# SEC API

Independent developer API for public SEC EDGAR data. Not affiliated with the SEC or sec-api.io. Not investment advice. Source facts and normalized values should be distinguished.

## Documentation
- [Documentation](https://sec-api.dev/docs)
- [API reference](https://sec-api.dev/docs/reference)
- [OpenAPI](https://sec-api.dev/openapi.json)
- [Pricing](https://sec-api.dev/pricing)
- [Corrections](https://sec-api.dev/corrections)

## Product and data catalog
- [Products](https://sec-api.dev/products)
- [Datasets](https://sec-api.dev/datasets)
- [Data quality and limits](https://sec-api.dev/data-quality)
- [Tutorial hub](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials)

## Product endpoints
- [Company identifiers](https://sec-api.dev/products/company-lookup): Search current company tickers and names, or retrieve a CIK profile. Scope: Current SEC ticker directory; company profiles from submissions.
- [Filing search by company](https://sec-api.dev/products/filing-history): Filter one issuer’s recent filings or traverse its available SEC history. Scope: Per issuer; validated referenced history files in all-history mode.
- [Reported XBRL facts](https://sec-api.dev/products/companyfacts): Query reported companyfacts observations without dropping units or periods. Scope: SEC companyfacts observations with exact taxonomy/concept/unit filters.
- [Filing documents & exhibits](https://sec-api.dev/products/filing-documents): List an accession’s document manifest and retrieve supported document text. Scope: One accession; verified manifest filenames; bounded text pages.
- [Filing section extraction](https://sec-api.dev/products/section-extraction): Extract supported 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K narrative sections using document headings. Scope: One document, supported form/item, paginated text; heuristic boundaries.
- [Insider transactions & holdings](https://sec-api.dev/products/insider-transactions): Read Forms 3, 4, and 5 ownership XML, preserving transaction and holding record types. Scope: One ownership XML document; reporting owners and footnotes retained.
- [13F information tables](https://sec-api.dev/products/institutional-holdings): Parse a manager’s filed information table with reported positions and voting authority. Scope: One13F information table, optional cover context; not a reconciled portfolio.
- [SEC full-text search](https://sec-api.dev/products/full-text-search): Search official SEC document matches across companies, with form and date filters. Scope: Official SEC EFTS document matches since2001, not our own complete index.
- [Daily filing index](https://sec-api.dev/products/daily-filing-index): Retrieve and filter the SEC daily master filing index for a selected date. Scope: One published daily index; optional form and CIK filters.
- [JSON & CSV exports](https://sec-api.dev/products/dataset-exports): Export ticker snapshots and pages of filings or reported facts. Scope: Directory snapshot or one paginated issuer dataset result.
- [Source-native XML to JSON](https://sec-api.dev/products/filing-xml): Read a filing’s actual XML structure as JSON with decimal strings and attributes retained. Scope: One verified manifest XML file; up to900KB parsed response.
- [MCP server for AI agents](https://sec-api.dev/products/mcp-server): Connect an API-key-capable MCP client to read-only SEC search, filing, fact, document, and ownership tools. Scope: Stateless Streamable HTTP;11read-only tools; existing API key and quotas.
- [Form D offering notices](https://sec-api.dev/products/form-d-offerings): Query imported SEC Form D notices across issuers, with offering fields, amendment links and archive provenance. Scope: One imported quarterly archive; 2026Q3 contains15,952 submissions. Source assertions, not verified fundraising outcomes.
- [Quarterly insider transactions](https://sec-api.dev/products/quarterly-insider-transactions): Query imported SEC Form 3/4/5 transaction records across issuers, preserving source strings and footnotes. Scope: Transaction tables from an imported quarterly SEC archive; derivative and nonderivative records.
- [Financial observation series](https://sec-api.dev/products/financial-series): Select annual, quarterly or instant reported observations with exact periods, filing provenance and explicit conflict handling. Scope: One exact companyfacts taxonomy/concept/unit; source-backed period selection with optional filing-date cutoff.

## Datasets
The Form D and insider quarterly datasets contain imported cross-issuer archives. Other form datasets are per-issuer metadata.
- [10-K: Annual reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/10-k)
- [10-Q: Quarterly reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/10-q)
- [20-F: Foreign annual reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/20-f)
- [40-F: Canadian annual reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/40-f)
- [8-K: Current reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/8-k)
- [6-K: Foreign current reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/6-k)
- [1-U: Regulation A current reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/1-u)
- [DEF 14A: Definitive proxy statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/def-14a)
- [PRE 14A: Preliminary proxy statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/pre-14a)
- [DEFA14A: Additional proxy materials](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/defa14a)
- [DEFM14A: Merger proxy statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/defm14a)
- [DEF 14C: Information statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/def-14c)
- [3: Initial insider ownership](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/form-3)
- [4: Insider ownership changes](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/form-4)
- [5: Annual insider statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/form-5)
- [144: Proposed restricted sales](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/form-144)
- [13F-HR: Institutional holdings reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/13f-hr)
- [SC 13D: Beneficial ownership disclosures](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/sc-13d)
- [SC 13G: Beneficial ownership schedules](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/sc-13g)
- [S-1: Registration statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/s-1)
- [S-3: Shelf registrations](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/s-3)
- [S-4: Business combination registrations](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/s-4)
- [S-8: Employee plan registrations](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/s-8)
- [F-1: Foreign registration statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/f-1)
- [424B4: Final prospectuses](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/424b4)
- [D: Exempt offering notices](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/form-d)
- [C: Crowdfunding disclosures](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/form-c)
- [1-A: Regulation A offering statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/1-a)
- [NPORT-P: Fund portfolio reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/nport-p)
- [N-CEN: Fund annual census](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/n-cen)
- [N-PX: Proxy voting reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/n-px)
- [N-CSR: Fund shareholder reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/n-csr)
- [N-1A: Fund registration statements](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/n-1a)
- [N-2: Closed-end fund registrations](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/n-2)
- [497: Fund prospectuses](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/497)
- [10-D: Asset-backed distribution reports](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/10-d)
- [ABS-EE: Asset-backed exhibits](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/abs-ee)
- [EFFECT: Effectiveness notices](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/effect)
- [D: Form D quarterly offering records](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/form-d-offerings)
- [3 / 4 / 5: Quarterly insider transaction records](https://sec-api.dev/datasets/insider-transactions)

## Research briefs
- [Research methodology and reports](https://sec-api.dev/research)
- [Apple annual revenue](https://sec-api.dev/research/apple-annual-revenue)
- [Microsoft annual revenue](https://sec-api.dev/research/microsoft-annual-revenue)
- [NVIDIA annual revenue](https://sec-api.dev/research/nvidia-annual-revenue)

## Endpoint workflows
- [Ticker to CIK API for SEC company lookup](https://sec-api.dev/ticker-to-cik-api): Resolve a stock ticker or company name to a padded SEC CIK. Query the current ticker directory, then retrieve company identity data with source metadata.
- [SEC filings API with original document links](https://sec-api.dev/sec-filings-api): Retrieve SEC filing metadata by company CIK and form, with recent and available-history modes. Access accession numbers, filing dates, document links, pagination, and explicit source freshness.
- [XBRL companyfacts API: financial observations as JSON](https://sec-api.dev/xbrl-companyfacts-api): Query reported SEC companyfacts by CIK, taxonomy, concept, and unit. Get JSON observations with reporting periods and accession provenance, without hiding context.

## Tutorials
- [Find recent SEC filings from a ticker with JavaScript](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/ticker-to-sec-filings-javascript): Build a two-request Node.js workflow: resolve a ticker to a CIK, filter recent SEC filings by form, and retain the original document links and source metadata.
- [Export SEC companyfacts to CSV with Python](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/export-sec-companyfacts-python): Use Python’s standard library to export bounded pages of reported SEC facts, preserving units, periods, accession numbers, and a separate source-provenance file.
- [Build a provenance check for SEC filing responses](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/audit-sec-data-provenance-javascript): Write a small Node.js check for source URLs, fetch timestamps, stale flags, filing identifiers, and document links without overstating what metadata proves.
- [Paginate available SEC filing history with JavaScript](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/retrieve-complete-available-filing-history): Traverse an issuer’s available SEC history with a bounded request budget, deduplicate accessions, and detect source snapshot changes.
- [Find and download SEC filing document text](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/download-filing-document-text-javascript): Resolve a filing accession, inspect its real document manifest, and retrieve a bounded page of document text with Node.js.
- [Extract a 10-K risk-factor section with source context](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/extract-10k-risk-factors-javascript): Find an annual report and request Item1A using bounded heading-based extraction, retaining method and source metadata.
- [Read insider ownership XML without confusing holdings and trades](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/inspect-insider-ownership-records): Find a Form4 accession and inspect parsed ownership records, transaction codes, decimal strings, and source footnotes.
- [Read a 13F information table without inventing value units](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/inspect-13f-information-table): Retrieve an investment manager’s13F rows and preserve reported values, security identifiers, and amendment context.
- [Search SEC filing text across companies with JavaScript](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/search-sec-filings-across-companies): Query official SEC document matches with a phrase, form filter, and filing-date bounds while preserving pagination and match identity.
- [Read a daily SEC filing index with Python](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/read-daily-sec-filing-index): Retrieve a published daily master index, preserve its source metadata, and distinguish daily filing discovery from real-time alerts.
- [Download SEC filing metadata CSV and preserve its headers](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/export-filing-metadata-csv-python): Export a bounded annual-filing metadata page with Python, saving source and pagination headers next to the CSV.
- [Compare original and amended filing metadata](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/compare-original-and-amended-filing-metadata): Retrieve10-K and10-K/A records separately and inspect their accessions and reporting dates without overwriting the original filing.
- [Inspect SEC XML as source-native JSON](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/convert-filing-xml-to-json): Select an actual XML document from a filing manifest and inspect its JSON representation while preserving source semantics.
- [Export Form D offering notices with JavaScript](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/export-form-d-offerings-javascript): Download a bounded page of quarterly Form D notices, preserve source strings and save archive provenance with the result.
- [Select annual SEC revenue observations with JavaScript](https://sec-api.dev/tutorials/compare-annual-financial-observations-javascript): Request exact annual periods, detect conflicting selected-filing values and preserve source provenance without inventing quarterly totals.

## Guides
- [Caching SEC data without hiding freshness](https://sec-api.dev/blog/sec-api-caching-freshness-and-correctness): Design an observable ingestion workflow that separates source updates, retrieval time, cache age, and the user-facing freshness promise.
- [Companyfacts: preserve the context behind every number](https://sec-api.dev/blog/companyfacts-units-periods-and-restatements): Why a financial fact needs a concept, unit, reporting period, and source accession—and how to avoid misleading last-value shortcuts.
- [SEC submissions: build a filing history you can trust](https://sec-api.dev/blog/sec-submissions-api-history-and-provenance): A practical approach to recent filings, older history files, accession numbers, and source provenance when working with the SEC submissions API.