📊 SEC EDGAR Monitor

Stay ahead of the market by automating your financial news and alert systems. The SEC EDGAR Monitor is a specialized web scraper designed to track the public SEC database for newly published corporate filings. Financial journalists, equity researchers, and data analysts use this tool to instantly detect when a target company releases critical business disclosures. Instead of manually refreshing the EDGAR search pages, you can schedule this scraper to run daily, hourly, or weekly, ensuring you capture market-moving 8-K material events, 10-Q earnings releases, and S-1 IPO registrations the moment they are published.

By simply inputting a company ticker symbol or CIK number, the actor navigates the complex SEC search interface to extract structured data directly from the public results. You do not need official API keys or expensive terminal subscriptions to access this information. The scraped results provide everything required to build a reliable automated alert workflow, including the exact form type, a brief filing description, precise publication timestamps, and direct URLs to the source documents. Whether you are tracking a specific competitor's disclosures, gathering fresh financial data for algorithmic trading models, or feeding a live newsroom dashboard, this monitor delivers accurate, up-to-the-minute SEC filing details. Run it on a schedule to guarantee your database always reflects the most recent corporate actions and regulatory submissions.

Store Quickstart

Start with the Quickstart template (AAPL, MSFT, 10-K). For ongoing monitoring, use Quarterly Watch with 8-K + 10-Q + 7-day lookback.

Key Features

• 📊 All major form types — 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, DEF 14A, and more
• 🏢 Ticker or CIK lookup — Both identifiers supported
• 📅 Date range filtering — Look back N days for recent filings
• 🔗 Direct filing URLs — Jump straight to full SEC filing text
• 📝 Filing descriptions — Short description per filing
• 🔑 No API key needed — SEC EDGAR public access

Use Cases

Who	Why
Investment analysts	Track 10-K/10-Q releases for covered companies
Compliance teams	Monitor 8-K material events for risk signals
M&A advisors	Track S-1 IPO filings in target sectors
Journalism/research	Discover corporate disclosures by form type
Financial newsrooms	Alert on earnings filings (10-Q) across coverage

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
companies	object[]	(required)	List of {ticker} or {cik}
formTypes	string[]	["10-K"]	Form types to filter
daysBack	integer	90	Days to look back

Input Example

{
  "companies": [{"ticker": "AAPL"}, {"ticker": "MSFT"}],
  "formTypes": ["10-K", "10-Q"],
  "daysBack": 90
}

Input Examples

Example: Single-target audit

{
  "targets": [
    "example-target-1"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerTarget": 30
}

Example: Bulk portfolio

{
  "targets": [
    "target-1",
    "target-2",
    "target-3"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerTarget": 50,
  "snapshotKey": "sec-edgar-filings-monitor-state"
}

Example: Recurring delta watch

{
  "targets": [
    "target-1"
  ],
  "snapshotKey": "sec-edgar-filings-monitor-state",
  "emitChangedOnly": true
}

Output

Field	Type	Description
company	string	Ticker or CIK queried
companyName	string	Full company name
formType	string	SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc.)
filedAt	string	ISO filing date
acceptedAt	string	ISO acceptance timestamp
filingUrl	string	Direct link to filing on SEC.gov
accessionNumber	string	SEC accession number
primaryDocUrl	string	Link to primary document

Output Example

{
  "company": "Apple Inc.",
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "formType": "10-K",
  "filedDate": "2025-10-31",
  "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/...",
  "description": "Annual Report"
}

API Usage

Run this actor programmatically using the Apify API. Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with your token from Apify Console → Settings → Integrations.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/taroyamada~sec-edgar-filings-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "companies": [{"ticker": "AAPL"}, {"ticker": "MSFT"}], "formTypes": ["10-K", "10-Q"], "daysBack": 90 }'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("taroyamada/sec-edgar-filings-monitor").call(run_input={
  "companies": [{"ticker": "AAPL"}, {"ticker": "MSFT"}],
  "formTypes": ["10-K", "10-Q"],
  "daysBack": 90
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('taroyamada/sec-edgar-filings-monitor').call({
  "companies": [{"ticker": "AAPL"}, {"ticker": "MSFT"}],
  "formTypes": ["10-K", "10-Q"],
  "daysBack": 90
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Tips & Limitations

• Track 8-K filings to catch material events (M&A, executive changes) within minutes of disclosure.
• Use formTypes: ["10-K"] for annual reports only.
• Schedule daily to build a quant signal pipeline from filing metadata.
• Combine with Article Content Extractor to pull and parse the full filing text.

FAQ

Do I need a SEC user agent?

Yes — SEC requires a User-Agent string. The actor includes one identifying itself properly.

What filings are public?

All SEC EDGAR filings for US public companies. Private companies and non-US filings are not here.

Can I download filing bodies?

This actor returns filing URLs. Fetch each URL separately to get full text (HTML/PDF).

How fast are new filings listed?

Near real-time — EDGAR updates within minutes of filing acceptance.

Does this parse the filing content?

No — it returns metadata and links. Use Article Content Extractor or a dedicated filing parser for content.

How current are the filings?

EDGAR publishes within ~10 minutes of acceptance. The actor reflects that latency.

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Cost

Pay Per Event:

• actor-start: $0.01 (flat fee per run)
• dataset-item: $0.005 per output item

Example: 1,000 items = $0.01 + (1,000 × $0.005) = $5.01

No subscription required — you only pay for what you use.

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