sec.gov EDGAR filings real-time API

• Covers SEC Edgar filings for over 8000 publicly listed companies, ETFs, hedge funds, mutual funds, and investors.
• Every filing is mapped to a CIK and ticker.
• Over 150 form types are supported, eg 10-Q, 10-K, 4, 8-K, 13-F and many more. See the list of supported form types here.
• The API returns a new filing as soon as it is published on SEC EDGAR.
• No XBRL/XML needed - JSON formatted.
• 13F holdings API included. Monitor all institutional ownerships in real-time.
• Python, R, Java, C++, Excel scripts are supported through websockets
• Client- and server-side JavaScript supported (Node.js, React, React Native, Angular, Vue, etc.)
• Free API key available on sec-api.io

The official documentation explains how to use the query API to filter historical filings: sec-api.io/docs

Data source: sec.gov

Getting Started

You can use the API in your command line, or develop your own application using the API as imported package. Both options are explained below.

Command Line

In your command line, type

1. python -m pip install sec-api to install the package
2. sec-api YOUR_API_KEY to connect to the stream. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the API key provided on sec-api.io
3. Done! You will see new filings printed in your command line as soon as they are published on SEC EDGAR.

Python

• Install the socket.io client: pip install "python-socketio[client]"
• Run the example script below. Get your free API key on sec-api.io and replace YOUR_API_KEY with it.

import socketio

sio = socketio.Client()

@sio.on('connect', namespace='/all-filings')
def on_connect():
    print("Connected to https://api.sec-api.io:3334/all-filings")

@sio.on('filing', namespace='/all-filings')
def on_filings(filing):
    print(filing)

sio.connect('https://api.sec-api.io:3334?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY', namespaces=['/all-filings'])
sio.wait()

Response Format

• accessionNo (string) - Accession number of filing, e.g. 0000028917-20-000033
• cik (string) - CIK of the filing issuer. Important: trailing 0 are removed.
• ticker (string) - Ticker of company, e.g. AMOT. A ticker is not available when non-publicly traded companies report filings (e.g. form 4 reported by directors). Please contact us if you find filings that you think should have tickers (but don't).
• companyName (string) - Name of company, e.g. Allied Motion Technologies Inc
• companyNameLong (string) - Long version of company name including the filer type (Issuer, Filer, Reporting), e.g. ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC (0000046129) (Issuer)
• formType (string) - sec.gov form type, e.g 10-K. See the list of supported form types here.
• description (string) - Description of the form, e.g. Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities
• linkToFilingDetails (string) - Link to HTML, XML or PDF version of the filing.
• linkToTxt (string) - Link to the plain text version of the filing. This file can be multiple MBs large.
• linkToHtml (string) - Link to index page of the filing listing all exhibits and the original HTML file.
• linkToXbrl (string, optional) - Link to XBRL version of the filing (if available).
• filedAt (string) - The date (format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS TZ) the filing was filed, eg 2019-12-06T14:41:26-05:00.
• id (string) - Unique ID of the filing.
• entities (array) - A list of all entities referred to in the filing. The first item in the array always represents the filing issuer. Each array element is an object with the following keys:
  • companyName (string) - Company name of the entity, e.g. DILLARD'S, INC. (Issuer)
  • cik (string) - CIK of the entity. Trailing 0 are not removed here, e.g. 0000028917
  • irsNo (string, optional) - IRS number of the entity, e.g. 710388071
  • stateOfIncorporation (string, optional) - State of incorporation of entity, e.g. AR
  • fiscalYearEnd (string, optional) - Fiscal year end of the entity, e.g. 0201
  • sic (string, optional) - SIC of the entity, e.g. 5311 Retail-Department Stores
  • type (string, optional) - Type of the filing being filed. Same as formType, e.g. 4
  • act (string, optional) - The SEC act pursuant to which the filing was filed, e.g. 34
  • fileNo (string, optional) - Filer number of the entity, e.g. 001-06140
  • filmNo (string, optional) - Film number of the entity, e.g. 20575664
• documentFormatFiles (array) - An array listing all primary files of the filing. The first item of the array is always the filing itself. The last item of the array is always the TXT version of the filing. All other items can represent exhibits, press releases, PDF documents, presentations, graphics, XML files, and more. An array item is represented as follows:
  • sequence (string, optional) - The sequence number of the filing, e.g. 1
  • description (string, optional) - Description of the file, e.g. EXHIBIT 31.1
  • documentUrl (string) - URL to the file on SEC.gov
  • type (string, optional) - Type of the file, e.g. EX-32.1, GRAPHIC or 10-Q
  • size (string, optional) - Size of the file, e.g. 6627216
• dataFiles (array) - List of data files (filing attachments, exhibits, XBRL files) attached to the filing.
  • sequence (string) - Sequence number of the file, e.g. 6
  • description (string) - Description of the file, e.g. XBRL INSTANCE DOCUMENT
  • documentUrl (string) - URL to the file on SEC.gov
  • type (string, optional) - Type of the file, e.g. EX-101.INS, EX-101.DEF or EX-101.PRE
  • size (string, optional) - Size of the file, e.g. 6627216

Example JSON Response

{
  "id": "79ad9e452ea42402df4fe55c636191d6",
  "accessionNo": "0001213900-21-032169",
  "cik": "1824149",
  "ticker": "JOFF",
  "companyName": "JOFF Fintech Acquisition Corp.",
  "companyNameLong": "JOFF Fintech Acquisition Corp. (Filer)",
  "formType": "10-Q",
  "description": "Form 10-Q - Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]",
  "filedAt": "2021-06-11T17:25:44-04:00",
  "linkToTxt": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/0001213900-21-032169.txt",
  "linkToHtml": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/0001213900-21-032169-index.htm",
  "linkToXbrl": "",
  "linkToFilingDetails": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/f10q0321_jofffintech.htm",
  "entities": [
    {
      "companyName": "JOFF Fintech Acquisition Corp. (Filer)",
      "cik": "1824149",
      "irsNo": "852863893",
      "stateOfIncorporation": "DE",
      "fiscalYearEnd": "1231",
      "type": "10-Q",
      "act": "34",
      "fileNo": "001-40005",
      "filmNo": "211012398",
      "sic": "6770 Blank Checks"
    }
  ],
  "documentFormatFiles": [
    {
      "sequence": "1",
      "description": "QUARTERLY REPORT",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/f10q0321_jofffintech.htm",
      "type": "10-Q",
      "size": "274745"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "2",
      "description": "CERTIFICATION",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/f10q0321ex31-1_jofffintech.htm",
      "type": "EX-31.1",
      "size": "12209"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "3",
      "description": "CERTIFICATION",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/f10q0321ex31-2_jofffintech.htm",
      "type": "EX-31.2",
      "size": "12220"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "4",
      "description": "CERTIFICATION",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/f10q0321ex32-1_jofffintech.htm",
      "type": "EX-32.1",
      "size": "4603"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "5",
      "description": "CERTIFICATION",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/f10q0321ex32-2_jofffintech.htm",
      "type": "EX-32.2",
      "size": "4607"
    },
    {
      "sequence": " ",
      "description": "Complete submission text file",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/0001213900-21-032169.txt",
      "type": " ",
      "size": "2344339"
    }
  ],
  "dataFiles": [
    {
      "sequence": "6",
      "description": "XBRL INSTANCE FILE",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/joff-20210331.xml",
      "type": "EX-101.INS",
      "size": "248137"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "7",
      "description": "XBRL SCHEMA FILE",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/joff-20210331.xsd",
      "type": "EX-101.SCH",
      "size": "43550"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "8",
      "description": "XBRL CALCULATION FILE",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/joff-20210331_cal.xml",
      "type": "EX-101.CAL",
      "size": "21259"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "9",
      "description": "XBRL DEFINITION FILE",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/joff-20210331_def.xml",
      "type": "EX-101.DEF",
      "size": "182722"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "10",
      "description": "XBRL LABEL FILE",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/joff-20210331_lab.xml",
      "type": "EX-101.LAB",
      "size": "309660"
    },
    {
      "sequence": "11",
      "description": "XBRL PRESENTATION FILE",
      "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824149/000121390021032169/joff-20210331_pre.xml",
      "type": "EX-101.PRE",
      "size": "186873"
    }
  ],
  "seriesAndClassesContractsInformation": [],
  "periodOfReport": "2021-03-31",
  "effectivenessDate": "2021-03-31"
}

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