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Checkr Candidates API

Candidate records that background checks are run against.

Checkr Candidates API is one of 14 APIs that Checkr 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 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.checkr.com/v1, https://api.checkr-staging.com/v1.

5 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.checkr.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Checkr Candidates API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic auth with your secret API key as the username and an empty password. Checkr Partner integrations authenticate on behalf of customer accounts using O…

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Candidates 5

Candidate records that background checks are run against.

GET
/candidates
List candidates
listCandidates 2 params → 200401
POST
/candidates
Create a candidate
createCandidate body → 201400401
GET
/candidates/{id}
Retrieve a candidate
getCandidate 1 param → 200404
POST
/candidates/{id}
Update a candidate
updateCandidate 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/candidates/{id}
Request PII removal for a candidate
deleteCandidatePII 1 param → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Candidate (13 properties), CandidateCreate (9 properties), CandidateList (5 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CandidateCreate
object
9 properties 1 required
Candidate
object
13 properties
CandidateList
object
5 properties
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

checkr-candidates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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