---
title: "POST /api/cascade-tracing/orders/purchases/compare-candidates"
method: POST
path: "/api/cascade-tracing/orders/purchases/compare-candidates"
tags: ["Order Tracing - Purchase Orders"]
---

# POST /api/cascade-tracing/orders/purchases/compare-candidates

`POST /api/cascade-tracing/orders/purchases/compare-candidates`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.retraced.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.retraced.com/api/cascade-tracing/orders/purchases/compare-candidates`
- Auth: none declared

List purchase orders ranked by overlap with a supply chain map, for comparing one order against the map

## Request body

- object
  - `limit` integer: Number of results per page. The default and maximum vary per endpoint.
  - `page` integer: Page number (1-based). Defaults to 1.
  - `collaborationId` string, required
  - `search` string
  - `supplierCompanyId` string

## Response `200`

Default Response

- object
  - `metadata` object, required
    - `success` boolean, required: True when the request succeeded.
    - `pagination` object
      - `page` number, required: Current page number (1-based).
      - `limit` number, required: Page size used for this response. Endpoint defaults vary — see each endpoint's limit parameter.
      - `total` number, required: Total number of records across all pages.
      - `totalPages` number, required: Total number of pages. Iterate until page reaches totalPages.
  - `data` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `orderNumber` string, nullable, required
    - `status` string, nullable, required
    - `updatedAt` union, required
      - string
      - string, date-time
    - `supplierCompany` object, nullable, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, nullable, required
    - `isMainSupplier` boolean, required
    - `matchedCompanyCount` number, required
    - `mapCompanyCount` number, required

## Other responses

- `403`: Default Response
- `404`: Default Response

## Changes

> 108 revisions in range; 2 not diffed.

- **2026-10-16** `b058e8096bed`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/retraced/apis/api-reference/changes/api/cascade-tracing/orders/purchases/compare-candidates/post.md)

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