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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sterling Packages API
  description: The Sterling API integrates background and identity screening into your platform and manages the process end to end.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Sterling (a First Advantage company)
    url: https://www.sterlingcheck.com/services/api/
  x-documentation: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
  x-developer-portal: https://developer.sterlingcheck.app/
  x-acquisition: First Advantage completed acquisition of Sterling Check Corp on 2024-10-31 ($2.2B).
servers:
- url: https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  description: Production (MODELED representative host - exact host provisioned with production credentials)
- url: https://api-sandbox.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  description: Sandbox / Integration (MODELED representative host - exact host provisioned with sandbox credentials)
security:
- oAuth2ClientCredentials: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Packages
  description: Screening packages (groups of screening products) available to your account.
paths:
  /packages:
    get:
      operationId: listPackages
      tags:
      - Packages
      summary: List available screening packages
      description: '[CONFIRMED] Retrieve a list of the packages available to your account. A package is a group of screening products. Each package specifies which fields are required on a candidate record in order to process the associated screening.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of packages.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Package'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /packages/{packageId}:
    get:
      operationId: getPackage
      tags:
      - Packages
      summary: Retrieve a package
      description: '[MODELED] Retrieve a single package by ID, including the screening products it contains and the candidate fields it requires.'
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PackageId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A package.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Package'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    Package:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        screeningProducts:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The screening products grouped into this package (e.g., criminal, employment verification, drug test).
        requiredCandidateFields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Candidate fields required to process a screening with this package.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid access token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    PackageId:
      name: packageId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oAuth2ClientCredentials:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth2 client credentials grant using your Client ID and Client Secret.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://auth.sterlingcheck.app/oauth/token
          scopes: {}
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: The access token returned from the OAuth token exchange, sent as a Bearer token.