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# Social Media Check

Certn's Social Media Check is an analysis of candidates’ public posts across social media platforms, the web and news articles. Certn retrieves these profiles, posts and images to determine if they fit into one or more pre-defined categories.

### Availability

This check is available for applicants from **Canada (excluding Quebec)** :flag_ca:, the US and US territories :flag_us:, and **Australia** :flag_au:

This check is available for a [**quickscreen**](/api/faq.md#what-is-a-quickscreen-and-how-do-i-use-it) :white_check_mark:

### Canada

| Industry            | Availability | Endpoints                                         |
| ------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------|
| Human Resources     | Yes          | [Quickscreen](#) ✅, [Invite](#) 📩                |
| Property Management | Yes          | [Quickscreen](#) ✅, [Invite](#) 📩                |

### US and US Territories

### Australia

### **Parameters**

#### Request flag

Include this flag in the body of your request:

[`request_social_media_check`](/api/api-reference/resources/application-parameters/request-flags.md#request-flags)

#### Invite parameters

To invite an applicant to complete a screen, include this parameter in the body of your request:

* `email`

#### Quickscreen parameters

To complete a quickscreen, include these parameters in the body of your request:

* [`information`](/api/api-reference/resources/application-parameters.md#information) 
  * `first_name`
  * `last_name`
  * `date_of_birth`
  * [`addresses`](/api/api-reference/resources/application-parameters.md#address) (min 1 - the current address has to be in **Canada** (excluding QC), **US**, or **Australia**)
* [`position_or_property_location`](/api/api-reference/resources/application-parameters.md#position-or-property-location)
* [`social_media_details`](/api/api-reference/resources/application-parameters.md#specialization-1)

#### Quickscreen consent forms

We provide sample consent forms if you're running quickscreens on applicants residing in these regions:

| Sample consent form                 | Candidate region      | Your industry         |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- |
| [Social media consent form 05.02.22](https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Ldm31LBJl1aXXDL3IPRRMG0RTAPtkU6/view?usp=share_link) | US and US territories | Employment (HR)       |
| [Social media consent form  Tenancy 2.1.23](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dw_XvW81H2o5XAaGIHv7robaeRCyiJc-/edit?usp=sharing\&ouid=115241323289372245932\&rtpof=true\&sd=true) | US and US territories | Tenant screening (PM) |

**Example request**

### Canada
```json
{
    "request_social_media_check": true,
    "email": "example@certn.co",
    "information": {
        "first_name": "Andrew",
        "last_name": "McLeod",
        "date_of_birth": "1987-03-04",
        "addresses": [
            {
                "address": "12 CA address St",
                "city": "Burnaby",
                "province_state": "BC",
                "country": "CA",
                "postal_code": "V2N7C3",
                "start_date": "2000-02-02",
                "current": true
            }
        ],
        "social_media_details": {
            "high_school_name": "My high school",
            "college_country": "Canada",
            "college_name": "Test college",
            "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com",
            "facebook_url": "myFacebook",
            "instagram_url": "instagram_handle",
            "linkedin_url": "test_linkedin_link",
            "tiktok_url": null,
            "reddit_url": null
        }
    },
    "position_or_property_location": {
        "address": "2680 Blanshard St Unit 3",
        "city": "Victoria",
        "province_state": "BC",
        "country": "CA",
        "postal_code": "V8T5E1",
        "location_type": "Position Location"
    }
}
```

### US and US Territories
```json
{
    "request_social_media_check": true,
    "email": "example@certn.co",
    "information": {
        "first_name": "Andrew",
        "last_name": "McLeod",
        "date_of_birth": "1987-03-04",
        "addresses": [
            {
                "address": "3601 West Belleview Avenue",
                "city": "Littleton",
                "province_state": "CO",
                "county": "Arapahoe",
                "country": "US",
                "postal_code": "80123",
                "start_date": "2000-02-02",
                "current": true
            }
        ],
        "social_media_details": {
            "high_school_name": "My high school",
            "college_country": "US",
            "college_name": "Test college",
            "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com",
            "facebook_url": "myFacebook",
            "instagram_url": "instagram_handle",
            "linkedin_url": "test_linkedin_link",
            "tiktok_url": null,
            "reddit_url": null
        }
    },
    "position_or_property_location": {
        "address": "Tiffany & Co., 97 Greene St",
        "city": "New York City",
        "county": "New York",
        "province_state": "NY",
        "country": "US",
        "postal_code": "10012",
        "location_type": "Position Location"
    }
}
```

### Australia
```json
{
    "request_social_media_check": true,
    "email": "example@certn.co",
    "information": {
        "first_name": "Andrew",
        "last_name": "McLeod",
        "date_of_birth": "1987-03-04",
        "addresses": [
            {
                "address": "42 Wallaby Way",
                "city": "Sydney",
                "province_state": "NSW",
                "country": "AU",
                "postal_code": "2000",
                "start_date": "2000-02-02",
                "current": true
            }
        ],
        "social_media_details": {
            "high_school_name": "My high school",
            "college_country": "AU",
            "college_name": "Test college",
            "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com",
            "facebook_url": "myFacebook",
            "instagram_url": "instagram_handle",
            "linkedin_url": "test_linkedin_link",
            "tiktok_url": null,
            "reddit_url": null
        }
    },
    "position_or_property_location": {
        "address": "600 George St",
        "city": "Sydney",
        "province_state": "NSW",
        "country": "AU",
        "postal_code": "2000",
        "location_type": "Position Location"
    }
}
```

### Report

Report field: [`social_media_check_result`](/api/api-reference/resources/report-field-mappings.md#social-media-check-result)

### **Test data**

Send Social Media requests with the following parameters on our [demo environment](/api/start/demo-account.md) to retrieve our pre-filled reports.

**Clear results**

| First name | Last name       | Address                            | Result |
| ---------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------ |
| Clear      | SupportedRegion | US, Canada (non Quebec), Australia | Clear  |

**Records found**

| First name | Last name       | Address                            | Result |
| ---------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------ |
| Review     | SupportedRegion | US, Canada (non Quebec), Australia | Review |
| Any        | Any             | Quebec, Canada, Australia          | Review |

### Errors

#### 400 Bad Request

‌You may receive a `400 Bad Request` if:  
* You sent a quickscreen request for a Social Media Check on a applicant residing in an unsupported `country` or `province_state`.

#### How to fix this issue

Make sure your applicant resides in one of our supported regions.