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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), with separate credentials for the sandbox/integration and production environments. Documentation is published via a Postman-hosted portal at apidocs.sterlingcheck.app, with a developer portal at developer.sterlingcheck.app.
First Advantage acquisition. Sterling Check Corp was acquired by First Advantage Corporation; the deal closed on October 31, 2024 at a $2.2 billion valuation. Sterling now operates as "a First Advantage company."
APIs.json: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sterling-check/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- Background Screening
- Identity Verification
- Background Check
- HR Tech
- Compliance
- Gated API
- Created: 2026-07-03
- Modified: 2026-07-03
The Sterling API is real and documented, but its full reference sits behind a gated (Postman-hosted) portal. Confirmed from public documentation: the OAuth token exchange (Client ID + Client Secret → access token), GET /packages, POST /candidates, POST /screenings (including the invite object with method = email/link and the callbackUri webhook), and results/reports availability in PDF or HTML with per-report-item statuses. Everything else in the OpenAPI and collections is honestly [MODELED] on Sterling's documented order lifecycle and marked as such. The API request host https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2 is a modeled representative host (exact host is provisioned with credentials); the OAuth host auth.sterlingcheck.app is confirmed.
Initiate and manage background screenings (orders) — submit a screening for a candidate against a package, list/retrieve/cancel screenings, and schedule recurring / continuous screenings. POST /screenings is confirmed; list/retrieve/cancel and recurring operations are modeled.
- Human URL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
- Base URL:
https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
- Screenings
- Orders
- Background Check
- Documentation
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Create and manage the candidate (subject) records screenings run against. Minimum fields are first name, last name, email, and clientReferenceId. POST /candidates is confirmed; retrieve and update are modeled.
- Human URL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
- Base URL:
https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
- Candidates
- Subjects
- PII
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Retrieve the screening packages available to your account. A package groups screening products and specifies which candidate fields are required. GET /packages is confirmed; retrieve-by-id is modeled.
- Human URL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
- Base URL:
https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
- Packages
- Products
- Catalog
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Retrieve results for completed screenings. A screening rolls up multiple report items, each with its own status, delivered as PDF or HTML. The Reports concept and result statuses are documented; the exact report retrieval paths are modeled.
- Human URL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
- Base URL:
https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
- Reports
- Results
- Adjudication
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Invite candidates to complete consent and data collection. On POST /screenings, set invite.method to email (Sterling emails the candidate) or link (receive a hosted form URL in the response). The invite object is confirmed; standalone invite retrieval/resend is modeled.
- Human URL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
- Base URL:
https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
- Invites
- Candidate Experience
- Consent
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Receive real-time updates for the screenings you initiate. Specify a callbackUri on POST /screenings and Sterling posts status-change events to your endpoint. The per-screening callback is confirmed; account-level webhook subscription management is modeled.
- Human URL: https://apidocs.sterlingcheck.app/
- Base URL:
https://api.sterlingcheck.app/v2
- Webhooks
- Callbacks
- Notifications
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
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