# SEC EDGAR Filing Search (Official API) (`kdhan/sec-edgar-filing-search`) Actor

Search SEC EDGAR filings using official SEC endpoints only - full-text search across filing content, or a company's complete submission history by ticker or CIK. No API key needed. Public domain U.S. government data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kdhan/sec-edgar-filing-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Doohan Kim](https://apify.com/kdhan) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.20 / 1,000 result items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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# README

## SEC EDGAR Filing Search (Official API)

Search **SEC EDGAR** filings through the SEC's own endpoints. No scraping, no API key.

### Two modes

**Full-text search** — search the *content* of filings.
Find every filing that mentions a phrase, optionally limited to certain form types and dates.

**Company submissions** — list one company's filing history by ticker or CIK,
including form type, filing date, accession number and document links.

### Why this Actor

- **Official endpoints only.** `efts.sec.gov` full-text search and `data.sec.gov` submissions.
  No HTML page scraping.
- **No API key.** SEC publishes this data openly.
- **Public domain.** U.S. government works.
- **Respects SEC fair access.** Requests are rate limited and carry the contact you provide.
- **Real document links.** Every row includes a working `document_url` and `filing_index_url`.

### Required: your contact

SEC's fair access policy requires automated requests to identify the requester.
Put your name and email in the **Your contact** input, for example:

```
Jane Doe jane@example.com
```

The Actor refuses to run without it. This is sent to SEC in the `User-Agent` header, as SEC asks.

### Output

Full-text mode returns, per filing:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `company_name`, `ticker`, `cik` | Filer identity |
| `form` | Form type, e.g. `8-K`, `10-K`, `PX14A6G` |
| `filing_date` | `YYYY-MM-DD` |
| `accession_number` | e.g. `0000320193-25-000079` |
| `document_url` | Direct link to the filed document |
| `filing_index_url` | Link to the filing index page |
| `items`, `period_ending`, `document_type` | Filing details when present |
| `sics`, `biz_states`, `inc_states` | Industry and location codes |

Submissions mode adds `report_date`, `acceptance_date_time`, `size`, `is_xbrl`,
`core_type`, `act`, `file_number` and more.

### Examples

Find recent 8-K filings mentioning a merger:

```json
{
  "user_agent": "Jane Doe jane@example.com",
  "mode": "fulltext",
  "query": "merger agreement",
  "forms": ["8-K"],
  "max_results": 100
}
```

Get Apple's filing history:

```json
{
  "user_agent": "Jane Doe jane@example.com",
  "mode": "submissions",
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "max_results": 200
}
```

### Limits worth knowing

- SEC full-text search caps paging at **10,000 results** per query. Narrow with dates or forms.
- Full-text search covers filings from **2001 onward**; older documents are reachable in
  submissions mode.
- `include_older_filings` fetches archived history files. It is slower and costs extra requests.

### Running locally

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
SEC_USER_AGENT="Your Name you@example.com" python -m tests.test_edgar
```

### Attribution

Data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR). This Actor is not affiliated
with or endorsed by the SEC. Filings are submitted by registrants; the SEC does not verify
their accuracy. Nothing here is investment advice.

# Actor input Schema

## `user_agent` (type: `string`):

SEC's fair access policy requires every automated request to identify the requester. Replace this with your own name and email, for example: Jane Doe jane@example.com

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Full-text searches the content of filings. Submissions lists a single company's filing history.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Words or a quoted phrase to find inside filings. Required in full-text mode.

## `forms` (type: `array`):

Limit to these form types, for example 8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, S-1, 4. Leave empty for all forms.

## `start_date` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Full-text mode only, and must be given together with the end date.

## `end_date` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Full-text mode only, and must be given together with the start date.

## `ticker` (type: `string`):

Stock ticker, for example AAPL. Resolved to a CIK using SEC's official company\_tickers.json.

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

SEC company identifier, for example 320193. Use this or a ticker.

## `company_name` (type: `string`):

Identify a company by name instead of a ticker or CIK. Used in submissions mode only - it does not filter full-text results.

## `include_older_filings` (type: `boolean`):

Submissions mode: also fetch the archived history files, not just recent filings. Slower.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

You are charged per returned filing. SEC's full-text search caps paging at 10,000 results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "user_agent": "kdhan Apify Actor kdhan2001@gmail.com",
  "mode": "fulltext",
  "query": "climate risk",
  "forms": [],
  "include_older_filings": false,
  "max_results": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `filings` (type: `string`):

All matching filings with company name, CIK, ticker, form type, filing date, accession number, document URL and filing index URL.

# 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 = {
    "user_agent": "kdhan Apify Actor kdhan2001@gmail.com",
    "query": "climate risk"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kdhan/sec-edgar-filing-search").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 = {
    "user_agent": "kdhan Apify Actor kdhan2001@gmail.com",
    "query": "climate risk",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kdhan/sec-edgar-filing-search").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 '{
  "user_agent": "kdhan Apify Actor kdhan2001@gmail.com",
  "query": "climate risk"
}' |
apify call kdhan/sec-edgar-filing-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kdhan/sec-edgar-filing-search"
        }
    }
}
```

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/XMd44VGAMGdIKVPe7/builds/uL3yQA1g8HzSWTOll/openapi.json