SEC Investor Alerts Scraper

Scrape SEC Investor.gov investor alerts and bulletins into a clean dataset for compliance monitoring, fraud-risk research, investor education feeds, and internal knowledge bases.

The actor crawls the public Investor.gov Alerts & Bulletins pages, follows pagination, optionally opens each detail page, and returns structured records with dates, summaries, categories, full body text, source URLs, and scrape metadata.

What does SEC Investor Alerts Scraper do?

SEC Investor Alerts Scraper turns Investor.gov alerts and bulletins into exportable data.

It can collect:

• 🛡️ SEC investor alerts
• 📌 SEC investor bulletins
• 📅 publication dates
• 🔗 canonical source URLs
• 📝 summaries from the listing page
• 📄 full article body text from detail pages
• 🏷️ categories and tags when available
• ⏱️ scrape timestamps for monitoring workflows

Who is it for?

This scraper is designed for teams that need a repeatable SEC investor-protection feed.

• Compliance teams monitoring new fraud and investor-protection notices
• Fraud-risk analysts tracking scam themes and enforcement warnings
• Investor-relations teams watching official SEC investor education updates
• Fintech content teams feeding alerts into newsletters or apps
• Legal researchers building archives of investor guidance
• Knowledge-base teams indexing public SEC investor education content

Why use this actor?

Investor.gov is public, but the Alerts & Bulletins pages are formatted for reading, not for automated workflows.

This actor gives you:

• A structured dataset instead of manual copy and paste
• Detail-page body text for search and RAG workflows
• Consistent dates and source URLs for audit trails
• A low-cost HTTP crawler without browser overhead
• Inputs that work for scheduled monitoring or one-off exports

Data extracted

Field	Description
title	Alert or bulletin headline
type	Investor Alert, Investor Bulletin, or Other
publishedDate	Normalized ISO date when parseable
publishedDateText	Raw date text shown by Investor.gov
sourceUrl	Absolute source URL
summary	Listing summary or short detail fallback
bodyText	Full article text when detail extraction is enabled
category	Source category when present
tags	Category and breadcrumb-style labels
scrapedAt	Timestamp when the record was saved

How much does it cost to scrape SEC investor alerts?

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

• A small start fee is charged once per run.
• A per-item event is charged for each alert or bulletin saved.
• Higher Apify usage tiers receive lower per-item prices.

You can control spend with maxItems. For a quick test, use 10-25 items. For a monitoring export, use 100+ items or let the actor crawl the available pages.

How to use SEC Investor Alerts Scraper

1. Open the actor on Apify.
2. Keep the default Investor.gov Alerts & Bulletins URL or add specific detail URLs.
3. Set maxItems to the number of records you need.
4. Keep includeBody enabled if you need full article text.
5. Run the actor.
6. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or through the Apify API.

Input options

Start URLs

Use the main listing URL for normal monitoring:

https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins

You can also provide detail URLs when you only need specific alerts or bulletins.

Maximum alerts/bulletins

maxItems limits the number of dataset rows. This is the main cost-control input.

Alert types

Use types to limit output to Investor Alerts, Investor Bulletins, or Other pages.

Include full body text

When includeBody is true, the actor opens detail pages and extracts article text. Disable it for a faster metadata-only run.

Request delay

Investor.gov pages are static and public, so no delay is usually needed. Add a delay if you are running very large scheduled jobs.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeBody": true,
  "maxBodyChars": 20000,
  "requestDelayMs": 0
}

Example output

{
  "title": "Updated Investor Alert: Identity Theft, Data Breaches and Your Investment Accounts",
  "type": "Investor Alert",
  "publishedDate": "2026-04-23",
  "publishedDateText": "April 23, 2026",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-alerts/investor-59",
  "summary": "In accordance with the President’s Executive Order...",
  "bodyText": "In accordance with the President’s Executive Order...",
  "category": "Enforcement",
  "tags": ["Enforcement"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Tips for better results

• Use the default listing URL to collect the newest alerts and bulletins.
• Use detail URLs for a small curated list.
• Keep includeBody enabled for compliance archives and search indexes.
• Lower maxItems for smoke tests.
• Schedule the actor daily or weekly to monitor changes.

Integrations

Use the output with:

• Google Sheets for compliance review queues
• Slack or email alerts for new Investor.gov warnings
• Notion, Airtable, or databases for internal research libraries
• Vector databases for fraud-risk retrieval workflows
• BI dashboards that track investor-protection themes over time
• RSS or webhook automations for internal monitoring feeds

API usage with Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/sec-investor-alerts-scraper').call({
  startUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins' }],
  maxItems: 100,
  includeBody: true
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

API usage with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('MY-APIFY-TOKEN')
run = client.actor('automation-lab/sec-investor-alerts-scraper').call(run_input={
    'startUrls': [{'url': 'https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins'}],
    'maxItems': 100,
    'includeBody': True,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(items)

API usage with cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~sec-investor-alerts-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"maxItems":100,"includeBody":true}'

MCP usage

Connect the actor to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or other MCP clients through Apify MCP Server:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/sec-investor-alerts-scraper

Claude Code CLI setup:

$claude mcp add apify-sec-investor-alerts "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/sec-investor-alerts-scraper"

Claude Desktop JSON config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-sec-investor-alerts": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/sec-investor-alerts-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts:

• "Run the SEC investor alerts scraper and summarize new scam warnings."
• "Find the latest Investor.gov bulletins about identity theft."
• "Export SEC investor alerts into a compliance monitoring table."

Scheduling and monitoring

The actor is useful as a scheduled monitor.

Recommended schedules:

• Daily for fraud-risk monitoring teams
• Weekly for compliance knowledge bases
• Monthly for investor education archives

Store previous results and compare sourceUrl values to detect newly published alerts.

Legality

This actor collects public Investor.gov pages. Respect Apify platform rules, Investor.gov terms, and applicable laws. Do not use the data for deceptive activity. Keep source attribution when redistributing public guidance.

FAQ

Can I scrape only SEC Investor Alerts?

Yes. Set types to ["Investor Alert"] to filter the dataset to alert records only.

Can I use the scraper for recurring monitoring?

Yes. Schedule the actor and compare sourceUrl values between runs to detect newly published alerts or bulletins.

Troubleshooting

Why did I receive fewer records than expected?

Check maxItems, types, and whether your start URL is a listing page or a detail page. The source may also have a finite number of current listing pages.

Why is bodyText empty?

Make sure includeBody is true. Some unusual pages may not use the standard Investor.gov article body template; the actor will still save listing metadata when possible.

How do I reduce cost?

Lower maxItems or disable includeBody for metadata-only runs.

Related scrapers

Explore related public-data actors by Automation Lab:

• https://apify.com/automation-lab/sec-form-adv-scraper
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/sec-investment-adviser-scraper
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/website-contact-finder

Changelog

0.1

• Initial release with listing pagination, detail extraction, type inference, categories, tags, and full body text.

Support

If the source page changes or you need additional Investor.gov fields, open an Apify issue with the run URL and desired output fields.