# Clean a list of tickers and CIKs

**Use case:** 

Run a raw list of tickers and CIK numbers through SEC's own registry and see which are real. Junk entries come back as a clean, unbilled miss.

## Input

```json
{
  "tickersOrCiks": [
    "AAPL",
    "0000320193",
    "NOTAREALTICKER",
    "9999999999"
  ],
  "testRun": false,
  "onlyFound": false,
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "columns": [
    "cik",
    "name",
    "tickers",
    "exchanges",
    "sicCode",
    "sicDescription",
    "entityType",
    "category",
    "stateOfIncorporation",
    "fiscalYearEnd",
    "address",
    "formerNames",
    "recentFilings",
    "form",
    "filingDate",
    "accessionNumber",
    "primaryDocument"
  ],
  "expandRows": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "query": {
    "label": "Company submitted",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "found": {
    "label": "Found?",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "message": {
    "label": "Details",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "cik": {
    "label": "SEC CIK",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Legal name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "tickers": {
    "label": "Tickers",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "exchanges": {
    "label": "Exchanges",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "sicCode": {
    "label": "SIC code",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sicDescription": {
    "label": "Industry (SIC)",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "entityType": {
    "label": "Entity type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "category": {
    "label": "Filer category",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "stateOfIncorporation": {
    "label": "State of incorporation",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "fiscalYearEnd": {
    "label": "Fiscal year end (MMDD)",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "address": {
    "label": "Business address",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "formerNames": {
    "label": "Former names",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "recentFilings": {
    "label": "Recent filings (full list)",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "form": {
    "label": "Filing form",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "filingDate": {
    "label": "Filing date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "accessionNumber": {
    "label": "Accession number",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "primaryDocument": {
    "label": "Primary document",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Checked at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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