Response Body Schema Description

Dayforce RESTful Web Services Developer Guide

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R2025.2.1
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2025-11-05T18:19:39.327058
Response Body Schema Description

Required*

Response parameters and descriptions
Parameters Type Description
ScreeningRequestId   Dayforce candidate background screening reference
id*   Provider candidate background screening reference
Link   Candidate Background screening URL link
Errors   List of Errors (if Any)
  Code Status of the request
  Message Status of the request

Below is a sample response that Dayforce is expecting back from the provider after the POST call. Note that Id is the background screening provider’s unique identifier of the screening request order.

{
    "ScreeningRequestId”:  "F7145A1047FD44C1A0CBADEF89C99C22",
    "Id": "123",
    "Link": "http://sample-background-screening-url.com"
				
}

		

Below is a sample request that Dayforce send to Provider:

{
  "ScreeningReferenceId": "F7145A1047FD44C1A0CBADEF89C99C22",
  "ScreeningRequestedDate": "2020-09-01T11:27:41.216Z",
  "OrderDetails": {
    "PackageId": "Package1",
    "BillingCode": "BillCode1",
    "RecruiterEmail": "Recruiter@email.com"
    "HiringManagerEmail": "HiringManager@email.com"  
    "SubmitterEmail": "Submitter@email.com"
  },
  "CandidatePersonal": {
    "CandidateId": 10001,
    "FirstName": "CandidateFirstName",
    "LastName": " CandidateLastName ",
    "ConfirmedNoMiddleName": true,
    "PreferredGivenName": "CandidatePreferreGivenName",
    "Email": "Candidate@email.com",
    "Phone": "123456789",
    "PostalAddress": {
      "Address1": "Address1",
      "Address2": "Address2",
      "Address3": "Address3",
      "City": "City",
      "PostalCode": "123456"
     }
  },
  "CandidateProfile": {
    "EducationHistory": [
	{
	 "EducationHistoryId": 20001,
	 "SchoolName": "CandidateSchoolName",
	 "StartDate": "2020-01-01",
	 "EndDate": "2020-07-01",
	 "Degree": {
	   "DegreeName": "Bachelor's",
	   "Major": "Accounting",
	   "DegreeCompleted": true
	},
	"SchoolLocation": {
	  "City": "CandidateSchoolCity",
	  "State": " CandidateSchoolState",
	  "Country": " CandidateSchoolCountry"
	}
      }
     ],
     "EmploymentHistory": [
	{
	  "EmploymentHistoryId": 20002,
	  "EmployerName": "CandidateEmployerName",
	  "CurrentEmployer": false,
	  "Department": "CandidateDepartment",
	  "JobTitle": "CandidateJobTitle",
	  "StartDate": "2020-01-01",
	  "EndDate": "2020-07-01",
	  "Salary": "15000.00000",
	  "Location": {
	    "City": "CandidateEmployerCity",
	    "Country": "CandidateEmploymentCountry"
	  }
	}
     ],
     "References": [
	{
	  "ReferenceId": 20003,
	  "FirstName": "CandidateReferenceFirstName",
	  "LastName": " CandidateReferenceLastName",
	  "ReferenceEmail": "reference@email.com",
	  "BusinessPhone": "1234567899",
	  "MobilePhone": "9854245256"
	}
     ]
   },
   "JobRequisition": {
     "JobRequisitionId": 30001,
     "JobRequisitionTitle": "JobRequisitionTilte",
     "JobLocation": "JobLocation",
     "DepartmentName": "DepartmentName",
     "HiringManager": "HiringManagerFirstName HiringManagerLastName",
     "Recruiter": "RecruiterFirstName RecruiterLastName"
   }
}