You can access the SEC Document Content Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "queries": [{
10            "requestId": "apple-annual-report",
11            "accession": "0000320193-25-000079",
12            "filerCik": "320193",
13            "filename": "aapl-20250927.htm",
14            "blockTypes": [
15                "heading",
16                "paragraph",
17            ],
18            "maxDocumentBytes": 5242880,
19            "maxBlocks": 5000,
20            "maxCharactersPerBlock": 20000,
21            "includeRawMarkup": False,
22        }],
23    "maxResults": 3,
24    "maxSourceRequests": 2,
25    "maxDownloadBytes": 10485760,
26    "outputSchemaVersion": "1.0",
27    "outputMode": "full",
28}
29
30# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
31run = client.actor("bb-tradetec/sec-document-content-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)
32
33# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
34print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
35for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
36    print(item)
37
38# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

SEC Document Content API – EDGAR Text & Tables API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use SEC Document Content Extractor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

SEC Document Content Extractor API in JavaScript

SEC Document Content Extractor API through CLI

SEC Document Content Extractor OpenAPI definition

SEC Document Content Extractor API

SEC Filing Document Manifest

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SEC Filings Scraper

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SEC EDGAR Company Filings Scraper

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SEC Filing Event Risk Extractor

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Extract structured event and risk signals from SEC filings.

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SEC EDGAR Scraper — SEC Filings Data & Regulatory Monitor

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Extract SEC filings data from any US public company by ticker. Get 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 13F, S-1, and all SEC EDGAR filing types — filing ID, date, form type, and direct document link. Demo mode included. No login. $18.99/month. 2-hour free trial.

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SEC EDGAR Filings Scraper

automation-lab/sec-edgar-filings-scraper

🏛️ Extract official SEC EDGAR filing metadata by ticker or CIK, including forms, dates, accession numbers, company identity, and filing/document URLs.

Stas Persiianenko

SEC EDGAR Full-Text Filing Search Scraper

scrapers_lat/sec-edgar-fulltext-scraper

Search the full text of SEC EDGAR filings by keyword or phrase since 2001. Get every matching filing with entity name, ticker, CIK, form type, filing date, accession number and a direct sec.gov link. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Scrapers Lat

5.0

SEC EDGAR Filing Monitor - Search + New-Filing Alerts

gratifying_graph/edgar-filing-monitor

Search and monitor SEC filings via EDGAR's official free APIs. Track a company's filings by ticker or CIK with new-since-last-run alerts, or run full-text search across all filings. Returns filing metadata and the canonical SEC document URL. Official data, no API key.