aid: goodhire
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/goodhire/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: GoodHire
kind: company
description: GoodHire is an FCRA-compliant employment background check platform aimed
  at small and midsize businesses, offering criminal, identity, employment, education,
  and reference screening with candidate self-consent workflows. GoodHire was acquired
  by Checkr (the developer-first background check company) in 2021 - the deal was
  reported at roughly $400M - and now operates as "GoodHire, A Checkr Company." The
  GoodHire API is a RESTful, FCRA-compliant background screening API split into a
  Customer API (a single company ordering its own reports) and a Partner API (HR
  platforms that let their employer customers order GoodHire reports). Background
  checks are ordered by creating a report object tied to a candidate and a package;
  status changes are delivered via webhooks. API keys are gated - developers request
  access from api@goodhire.com and build against a sandbox before production.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Background Checks
- Employment Screening
- Identity Verification
- HR
- Compliance
- FCRA
- Checkr
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: goodhire:goodhire-reports-api
  name: GoodHire Reports API
  tags:
  - Reports
  - Screenings
  - Background Checks
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.goodhire.com/api/
  baseURL: https://api.goodhire.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.goodhire.com/api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://help.goodhire.com/docs/partner-reports
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/goodhire-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Order and track background check reports. A report is created against
    a candidate and a screening package/product bundle, then queued for processing;
    the report resource is polled or received via webhook for status and results.
    Confirmed operations include queuing a report and retrieving a report's status
    by ID; additional report operations are honestly modeled from documented patterns.
- aid: goodhire:goodhire-requestors-api
  name: GoodHire Requestors API
  tags:
  - Requestors
  - Users
  - Accounts
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://help.goodhire.com/docs/partner-requestors
  baseURL: https://api.goodhire.com
  properties:
  - url: https://help.goodhire.com/docs/partner-requestors
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/goodhire-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Manage requestor objects - the users within a company who order and
    are associated with background reports. Every report in the GoodHire API is tied
    to a requestor, so requestor provisioning is a prerequisite for ordering reports,
    especially in the Partner API where a platform manages many employer requestors.
- aid: goodhire:goodhire-packages-api
  name: GoodHire Packages API
  tags:
  - Packages
  - Product Bundles
  - Pricing
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.goodhire.com/pricing/
  baseURL: https://api.goodhire.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.goodhire.com/api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/goodhire-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: plans/goodhire-plans-pricing.yml
    type: Plans
  description: Retrieve the screening packages (product bundles) available to an account
    along with their prices, so an integration can present the correct package and
    per-check cost before ordering a report. Confirmed via the product bundles listing
    operation scoped to a company and requestor.
- aid: goodhire:goodhire-webhooks-api
  name: GoodHire Webhooks API
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Notifications
  - Events
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.goodhire.com/api/
  baseURL: https://api.goodhire.com
  properties:
  - url: https://www.goodhire.com/api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/goodhire-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Receive real-time status updates as a background report moves through
    its lifecycle (queued, pending candidate consent, in progress, complete, or
    requiring action). GoodHire documents webhook notifications as the recommended
    way to avoid polling the Reports API; the callback payload shape is honestly
    modeled here.
- aid: goodhire:goodhire-partner-api
  name: GoodHire Partner API
  tags:
  - Partner
  - Embedded
  - HR Platforms
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://help.goodhire.com/docs/partner-reports
  baseURL: https://api.goodhire.com
  properties:
  - url: https://help.goodhire.com/docs/partner-reports
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/goodhire-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Partner API surface for HR platforms that let their employer
    customers order GoodHire reports, including the partner app access flow used to
    select and configure a report on behalf of an embedded requestor. Distinct from
    the Customer API, which a single company uses to order its own reports directly.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/goodhire-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/goodhire-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodhire
- type: Website
  url: https://www.goodhire.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.goodhire.com/api/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.goodhire.com/pricing/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/goodhire-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/goodhire-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/goodhire-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com