API and HTTP Actions

The Accurate Background API uses standard HTTP actions to add Candidates, place orders, and retrieve order results.

Resource name

HTTP Action

Pass Params

Create Resource

POST

Form Encoded or Application/JSON body

Retrieve Resource

GET

Query string params

Edit Resource

PUT

Form Encoded

For POST API calls, which create a resource, you can pass in a complete application/json request body as an alternative to using a lot of individual POST form parameters.

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Only POST commands support both application/x-www-form-urlencoded and application/json data. If you send application/json via a PUT API call you will receive an error.