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Checkr Documents API

Files attached to a candidate.

Checkr Documents API is one of 14 APIs that Checkr publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 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.

3 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET1 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 Documents 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 3

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

Documents 3

Files attached to a candidate.

GET
/candidates/{id}/documents
List candidate documents
listCandidateDocuments 1 param → 200
POST
/candidates/{id}/documents
Upload a candidate document
uploadCandidateDocument 1 param body → 201
GET
/candidates/{id}/documents/{document_id}
Retrieve a candidate document
getCandidateDocument 2 params → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Document (7 properties), DocumentList (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Document
object
7 properties
DocumentList
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

checkr-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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