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Accurate Background Orders API

Background-check orders placed against a candidate.

Accurate Background Orders 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 Orders. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 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.

7 operations 7 paths 0 schemas 4 GET3 POST

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 Orders 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 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 4 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Orders 7

Background-check orders placed against a candidate.

POST
/order
Create order
→ 201
GET
/orders
Retrieve all orders
→ 200
GET
/order/{id}
Retrieve order by ID
1 param → 200
GET
/order/{id}/eta
Get order ETA
1 param → 200
GET
/order/{id}/changes
Get order changes
1 param → 200
POST
/order/{id}/reinitiate
Reinitiate order
1 param → 200
POST
/order/{id}/invitation
Resend invitation
1 param → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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Accurate Background Documents API
Accurate Background Notifications API
Accurate Background Packages API
Accurate Background Reports API
Accurate Background Utility API
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