SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search Scraper

Search the entire SEC EDGAR full-text filings index by keyword and get back clean, structured results: company name, CIK, form type, filing date, and a direct link to the filing document — with no API key required.

Perfect for filings research, investment intelligence, compliance monitoring, and due diligence. Point it at a phrase like "artificial intelligence", "going concern", "material weakness", or a competitor's product name, optionally narrow by form type (10-K, 8-K, 10-Q, …) and date range, and export every matching filing to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

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Why this scraper

• No API key, no login. The SEC provides open full-text search; this actor is ready the moment you run it.
• Direct filing URLs. Every result includes the exact https://www.sec.gov/Archives/... document link, built from the accession number and CIK.
• Multi-query. Run a whole list of keywords in one job — great for watchlists and topic monitoring.
• Filter by form and date. Focus on annual reports, current reports, proxy statements, or a specific window.
• Cheap & fast. Datacenter-friendly, one item per filing, tiny memory footprint.

Built responsibly: the actor sends a descriptive User-Agent with a contact email on every request, as required by the SEC fair-access policy.

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Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search — run keyword queries against the EDGAR full-text index.
queries	array	Keywords/phrases to search. Wrap in double quotes for exact-phrase match. Prefilled: ["artificial intelligence", "cybersecurity risk"].
forms	string	Optional. Restrict to form types, comma-separated (e.g. 10-K or 8-K,10-Q).
startDate	string	Optional. Only filings on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
endDate	string	Optional. Only filings on/before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
maxItems	integer	Max total filings across all queries. Default 100, max 1000.

Example input

{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": ["artificial intelligence", "supply chain risk"],
  "forms": "10-K",
  "startDate": "2024-01-01",
  "endDate": "2024-12-31",
  "maxItems": 200
}

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Output

One dataset item per matching filing. All fields are nullable.

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "accession": "0001161697-21-000289",
  "document": "form_10-k.htm",
  "company": "Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions Inc.  (AITX)  (CIK 0001498148)",
  "ciks": ["0001498148"],
  "form": "10-K",
  "file_date": "2021-06-01",
  "file_type": "10-K",
  "file_description": "FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT FOR 02-28-2021",
  "sics": ["3714"],
  "states": ["NV"],
  "filing_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498148/000116169721000289/form_10-k.htm",
  "source": "sec",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00"
}

Field	Description
query	The search term that produced this hit.
accession	Filing accession number (_id before the :).
document	Primary document filename (_id after the :).
company	Company display name incl. ticker and CIK.
ciks	List of associated CIK identifiers.
form	SEC form type (e.g. 10-K, 8-K).
file_date	Filing date, ISO YYYY-MM-DD.
file_type	Document type label.
file_description	Human-readable filing description.
sics	Standard Industrial Classification codes.
states	Business location state(s).
filing_url	Direct URL to the filing document on SEC.gov.
source	Always sec.
scraped_at	UTC timestamp when the record was scraped.

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Pricing

Roughly $0.5 per 1,000 filings — pay only for what you pull. Datacenter proxies are fine; no residential proxy needed.

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Use cases

• Filings research — find every company discussing a topic, technology, or risk factor.
• Investment intelligence — surface disclosures across an entire sector or theme.
• Compliance — monitor for keywords (restatements, going concern, cyber incidents) across new filings.
• Due diligence — pull a target's filings and cross-reference language against peers.

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Related actors

• SEC EDGAR Scraper
• CourtListener Scraper
• GLEIF LEI Scraper
• FDIC Banks Scraper

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Keywords

SEC EDGAR scraper, full-text search, SEC filings API, 10-K scraper, 8-K scraper, 10-Q, financial filings research, investment intelligence, compliance monitoring, due diligence, company disclosures, CIK, accession number, regulatory data, no API key.

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FAQ

Do I need an SEC API key? No. SEC full-text search is open. The actor sends a compliant contact User-Agent automatically.

How far back does full-text search go? SEC full-text search covers filings from 2001 onward.

Can I search exact phrases? Yes — wrap the phrase in double quotes, e.g. "material weakness".

How many results per query? The index returns up to 100 hits per page and the actor paginates; use maxItems to cap the total.