# Occupant Service

Use Occupant Service endpoint to request various occupant service actions.

## Perform action for a single occupant

 - [GET /{action}/{format}/{geographicType}](https://developer.melissa.com/apis/leadgen-occupant/occupant-service/getoccupantservice.md): Uses HTTP GET to accept one input record and returns the response in XML format.

## Check order (file) status after a buy request

 - [POST /getFileStatus](https://developer.melissa.com/apis/leadgen-occupant/occupant-service/getfilestatus.md): Uses HTTP POST to accept a URL or OrderId and returns the File Status response in JSON format.