Checkr

API

Background check API for US employment screening

Price: Pay per report
Access: Secret API key

About

Checkr runs FCRA-regulated background checks (SSN trace, criminal, motor vehicle, drug, education and employment) ordered as packages through its API or a hosted invite flow. Built for US hiring, with some checks in 200+ countries; API accounts need credentialing first.

What you can do with it

Invite a candidate to a hosted flow that collects consent and personal details
Order criminal, motor vehicle and drug screening packages for new hires
Receive report status by webhook and feed results into your ATS

Get started

Work with Checkr to get a credentialed staging or production account
Send your secret API key as the Basic auth username

Example

# 1. Create a candidate (the hosted flow collects the rest)
curl -X POST https://api.checkr.com/v1/candidates \
  -u "$CHECKR_API_KEY:" \
  -d email=candidate@example.com

# 2. Invite them to a screening package
curl -X POST https://api.checkr.com/v1/invitations \
  -u "$CHECKR_API_KEY:" \
  -d candidate_id=$CANDIDATE_ID \
  -d package=$PACKAGE_SLUG \
  -d 'work_locations[][country]=US' -d 'work_locations[][state]=CA'

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: United States
MCP server: Remote