Protect yourself and your business with automated background and criminal records checks. Use these powerful and reliable API to accesses data from public, civil, and criminal records
This service is especially useful for Mobile app developers, website developers, staffing agencies, human resource departments, collections, law firms, real estate, financial services, eCommerce, marketing, and insurance companies.
- Instant, Real-time Results
- Ease the pain of Online Fraud and
Identity Theft - Validate People in Seconds
- Avoid making Irresponsible Hiring decisions
XML or JSON Format
Fast & Reliable
No Contracts
Minimum $5
Secure and Private
Data Handling
API - BACKGROUND CHECK
Obtaining background check information on people is simplified with this API. SearchBug Background Report API allows you obtain complete background report with data from public, civil and criminal records. The report includes names, a list of current and previous addresses and phone numbers, emails, relatives, corporate filings, UCC filings, trademarks, professional associations and licenses, personal lien, judgment and bankruptcy filings, evictions, criminal and watchlist record details, concealed weapon and hunting permits, pilot licenses and more.
Accounts with Restricted Access Add-on can also see SSN info, driver's licenses, employers, employment history, business associations, voter registrations and some other restricted information.
Great for web and mobile developers in dating applications, staffing applications, HR applications, recruiting apps, legal apps, and others.
THIS IS A TWO API CALL PROCESS
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People Search
The first step is to identify the correct subject person. Search by name, address, phone number, email address. You can add middle name or date of birth to narrow down your results. Verified business accounts with Restricted Access Add-on can also search by SSN.
People Search API by itself is a powerful and cost-effective tool ($0.77 to $0.30 per hit) with detailed current information.
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Background Report
The second step is a detailed report for the person selected in the People Search results. You will pass Person ID from the Step 1 to obtain all the available details in the Background Report. Not all details are available for all records.
Cost is $10.00 to $17.00 per query, depending on volume.
The rate automatically goes down as your monthly volume increases. The price resets on the 1st of each month.
API - CRIMINAL RECORDS
Obtaining criminal records is easy with this API. Find out if someone has a criminal record and obtain the case details. Criminal Records typically include jurisdiction, charge, offense, disposition type, sentence, probation and conviction.
Search by name, location and date of birth.
Our Criminal Record Developer's API is a great way for developers or webmasters to include our raw criminal data into applications or websites.
Professional Accounts have the ability to search Criminal Records by SSN.
Cost is $2.50 per query.
Output example: XML (also available in JSON)
API - Terrorist Watch List
Use the Searchbug Terrorist Watchlist API to find out if someone is on a Government Terrorist Watch List. Watchlist is comprised of multiple Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury, FBI, and Interpol security data sources (INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization, with 190 member countries.)
An API search may be conducted using a person's name or name and date of birth. Using a date of birth helps to determine if you have the correct person.
Great for web and mobile developers in the financial industry, travel industry, & leasing or rental industries. Incorporating this API into your app can differentiate you from the competition.
Cost is $0.05 per query.
Output example: XML (also available in JSON)
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HOW DO I GET ACCESS TO APIs?
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To use an API you will need a Searchbug account. Sign up now.
The cost of each API is based on either a Query or a Hit (match) and the cost is deducted from the established Prepaid account balance. Review each API for the associated cost, and, if the charge is per Hit (when information is found) or per Query.
APIs require a Prepaid account. Prepaid accounts are automatically recharged when your account is low on funds to avoid service interruption. You can select any prepaid amount from $10 to $1,000. If you are just testing the system, we suggest starting with a $10 prepaid account. Your credit card will only be charged $10 and you can implement testing. When you finish testing, we suggest you increase your prepaid amount to match your anticipated volume to avoid multiple small charges.
Why it Is important to have the proper prepaid account amount selected: If you keep your prepaid account at $10 and anticipate using more than $10 in service every few days, your card will be charged multiple times in a short period. Multiple small charges to the same vendor in a short period can often trigger your credit card company to decline charges as suspicious activity which will cause your service to be interrupted.
We suggest you select a prepaid amount that will cover a least one week of search volume. Note that Prepaid amounts never expire. Should you decide to stop using the service, you can simply request the account balance of unused funds be credited back to your card.
For qualified customers, we offer an option to test data quality of our APIs with a limited number of live queries and to start integration activities. Once you complete your testing, you will be able to upgrade to a full account by adding a valid payment method. Start using SearchBug APIs by creating Test API Account. After you submit your request, please contact us by phone (800-990-2939) or chat to finalize your test account.
If you need access to SSN and Tracing APIs, create an account and then apply for Restricted Access.
