check_contractor
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Check a contractor's license against official state and local licensing records covering dozens of US jurisdictions. The covered set grows over time; GET /v1/coverage on this host for the exact current list, and never assume from this description whether a jurisdiction is covered. Provide a license number or a business name, plus the jurisdiction. Returns match (the license record with status and provenance), candidates (disambiguate and call again; page with offset), no_match_in_index (NOT a determination of unlicensure), or jurisdiction_not_covered (with an official pointer URL for that jurisdiction; the response message states exactly what the link is, which for some jurisdictions is a consumer-protection or licensing-board page rather than a license lookup, so relay the message's wording and never present the link as a license lookup unless the message says it is one).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| jurisdiction | string | no | State or local jurisdiction code, e.g. "CA" ("US-CA" style also accepted) or "NYC". Coverage spans dozens of US jurisdictions; GET /v1/coverage for the exact current list. |
| license | string | no | License number, e.g. "1000002" |
| name | string | no | Business name, e.g. "Bayside Plumbing" |
| offset | integer | no | Pagination offset into the candidates list, default 0. Use with total_candidates from a prior call to page through large candidate sets. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"jurisdiction": {
"description": "State or local jurisdiction code, e.g. \"CA\" (\"US-CA\" style also accepted) or \"NYC\". Coverage spans dozens of US jurisdictions; GET /v1/coverage for the exact current list.",
"type": "string"
},
"license": {
"description": "License number, e.g. \"1000002\"",
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"description": "Business name, e.g. \"Bayside Plumbing\"",
"type": "string"
},
"offset": {
"description": "Pagination offset into the candidates list, default 0. Use with total_candidates from a prior call to page through large candidate sets.",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object"
}