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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sterling Webhooks 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: Webhooks
  description: Real-time screening status callbacks.
paths:
  /webhooks:
    get:
      operationId: listWebhooks
      tags:
      - Webhooks
      summary: List webhook subscriptions
      description: '[MODELED] List account-level webhook subscriptions. The confirmed mechanism is the per-screening callbackUri on POST /screenings; an account-level subscription surface is modeled here.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of webhook subscriptions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookSubscription'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createWebhook
      tags:
      - Webhooks
      summary: Create a webhook subscription
      description: '[MODELED] Register an account-level callback URL to receive screening status events.'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookSubscriptionCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created webhook subscription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookSubscription'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /webhooks/{webhookId}:
    delete:
      operationId: deleteWebhook
      tags:
      - Webhooks
      summary: Delete a webhook subscription
      description: '[MODELED] Delete an account-level webhook subscription.'
      parameters:
      - name: webhookId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    WebhookSubscriptionCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - callbackUri
      properties:
        callbackUri:
          type: string
          format: uri
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    WebhookSubscription:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        callbackUri:
          type: string
          format: uri
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        active:
          type: boolean
  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'
  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.