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Accurate Background Candidates API

Screening subjects that background checks are run against.

Accurate Background Candidates API is one of 10 APIs that Accurate Background publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Candidates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3.

4 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Accurate Background Candidates API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2ClientCredentials) using the clientCredentials flow. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2ClientCredentials — Accurate API credentials are a ClientID / ClientSecret pair obtained from the Accurate developer portal. Credentials are exchanged (HTTP Basic) for an access t…

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Candidates 4

Screening subjects that background checks are run against.

GET
/candidates
Retrieve all candidates
→ 200
POST
/candidate
Create candidate
→ 201
PUT
/candidate
Update candidate
→ 200
GET
/candidate/{id}
Retrieve candidate by ID
1 param → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

accurate-bg-candidates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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