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REST APIs
Getting Started Authentication
OAuth 2.0 HTTP Basic
Making an API Call Standard Endpoints
Employee Methods
POST/employees POST/Employees: id Update GET/ employees PATCH/ employees GET/I9s
User Methods
GET/ users POST/ users PATCH/ users GET/ managements POST/ managements DELETE/ managements GET/ permissions GET/ roles POST/ roles
Company Methods
GET/ locations POST/ locations PATCH/ locations POST/ groups GET/ custom_fields POST/ custom_fields GET/ Groups GET/ EINs

I-9 & E-Verify Integration
Integrated Workflow Integrated POST I-9 Status Update E-Verify Status Update
File-Based Feeds
How Data Feeds Work Preparing Data Files
File naming convention File format
CSV special consideration
File Size Field identifiers File composition Data Rows
Record Updating Record Creation
Date format Boolean Format Sample CSV File
Best Practice Recommendations File Submission
Interactive file submission Programmatic file submission Sample File Post Using cURL HTTP Status Code Responses
File Disposition Log Access and Review Data Feed Types
Location
Data Feed Posting Type Location Identifying Fields Example CSV Fields Location Data Fields
Employee
Data Feed Posting Type Employee Data Fields Example CSV File Employee Identifying Fields
User
Data Feed Posting Type User Identifying Fields Example CSV File User Data Fields
Group
Data Feed Posting Types Example CSV File Group Data Fields
Custom Field
Data Feed Posting Type Example CSV File Custom Field Data Fields
Data Models
Users Locations Groups Managements Employees Employments Permissions Roles Legal Entity
SSO
SAML 2.0 OAuth 2.0

Products Guardian File-Base Feeds Preparing Data Files File format

Guardian accepts data submitted in comma-separated values (CSV), tab-delimited values (TSV), or Excel (XLSX) format.

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