Creating a Screening Group

Creating a screening group allows you to invite applicants by both email and/or text message to verify their income.

To view the details of the request you need to send, please click the arrow in the section below.

Create Screening Group

POST https://api.payscore.com/api/v1/screening_groups

Creates a screening group for a single applicant or multiple applicants. When an Automated Income Verification (AIV) screening request is created successfully, an email and/or text is sent to all applicants inviting them to complete the screening.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
applicants	array	The applicants attached to the income verification request. See Applicant model below.
property	object	The property's address that will be displayed in the screening workflow to let the applicant know they are in the right place. See Property model below.
is_decision_maker_paying	boolean	Is the decision maker paying or is the applicant?
decision_maker_display_name	string	The name of the decision maker to be displayed on the request. This can also be a company name.
monthly_rent	number	The monthly rent in dollars is used to calculate the net income to rent multiplier. If there are multiple applicants, this is the monthly rent of the entire household. If left blank, then the multiplier will not be calculated.
income_multiplier_threshold	number	The income multiplier threshold that is used to determine whether the applicant meets the net income to rent threshold. For example, if the decision maker wants 3.0x the net income to rent ratio, you would send 3.0 for this income verification request. If left blank, the default value is 2.5x.
webhook_url	string	The URL that will receive webhook notifications for the screening group created.
is_invitation_disabled	boolean	If you decide to not want Payscore to invite the applicant via email and/or text, pass in true for this field.

200 A successfully created screening group with 2 applicants attached.

{
    "id": "905963d4-0649-4046-8f39-7997a9e45ed4",
    "screenings": [{
        "id": "4516efb4-82ed-43cd-a55a-ba93d4914562",
        "applicant_first_name": "John",
        "applicant_last_name": "Smith",
        "applicant_email": "[e-mail]",
        "reason_completed": "not_completed",
        "screening_status": "not_started"
    }, {
        "id": "13cc2254-152e-4e78-937c-66b7d89c65a2",
        "applicant_first_name": "Bob",
        "applicant_last_name": "Thomas",
        "applicant_email": "[e-mail]",
        "reason_completed": "finished",
        "screening_status": "completed"
    }],
    "status": "in_progress",
    "approval_recommendation": "unavailable",
    "property_street_address": "1234 Pike St. #101",
    "income_multiplier_threshold": 2.5,
    "monthly_rent_cents": 200000,
    "is_decision_maker_paying": true,
    "is_report_expired": false,
    "is_report_expired": null,
    "created_at_timestamp": 1574244834717.303
}

400 If you are missing parameters or the applicants' emails are invalid, you will receive a 400 Bad Request with the errors in this format.

{
    "errors": [
        "[e-mail] is an invalid email", 
        "[e-mail] is an invalid email"
    ]
}

In our production environment, we will validate whether the applicants' emails are valid and exist to prevent typos. If the email does not exist, you will receive a 400 Bad Request. An example of the error response can be seen in the Response tab above.

Request Parameter Schemas

Applicant Schema

Field	Type	Required?	Description
applicant_first_name	string	yes	The applicant's first name
applicant_last_name	string	yes	The applicant's last name
applicant_email	string	yes	The applicant's email. This is the email address where we will send the AIV invitation
applicant_phone_number	string	no	The applicant's phone number, including the international code (ex. [phone]). Including this will send a text message AIV request as well as an email.

Property Schema

Field	Type	Required?	Description
street_address	string	yes	The property's street address
city	string	yes	The property's city
state	string	yes	The property's state fully spelled out. No initials
zip_code	string	yes	The property's zip code
unit	string	no	The property's unit number, if available

Response Schemas

Screening Group Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	The unique id of the screening group
screenings	Screening[]	The individual AIV screenings that make up the screening group
status	string	The status of the entire screening group. The value can be not_started, in_progress, or completed.
property_name	string	The property's name for the screening
property_street_address	string	The property's street address for the screening
unit_number	string	The unit number for the screening
monthly_rent_cents	number	The monthly rent in cents
approval_recommendation	string	The approval recommendation of the screening group. The value can be unavailable, approve, or decline.
is_decision_maker_paying	boolean	Is the decision maker paying or is the applicant?
is_expired	boolean	Has the income verification request expired? Requests automatically expire within 14 days if not fully completed.
is_report_expired	boolean	Is the income verification report expired for this screening group? If the report doesn't exist, this value is false.
decision_maker_display_name	string	The name of the decision maker to be displayed on the screening. This can also be a company name.
income_multiplier_threshold	number	The income multiplier threshold that is used to calculate whether the applicant's net income to rent meets the decision maker's requirements.
correlation_id	string	A unique identifier that will be saved with the screening group. This is generally used to correlate to another ID in your database.
created_at_timestamp	number	UNIX timestamp of when the AIV request was created

Screening Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	The unique ID of the screening
applicant_first_name	string	The applicant's first name
applicant_last_name	string	The applicant's last name
applicant_email	string	The applicant's email
screening_status	string	The status of the individual screening. The value can be not_started, in_progress, or completed.
reason_completed	string	How the screening was completed. Values can be not_completed, finished, no_bank, no_online_banking, share_bank, no_income, or bank_cannot_connect.

ScreeningStatus Values

Value	Description
not_started	The applicant has not begun the income verification process. "Beginning the process" means clicking the link sent via email/text, and creating a password for their account.
in_progress	The applicant has begun the income verification process but has not submitted their final report. If the applicant has connected their bank but has not submitted their report, the status is still in_progress. If the applicant re-opens their screening, the status will change from completedto in_progress.
completed	The applicant has completed their screening. The outcome of their screening is marked in the reason_completed field of Screening.

ReasonCompleted Values

Value	Description
not_completed	The applicant has not completed the screening
finished	The applicant has completed the screening by connecting their bank account(s) and submitted the report
no_bank	The applicant has reached out to our support team that they do not have a bank. After confirming they do not have a bank, our support team submits this status.
no_online_banking	The applicant has reached out to our support team that they do not have online banking. After confirming they do not have online banking, our support team submits this status.
share_bank	The applicant has submitted that they share a bank with another applicant. At least one applicant in the screening group will need to connect their bank and share their banking information.
no_income	The applicant has submitted that they do not produce any income, and therefore don't need to connect a bank account.
bank_cannot_connect	The applicant has reached out to our support team that they cannot connect their bank. After the support team has assisted them with all possible data providers and troubleshooting, if they still cannot successfully pull their bank data, the support team submits this status.