# SEC EDGAR Variable Insurance Products (`darthdimus/sec-edgar-variable-insurance-products`) Actor

Structured monthly Variable Insurance Product (VIP) filing rows from official SEC VIP data sets (submission + series/class counts). Not Form N-MFP, N-CEN, Form D, Form C, Regulation A, Form ADV, filing lists, tickers, profiles, XBRL, Form 4, 13F, indexes, or EFTS.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/darthdimus/sec-edgar-variable-insurance-products.md
- **Developed by:** [Dmitry Ostrovsky](https://apify.com/darthdimus) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## SEC EDGAR Variable Insurance Products

Apify Actor that downloads an official SEC **Variable Insurance Product (VIP) monthly data set** ZIP and returns structured **submission-level** VIP filing rows from `sub.tsv`, with series/class and fact counts from `scn.tsv` / `num.tsv` / `txt.tsv`.

Data source index: https://www.sec.gov/data-research/sec-markets-data/variable-insurance-product-data-sets

ZIP paths (tried in order):

- `https://www.sec.gov/files/dera/data/variable-insurance-product-data-sets/{YYYY-MM}_vip.zip`
- `https://www.sec.gov/files/structureddata/data/variable-insurance-product-data-sets/{YYYY-MM}_vip.zip`
- `https://www.sec.gov/files/datastandardsinnovation/data/variable-insurance-product-data-sets/{YYYY-MM}_vip.zip`

Monthly ZIPs use a simple calendar-month slug (e.g. `2026-08_vip.zip`). Input `month` accepts `2026-08` or `202608`.

**Grain:** one dataset item per VIP **submission** (`sub.tsv` row). Detail tables (`num.tsv`, `txt.tsv`, `tag.tsv`) and full series/class rows are **not** dumped; only `seriesClassCount`, `seriesCount`, `classCount`, `numCount`, and `txtCount` are attached.

Distinct from:

- SEC EDGAR Form N-MFP Filings (monthly money market fund reports)
- SEC EDGAR Form N-CEN Filings (annual reports for registered investment companies)
- SEC EDGAR Form D Offerings (Reg D / Form D exempt offerings)
- SEC EDGAR Crowdfunding Offerings (Regulation Crowdfunding / Form C)
- SEC EDGAR Regulation A Offerings (Form 1-A)
- SEC Form ADV Registered Advisers
- SEC EDGAR Recent Filings / Current Filings / Daily Index / Filing Documents
- SEC EDGAR Company Tickers / Mutual Fund Tickers
- SEC EDGAR Company Profile
- SEC EDGAR Company Facts / XBRL Frames
- SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search (EFTS)
- SEC EDGAR Insider Transactions / 13F Holdings

Legal public data only. No Playwright. Limited-permission Actor. Standby is off.

### Input

- `month` (string, required): e.g. `2026-08` or `202608` → `2026-08_vip.zip`
- `maxFilings` (integer, default 25, max 200)
- `cik` (optional string): CIK filter
- `nameContains` (optional string): substring on submission name
- `formContains` (optional string): substring on `form` or `docType` (e.g. `N-4`, `485BPOS`, `497`)
- `seriesId` (optional string): keep submissions that include this seriesId in `scn.tsv`

### Output

One dataset item per VIP submission: accessionNumber, cik, name, form, docType, filed, accepted, docEndDate, ein, business/mailing address fields, countryinc/stprinc, former, seriesClassCount, seriesCount, classCount, numCount, txtCount, month, sourceUrl.

Rows sort newer `filed` first; non-amendment forms before amendments when `/A` is detectable.

### SEC User-Agent

SEC fair-access rules require a User-Agent with a contact. This Actor reads `SEC_USER_AGENT` and defaults to `sec-edgar-variable-insurance-products (dostrovsky@gmail.com)`.

Docs: https://www.sec.gov/os/accessing-edgar-data

# Actor input Schema

## `month` (type: `string`):

Calendar month for the VIP data set, e.g. 2026-08 or 202608 (maps to 2026-08\_vip.zip).

## `maxFilings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum VIP submission rows to push (1–200).

## `cik` (type: `string`):

Optional. Only rows whose CIK matches (digits, with or without leading zeros).

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Optional. Case-insensitive substring match on the submission name.

## `formContains` (type: `string`):

Optional. Case-insensitive substring match on form or docType (e.g. N-4, 485BPOS, 497).

## `seriesId` (type: `string`):

Optional. Keep submissions that have this seriesId in scn.tsv (e.g. S000002797).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "month": "2026-08",
  "maxFilings": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "month": "2026-08"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("darthdimus/sec-edgar-variable-insurance-products").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "month": "2026-08" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("darthdimus/sec-edgar-variable-insurance-products").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "month": "2026-08"
}' |
apify call darthdimus/sec-edgar-variable-insurance-products --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,darthdimus/sec-edgar-variable-insurance-products"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fQvmX7XTkTvo4Ulqs/builds/oBToZwHfw5PO9Tw6T/openapi.json