SEC EDGAR Filings Scraper — Pay Per Result

Search SEC EDGAR filings through the official full-text search API (efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index). Filter by ticker, CIK, form type, filing date range, and free-text query.

Store search keywords: SEC EDGAR scraper · 10-K · 10-Q · 8-K · CIK · ticker filings · EDGAR search API

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Why this Actor

Need	What you get
Monitor public companies	Resolve tickers → CIK, search 10-K / 10-Q / 8-K
Compliance / research	Structured filing metadata + direct SEC archive URL
Cost control	Pay per delivered row; empty searches not charged
SEC-friendly access	Descriptive User-Agent, request throttling, backoff on 429/503

HTTP-only — no browser. Uses got-scraping with JSON Accept headers.

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Input

{
  "tickers": ["AAPL", "MSFT"],
  "ciks": ["0000320193"],
  "query": "climate risk",
  "forms": ["10-K", "10-Q", "8-K"],
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-03-31",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "requestDelayMs": 500
}

Provide at least one of tickers, ciks, or query.

• tickers — resolved via https://www.sec.gov/files/company_tickers.json (cached in memory for the run)
• ciks — searched as quoted zero-padded CIKs (e.g. "0000320193")
• forms — defaults to 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K
• startDate / endDate — YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to the last 90 days when omitted

Each ticker/CIK/query runs a separate search until maxItems is reached. Results are deduplicated across searches.

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Output fields

Field	Description
id	Accession number (adsh)
form	Root form (e.g. 10-K)
fileType	Document type within the filing
fileDate	Filing date
periodEnding	Period end date when present
companyName	From display_names[0]
ciks	CIK list (zero-padded)
tickers	Parsed from display name when available
sic	SIC codes
states	Business state codes
locations	Business locations
fileDescription	Exhibit / document description
items	8-K items or Form D items when present
url	SEC filing index page on sec.gov
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp

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Pricing

Pay-per-event for each delivered filing row (apify-default-dataset-item).

• Empty searches, HTTP failures, and unparseable rows → not charged
• Unknown tickers fall back to a text search (may return broader matches)

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Limitations (honest)

• SEC fair access — The SEC expects automated clients to identify themselves (User-Agent with contact info) and limit request rates. This Actor sends SmorgiApps-EDGAR-Scraper smorgiapps@gmail.com and throttles requests; heavy parallel use may still trigger 429 responses.
• Search API, not bulk archives — Results come from EDGAR full-text search index metadata, not parsed XBRL or full document text.
• One row per indexed document — A single 10-K submission may produce multiple rows (main 10-K, exhibits, etc.).
• Ticker resolution — Only tickers in SEC company_tickers.json map cleanly to CIK; OTC or very new symbols may need a manual CIK or query.
• Date defaults — Missing dates default to the last 90 days, not “all time”.
• Rate limits — SEC may block or slow abusive traffic; use requestDelayMs ≥ 500 ms for production schedules.

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Issues / feature requests: use the Actor Issues tab.