SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search — Filings & Exhibits Lookup

Full-text search across 35M+ SEC EDGAR filings and exhibits (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, DEF 14A, Form 4, etc.) filed since 2001. The official SEC EDGAR full-text search API, normalized for AI agents, due diligence, ESG research, and quantitative finance.

What you get

Each record is one SEC EDGAR hit with 20+ denormalized fields:

• cik (10-digit, leading-zero stripped), ticker (primary), company_name (cleaned from display_names)
• form (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, ...), file_date, period_ending
• accession_number (parsed from _id), file_url (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/{cik}/{accession}/{file})
• file_type (e.g. EX-21.1, 10-K, 8-K), file_description
• inc_state, biz_state, biz_location, sic, file_num, film_num, sequence
• score (relevance from Elasticsearch)
• fetched_at

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
search_query	string	"cybersecurity incident"	Required full-text query (boolean, quoted phrases, wildcards).
forms	string	10-K,10-Q,8-K	Comma-separated SEC form types to filter. Empty = all.
date_range	string	last_year	Preset: last_30_days, last_90_days, last_year, last_5_years, 2024, ytd2024, custom.
start_date	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	""	Earliest file_date (when date_range=custom).
end_date	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	""	Latest file_date (when date_range=custom).
ciks	string	""	Comma-separated CIKs (zero-padded 10-digit). Empty = no filter.
biz_states	string	""	Comma-separated 2-letter US states. Empty = no filter.
sics	string	""	Comma-separated SIC codes. Empty = no filter.
file_types	string	""	Comma-separated exhibit series (e.g. EX-10.1). Empty = all.
sort	enum	score	score | file_date_desc | file_date_asc | period_ending_desc.
max_results	int (1-200)	50	Maximum hits returned. SEC caps at 10/page; we paginate.

Output example

[
  {
    "cik": "320193",
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "company_name": "APPLE INC",
    "form": "10-K",
    "file_date": "2024-11-01",
    "period_ending": "2024-09-28",
    "accession_number": "0000320193-24-000123",
    "file_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019324000123/aapl-20240928.htm",
    "file_type": "10-K",
    "file_description": "FORM 10-K",
    "score": 8.43
  }
]

Pricing (pay-per-event)

• Per run start: $0.0001 USD.
• Per record: $0.0005 USD.
• Free: 5 first results per month.

Limits

• Source: SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search (https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=...).
• 1-click default = top 50 hits for "cybersecurity incident" on 10-K / 10-Q / 8-K filed in the last year.
• SEC caps at 10 hits per request; the Actor loops from=0,10,40,....
• Raw response has nested lists (ciks, display_names, file_num) that the Actor normalizes to single primary values.
• Hits are paginated; very large result sets may require multiple Actor runs.
• Data source is third-party; availability and accuracy depend on the upstream.

Data source & licence

SEC EDGAR is a U.S. Government work, not subject to copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105). The SEC's fair-access policy governs automated access: a User-Agent header is required, and the Actor sleeps 250 ms between paginated requests to stay under the published rate limit. We expose only public-record metadata.

Use cases

• Due diligence: find every 10-K mentioning a target company, counterparty risk word, or specific transaction.
• ESG research: search all DEF 14A proxies for "climate", "diversity", "executive compensation" — across all filers.
• Regulatory intel: track "cybersecurity incident" disclosures in 8-K Item 1.05 across all filers.
• Competitive intelligence: monitor 10-Q/10-K filings of a curated watchlist by CIK for specific phrases.
• M&A: find every S-4 / DEFM14A mentioning a target acquirer name.