Filing documents & exhibits API

What this endpoint returns

One accession; verified manifest filenames; bounded text pages.

• name
• size
• mediaType
• formType
• sourceUrl

Make a request

Use an API key from your dashboard. Replace any uppercase CIK, ACCESSION, or DOCUMENT placeholders with actual identifiers. For document workflows, obtain the accession from filing metadata and choose a filename from the accession’s document manifest; filenames are not inferred from company names.

curl --fail-with-body "https://sec-api.dev/api/v1/documents?cik=320193&accession=ACCESSION" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SEC_API_KEY"

Keep the source context

Successful JSON responses provide a data envelope and source metadata. Store the original resource URL, fetchedAt retrieval time, and stale flag beside results. A retrieval timestamp is not the SEC’s publication timestamp. Use the documented pagination fields instead of assuming the first response is complete. Never treat a failed request as an empty filing or position set.

Limits that affect your application

HTML, TXT, and XML content only; not PDF conversion or a corpus download.

Account rate limits and request quotas apply. Respect Retry-After when supplied and bound retries. Source-format differences may produce explicit validation errors; retain the request ID when investigating. This API makes public data accessible, but does not guarantee the correctness of a filer’s financial disclosures.

Read the endpoint guide · Follow runnable workflows · Data quality and coverage

Build the next step

• Filing section extraction — Extract supported 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K narrative sections using document headings.
• Source-native XML to JSON — Read a filing’s actual XML structure as JSON with decimal strings and attributes retained.

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Source reference: SEC EDGAR API documentation and SEC technical specifications.