aid: accurate-bg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accurate-bg/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Accurate Background
kind: company
description: Accurate Background is an employment background screening and workforce
  compliance company. Its Accurate API (v3) lets HR platforms, ATS/HRIS vendors, and
  staffing tools embed background checks - criminal searches, SSN trace, employment
  and education verification, drug and health screening, driving records,
  identity/work authorization (Form I-9, E-Verify), and international screening -
  directly into their own applications. Integrators create candidates, order preset
  or custom screening packages, track order status and ETA, retrieve completed
  reports, adjudicate results, and receive status updates via webhooks. A free
  developer account and sandbox environment are available for testing; production
  access is provisioned under a screening services agreement.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Background Checks
- Employment Screening
- Identity Verification
- Compliance
- HR Tech
- Screening
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-candidates-api
  name: Accurate Candidates API
  tags:
  - Candidates
  - Applicants
  - Screening
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Create, retrieve, list, and update the candidates (screening subjects)
    that background checks are run against. A candidate is created first and then
    referenced in an order-creation payload; candidate updates apply to future
    orders only.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-orders-api
  name: Accurate Orders API
  tags:
  - Orders
  - Background Checks
  - Workflow
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Place and manage background-check orders against a candidate - create
    an order for a chosen package, list and retrieve orders, check estimated
    completion time (ETA), review order changes, reinitiate cancelled interactive
    orders, and resend candidate invitations.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-packages-api
  name: Accurate Packages API
  tags:
  - Packages
  - Products
  - Screening
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: List the active screening packages configured on an account and
    retrieve a package by type. Packages bundle the individual searches (criminal,
    verification, drug, MVR, international, etc.) that an order runs; integrators
    can use preset packages or account-configured custom packages.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-reports-api
  name: Accurate Reports API
  tags:
  - Reports
  - Results
  - Screening
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Retrieve completed screening results. The report endpoint returns the
    finished background-check report for an order as a PDF or base64-encoded HTML
    once the order is complete, and exposes the candidate invitation link for
    interactive orders.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-documents-api
  name: Accurate Documents API
  tags:
  - Documents
  - Uploads
  - Attachments
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Attach and manage supporting documents on an order - upload PDF, JPG,
    PNG, DOC, or DOCX files (up to 15MB), list an order's documents, and get,
    download, or delete an individual document.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-adjudication-api
  name: Accurate Adjudication API
  tags:
  - Adjudication
  - Compliance
  - Decisioning
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Programmatically make an adjudication decision (pass/fail) on a
    completed order without logging into the portal, reassess an adjudication where
    jurisdiction rules require it, and update the position/job location that drives
    compliant decisioning.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-verifications-api
  name: Accurate Verifications API
  tags:
  - Verifications
  - Employment
  - Education
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Retrieve the history of employment and education verification attempts
    for an order, giving integrators visibility into outreach progress on
    verification-heavy screenings.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-notifications-api
  name: Accurate Notifications API
  tags:
  - Notifications
  - Candidate Communication
  - Compliance
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/accurate-bg-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Trigger candidate-facing notifications, such as sending the screening
    subject a copy of their completed report, supporting compliant candidate
    communication workflows.
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-webhooks-api
  name: Accurate Webhooks
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Callbacks
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  description: Webhook event notifications configured in the Accurate developer
    portal deliver order and report status updates (for example when an order
    completes) to a consumer-hosted HTTPS endpoint, so integrators do not have to
    poll for status. Server-to-endpoint HTTP callbacks, configured per environment
    (sandbox and production).
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/accurate-bg-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/accurate-bg-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/accurate-bg-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accurate-background
- type: Website
  url: https://www.accurate.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- type: SignUp
  url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/accurate-bg-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/accurate-bg-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/accurate-bg-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com