/json
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: x-app-id
        description: Application ID
        required: true
        type: string
      - in: header
        name: x-app-key
        description: Application Key
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: transactionID
        in: query
        description: Unique Identifier Tied to Order
        required: true
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/confirmation'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request (Missing/Invalid TransactionID)
        '401':
          description: Invalid App ID or Key
        '404':
          description: Not Found (No Report Found by TransactionID)
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
        '503':
          description: Usage Limit Exceeded
definitions:
  order:
    title: Order
    description: New order request
    type: object
    properties:
      TaxReturnType:
        type: string
        enum:
        - Personal
        - Corporate
      TaxYears:
        type: array
        items:
          type: integer
      Name:
        type: object
        properties:
          First:
            type: string
            example: John
          Middle:
            type: string
          Last:
            type: string
            example: Doe
          Company:
            type: string
      RequestorID:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
      TaxID:
        type: string
        pattern: '[0-9]{9}'
      ConsentForm:
        type: object
        properties:
          File:
            type: string
          FileType:
            type: string
            enum:
            - PDF
            - TIFF
          IsEsigned:
            type: boolean
        required:
        - IsEsigned
        - File
        - FileType
      FormType:
        $ref: '#/definitions/formtype'
      TranscriptsToInclude:
        type: object
        properties:
          Return:
            type: boolean
          Account:
            type: boolean
          RecordOfAccount:
            type: boolean
    required:
    - Name
    - TaxYears
    - FormType
    - TaxReturnType
    - TaxID
    - RequestorID
  consentform:
    title: ConsentForm
    description: Upload Consent form
    type: object
    properties:
      TransactionID:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
      File:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
        description: Base64 encoded file
        format: byte
      FileType:
        type: string
        enum:
        - PDF
        - TIFF
      IsEsigned:
        type: boolean
    required:
    - TransactionID
    - IsEsigned
    - File
    - FileType
  confirmation:
    type: object
    title: Confirmation
    description: Order confirmation response
    properties:
      TransactionID:
        type: string
        description: A GUID
        minLength: 1
        example: 2885a98e-79e7-4c6b-b431-f3849fd58e93
      OrderStatus:
        $ref: '#/definitions/orderstatus'
    required:
    - TransactionID
    - OrderStatus
  transcript:
    type: object
    title: Transcript
    description: Tax Transcript
    properties:
      TransactionID:
        type: string
        description: A GUID
        minLength: 1
        example: 2885a98e-79e7-4c6b-b431-f3849fd58e93
      RequestorID:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
      OrderStatus:
        $ref: '#/definitions/orderstatus'
      RequestedForm:
        $ref: '#/definitions/formtype'
      RequestedTranscript:
        type: string
      Transcripts:
        type: array
        items:
          type: object
          properties:
            TranscriptType:
              type: string
            TaxYear:
              type: integer
            Rows:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  Description:
                    type: string
                  Value:
                    type: string
                  FormSection:
                    type: string
                  LineNumber:
                    type: string
  orderstatus:
    title: OrderStatus
    type: string
    enum:
    - Received
    - Falied
    - Rejected
    - Completed
    - Cancelled
    - PendingSignature
    - InProgress
    - WaitingForConsentForm
  formtype:
    title: FormType
    type: string
    enum:
    - W2
    - '1040'
    - '1099'
    - '1065'
    - '1120'
    - 1120S