plaid

(Deprecated) Search employer database

Changed on

/employers/search allows you the ability to search Plaid's database of known employers, for use with Deposit Switch. You can use this endpoint to look up a user's employer in order to confirm that they are supported. Users with non-supported employers can then be routed out of the Deposit Switch flow.

The data in the employer database is currently limited. As the Deposit Switch and Income products progress through their respective beta periods, more employers are being regularly added. Because the employer database is frequently updated, we recommend that you do not cache or store data from this endpoint for more than a day.

post/employers/search

Request

  • Base URL
    https://production.plaid.com
  • URL
    https://production.plaid.com/employers/search
  • Auth
    API key in header PLAID-CLIENT-ID and API key in header PLAID-SECRET and API key in header Plaid-Version

Request body

client_idstring

Your Plaid API client_id. The client_id is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-CLIENT-ID header or as part of a request body.

secretstring

Your Plaid API secret. The secret is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-SECRET header or as part of a request body.

querystring required

The employer name to be searched for.

productsstring[] required

The Plaid products the returned employers should support. Currently, this field must be set to "deposit_switch".

Response

OK

request_idstring required

A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.

Changes

    • warning

      added the new CRA_PARTNER_INSIGHTS_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new CRA_REPORT_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • breaking

      the response property //// became nullable for the status