# SEC Investor Alerts Scraper (`parseforge/sec-investor-alerts-scraper`) Actor
Export every SEC Investor Alert and Bulletin from Investor.gov as structured JSON, CSV, or Excel. Get titles, dates, categories, summaries, links and full PDF URLs for fraud warnings and investor education. Ideal for compliance teams, financial advisors, and journalists.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/sec-investor-alerts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
Pay per usage
This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage
## What's an Apify Actor?
Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".
## How to integrate an Actor?
If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.
In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):
```bash
npm install apify-client
```
In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):
```bash
pip install apify-client
```
In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):
````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash
In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).
If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).
For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.
For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).
# README
## ๐ก๏ธ SEC Investor Alerts Scraper
> ๐ **Export SEC investor alerts and bulletins from Investor.gov in seconds.**
> ๐ **Last updated:** 2026-05-26 ยท **๐ 7 fields** per record ยท **Investor alerts + bulletins ยท all SEC categories ยท 7 fields per release**
The SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy publishes alerts and bulletins on Investor.gov warning the public about scams, new products, and rule changes. This Actor turns that feed into a clean dataset, one row per alert and 7 fields covering type, category, posted date, summary, and source URL.
| ๐ฏ Target Audience | ๐ก Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Financial educators | Curate consumer-warning content |
| Journalists | Track new scam typologies |
| Compliance teams | Match alerts to in-house policies |
| Researchers | Study SEC public-education trends |
### ๐ What the SEC Investor Alerts Scraper does
- Queries the public SEC Investor Alerts source and structures the response
- Returns one record per item with 7 normalized fields
- Supports pagination and optional filters
- Outputs to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML via Apify dataset
- Auto-limits to 10 items on the free plan; up to 1,000,000 on paid
> ๐ก **Why it matters:** SEC Investor Alerts data is public record. This Actor makes it usable.
### ๐ฌ Full Demo (_๐ง Coming soon_)
### โ๏ธ Input
Field
Type
Description
maxItems
integer
Cap on rows (free: 10)
category
enum
Filter by SEC division (optional)
```json
{ "maxItems": 50 }
````
```json
{ "maxItems": 100, "category": "enforcement" }
```
> โ ๏ธ **Good to Know:** Investor.gov mixes Alerts (warnings) and Bulletins (educational). The type field distinguishes them.
### ๐ Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ๐น title | string | Alert or bulletin title |
| ๐น type | string | Investor Alert or Investor Bulletin |
| ๐น category | string | SEC division (Enforcement, IM, TM, CF) |
| ๐น postedDate | string | Published date |
| ๐น summary | string | Plain-text summary |
| ๐น url | string | Investor.gov page URL |
| ๐ scrapedAt | string | ISO timestamp of when the record was collected |
| โ error | string | null | Error message if extraction failed |
### โจ Why choose this Actor
- Direct SEC Investor Alerts source, no third-party caching
- Real-time data, never stale
- Pay-per-result pricing; only charged for what you keep
- Works with Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets
### ๐ How it compares to alternatives
| Approach | Cost | Maintenance | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Investor.gov browsing | Free | Medium | No structure |
| News aggregators | $$ | None | Indirect coverage |
| This actor | Pay per result | None | Direct feed |
### ๐ How to use
1. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp)
2. Open the Actor page
3. Set `maxItems` and any optional filters
4. Run
5. Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML
### ๐ผ Business use cases
#### Competitor & market intelligence
Track SEC Investor Alerts entries relevant to your sector.
#### Compliance monitoring
Spot regulatory or enforcement signals in your industry feed.
#### Lead generation
Use SEC Investor Alerts entries as a clean prospect list.
#### Risk & due diligence
Vet counterparties or candidates against the official record.
### ๐ Automating SEC Investor Alerts Scraper
Connects with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.
### ๐ Beyond business use cases
#### Research
Academic studies on regulation, public policy, and enforcement trends.
#### Personal
Citizens following developments in their communities.
#### Non-profit
Watchdog organizations and civic-tech projects auditing the record.
#### Experimentation
Train models on labeled regulatory data.
### ๐ค Ask an AI assistant about this scraper
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot can explain inputs, sample outputs, and integration patterns.
### โ Frequently Asked Questions
**Q: Is the data real-time?** A: Yes. Investor.gov is queried at run time.
**Q: Can I filter by category?** A: Yes: corporation-finance, enforcement, investment-management, trading-and-markets.
**Q: How far back does data go?** A: All alerts and bulletins currently listed on Investor.gov.
**Q: Is this affiliated with the SEC?** A: No. Independent tool using public pages.
**Q: Are PDFs returned?** A: No, only the page URL.
**Q: Do you parse full body text?** A: A summary is returned. Visit the URL for full body.
**Q: How are duplicates handled?** A: We deduplicate by URL across pages.
**Q: What if Investor.gov changes structure?** A: We monitor and update parsing.
**Q: Can I run this daily?** A: Yes, schedule via Apify scheduler.
**Q: What are the SEC divisions?** A: Corporation Finance, Enforcement, Investment Management, Trading & Markets.
### ๐ Integrate with any app
Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks, REST API.
### ๐ Recommended Actors
| Actor | Description |
|---|---|
| [SEC Litigation Releases Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/sec-litigation-releases-scraper) | SEC enforcement releases |
| [FTC Actions Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/ftc-actions-scraper) | FTC enforcement actions |
| [FDA Warning Letters Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/fda-warning-letters-scraper) | FDA warning letters |
> ๐ก **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge).
**๐ Need Help?** [Open our contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA)
> **โ ๏ธ Disclaimer:** independent tool, not affiliated with the SEC Investor Alerts source agency or any government. Only publicly available data collected.
# Actor input Schema
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000
## `category` (type: `string`):
Optional category filter.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"maxItems": 10,
"category": ""
}
```
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"maxItems": 10
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/sec-investor-alerts-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`๐พ 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);
});
// ๐ Want to learn more ๐? Go to โ 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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxItems": 10 }
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/sec-investor-alerts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("๐พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# ๐ Want to learn more ๐? Go to โ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/sec-investor-alerts-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/sec-investor-alerts-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "SEC Investor Alerts Scraper",
"description": "Export every SEC Investor Alert and Bulletin from Investor.gov as structured JSON, CSV, or Excel. Get titles, dates, categories, summaries, links and full PDF URLs for fraud warnings and investor education. Ideal for compliance teams, financial advisors, and journalists.",
"version": "0.1",
"x-build-id": "QfUD381U5V83o1Cek"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/parseforge~sec-investor-alerts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-sec-investor-alerts-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/parseforge~sec-investor-alerts-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-sec-investor-alerts-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/parseforge~sec-investor-alerts-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-sec-investor-alerts-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"maxItems": {
"title": "Max Items",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1000000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
},
"category": {
"title": "Category",
"enum": [
"",
"all",
"corporation-finance",
"enforcement",
"investment-management",
"trading-and-markets"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional category filter.",
"default": ""
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```