aid: sterling-check
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sterling-check/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Sterling
kind: company
description: Sterling (Sterling Check Corp) is a global background and identity
  screening provider offering criminal checks, employment and education
  verifications, drug and health screening, identity verification, and continuous
  (recurring) monitoring. The Sterling API is a documented RESTful, OAuth2-secured
  developer API that lets platforms, ATS/HRIS systems, and marketplaces initiate
  background checks, manage candidates and screening packages, retrieve results and
  reports (PDF/HTML), send candidate invites, and receive real-time status updates
  via webhook callbacks. Access is gated - developers request a Client ID and Client
  Secret per screening region (US, EMEA, Canada, or APAC) - and the docs are
  published via a Postman-hosted portal at apidocs.sterlingcheck.app with a developer
  portal at developer.sterlingcheck.app. Sterling was acquired by First Advantage
  Corporation for $2.2 billion, with the deal closing on October 31, 2024; Sterling
  now operates as "a First Advantage company."
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Background Screening
- Identity Verification
- Background Check
- HR Tech
- Compliance
- Gated API
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: sterling-check:sterling-check-screenings-api
  name: Sterling Screenings API
  tags:
  - Screenings
  - Orders
  - Background Check
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
  baseURL: https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  properties:
  - url: https://www.sterlingcheck.com/services/api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/sterling-check-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Initiate and manage background screenings (orders). Submit a screening
    for a candidate against a package, list and retrieve screenings, cancel a
    screening, and schedule recurring / continuous screenings that proactively
    monitor a candidate's status over time. POST /screenings is confirmed in the
    docs; list, retrieve, cancel, and recurring operations are honestly modeled on
    the documented order lifecycle.
- aid: sterling-check:sterling-check-candidates-api
  name: Sterling Candidates API
  tags:
  - Candidates
  - Subjects
  - PII
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
  baseURL: https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  properties:
  - url: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/sterling-check-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Create and manage the candidate (subject) records screenings run
    against. Minimum fields to create a candidate are first name, last name, email,
    and clientReferenceId; additional PII is required depending on the package.
    POST /candidates is confirmed; retrieve and update operations are modeled.
- aid: sterling-check:sterling-check-packages-api
  name: Sterling Packages API
  tags:
  - Packages
  - Products
  - Catalog
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
  baseURL: https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  properties:
  - url: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/sterling-check-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Retrieve the screening packages available to your account. A package
    is a group of screening products (criminal, verifications, drug, identity); the
    response also specifies which candidate fields are required to process the
    associated screening. GET /packages is confirmed; retrieve-by-id is modeled.
- aid: sterling-check:sterling-check-reports-api
  name: Sterling Reports API
  tags:
  - Reports
  - Results
  - Adjudication
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
  baseURL: https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  properties:
  - url: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/sterling-check-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Retrieve results for completed screenings. Reports are available with
    per-item statuses (a screening rolls up multiple report items, each with its own
    status) and can be delivered as PDF or HTML. The Reports concept and result
    statuses are documented; the exact report retrieval paths are modeled.
- aid: sterling-check:sterling-check-invites-api
  name: Sterling Invites API
  tags:
  - Invites
  - Candidate Experience
  - Consent
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
  baseURL: https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  properties:
  - url: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/sterling-check-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Invite candidates to complete their portion of a screening (consent
    and data collection). On POST /screenings, set invite.method to "email" to have
    Sterling email the candidate, or "link" to receive a hosted form URL in the API
    response for embedding in your own flow. The invite object on the screening
    request is confirmed; standalone invite retrieval/resend is modeled.
- aid: sterling-check:sterling-check-webhooks-api
  name: Sterling Webhooks API
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Callbacks
  - Notifications
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
  baseURL: https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
  properties:
  - url: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/sterling-check-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Receive real-time updates for the screenings you initiate. Specify a
    Callback URI in a POST /screenings request and Sterling posts status-change
    events to your endpoint as the screening progresses. The per-screening callback
    is confirmed; account-level webhook subscription management is modeled.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sterling-check-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sterling-check-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/sterling-check-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sterlingcheck
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sterlingcheck.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.sterlingcheck.app/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/sterling-check-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/sterling-check-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/sterling-check-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://fadv.com/resources/news/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com