# SEC EDGAR Filings Scraper (`purethought/sec-edgar-filings`) Actor

Fetches SEC EDGAR filing records via the public EFTS search API. Returns company name, CIK, form type, filing date, accession number, and location.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/purethought/sec-edgar-filings.md
- **Developed by:** [Ganesh B](https://apify.com/purethought) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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 Filings Scraper

Fetches SEC EDGAR filing records from the public EFTS full-text search API. Returns structured data on company filings including form type, filing date, accession number, and location. Ideal for financial research, compliance monitoring, and earnings tracking.

### What you get

- **company**: Company name (cleaned, without ticker/CIK suffix)
- **cik**: SEC Central Index Key
- **form_type**: SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, etc.)
- **filed_date**: Date the filing was submitted to SEC
- **accession_no**: Unique accession number for the filing
- **period_ending**: Reporting period end date
- **location**: Business location (city, state)
- **document_url**: Link to the company's EDGAR filing page
- **scrapedAt**: ISO timestamp when the record was fetched

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| formType | String | `10-K` | SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, etc.) |
| startDate | String | `2026-01-01` | Filing date range start (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| endDate | String | `2026-03-31` | Filing date range end (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| query | String | (empty) | Full-text search within filings |
| maxItems | Integer | 100 | Maximum records to return (0 = unlimited) |

### Quick Start

1. Find the actor in [Apify Store](https://apify.com/purethought)
2. Click **Try for free** and set your inputs
3. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish
4. Download results as JSON, CSV, or via the API

### Sample Output

Each item in the dataset looks like this:

```json
{
  "company": "Apple Inc",
  "cik": "0000320193",
  "form_type": "10-K",
  "filed_date": "2024-11-01",
  "accession_no": "0000320193-24-000123",
  "period_ending": "2024-09-28",
  "location": "Cupertino, CA",
  "document_url": "https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000320193&type=10-K&dateb=&owner=include&count=40",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-11-01T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- Monitor recent 10-K and 10-Q filings for portfolio companies
- Track 8-K filings for material events across an industry sector
- Build a pipeline of new S-1 filings for IPO research
- Compliance monitoring for regulated industries

### Notes

- Uses the official SEC EFTS full-text search API — no login or API key required
- Data is publicly available under SEC's open data policy
- Set `maxItems` to 0 for unlimited results (large date ranges may return thousands)
- Rate limit: 10 requests/second per SEC fair-use policy; actor adds a 300ms delay per page

# Actor input Schema

## `formType` (type: `string`):

SEC form type to search (e.g. 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1). Leave empty for all types.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Filing date range start in YYYY-MM-DD format.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Filing date range end in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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

Full-text search query within filings. Leave empty to return all filings of the specified type.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of filing records to return. Set to 0 for unlimited.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "formType": "10-K",
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-03-31",
  "query": "",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Scraped SEC EDGAR filing records with company name, CIK, form type, filing date, and accession number

# 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 = {
    "formType": "10-K",
    "startDate": "2026-01-01",
    "endDate": "2026-03-31",
    "query": "",
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("purethought/sec-edgar-filings").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 = {
    "formType": "10-K",
    "startDate": "2026-01-01",
    "endDate": "2026-03-31",
    "query": "",
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("purethought/sec-edgar-filings").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 '{
  "formType": "10-K",
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-03-31",
  "query": "",
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call purethought/sec-edgar-filings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/BbfHkJeGdHopEIrKU/builds/bamQjgBS9cqmi4k6h/openapi.json