SEC Filings API Reference

Overview

SEC Filings works by projecting the SEC EDGAR submissions feed for US public companies into a clean, decision-ready filing history. On top of the raw filing list it derives activity analytics - counts by form type, filing cadence, and days since the last annual, quarterly and current report - so you can see a company's disclosure activity at a glance rather than paging through EDGAR. Data is refreshed continuously from official SEC filings.

Endpoint

One host, one path per API. The block below shows this call in four languages; every one of them is the same HTTP request. Making requests covers the timeouts, retries and parameter rules that apply to all of them. The SDKs wrap the same call in a typed client.

GEThttps://api.apiverve.com/v1/secfilings

curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/secfilings?ticker=AAPL&form=10-K&limit=10" \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here"

const res = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/secfilings?ticker=AAPL&form=10-K&limit=10', {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your_api_key_here' },
});

if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);

const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/secfilings?ticker=AAPL&form=10-K&limit=10",
    headers={"x-api-key": "your_api_key_here"},
    timeout=15,
)
res.raise_for_status()

print(res.json()["data"])

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/secfilings?ticker=AAPL&form=10-K&limit=10", nil)
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "your_api_key_here")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(out))
}

Replace your_api_key_here with the key from your dashboard. When the inputs arrive as a list rather than one at a time, batch requests run up to 200 of them through this same API in a single call.

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — there is no token exchange and no per-endpoint scope to configure. Authentication covers creating, rotating and revoking keys.

401 is the only auth verdict

A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.

Parameters

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Parameter	Type	Description
`ticker`Required	string	Stock ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, ADBE) length 1–6
`form`OptionalPremium	string	Filter to a single form type (e.g. 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 4).
`limit`OptionalPremium	integer	Number of filings to return (1-50). Defaults to 5. range 1–50

Response

Every API returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape. Response format covers the envelope, the other output formats and how premium fields are withheld.

Sample response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "cik": "0000320193",
    "company": "Apple Inc.",
    "sic": "3571",
    "sicDescription": "Electronic Computers",
    "fiscalYearEnd": "0927",
    "totalRecentFilings": 1000,
    "count": 4,
    "latest": {
      "annual": {
        "form": "10-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-11-01",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000123",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250927.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm",
        "daysAgo": 62
      },
      "quarterly": {
        "form": "10-Q",
        "filingDate": "2025-08-01",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000106",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250628.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000106/aapl-20250628.htm",
        "daysAgo": 154
      },
      "currentReport": {
        "form": "8-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-10-30",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000121",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20251030.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000121/aapl-20251030.htm",
        "daysAgo": 64
      }
    },
    "filings": [
      {
        "form": "10-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-11-01",
        "reportDate": "2025-09-27",
        "primaryDocDescription": "10-K",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000123",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250927.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm",
        "items": null,
        "isXBRL": true
      },
      {
        "form": "8-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-10-30",
        "reportDate": "2025-10-30",
        "primaryDocDescription": "8-K",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000121",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20251030.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000121/aapl-20251030.htm",
        "items": "2.02,9.01",
        "isXBRL": true
      },
      {
        "form": "4",
        "filingDate": "2025-10-16",
        "reportDate": "2025-10-14",
        "primaryDocDescription": "FORM 4",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000118",
        "primaryDocument": "xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000118/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml",
        "items": null,
        "isXBRL": false
      },
      {
        "form": "10-Q",
        "filingDate": "2025-08-01",
        "reportDate": "2025-06-28",
        "primaryDocDescription": "10-Q",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000106",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250628.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000106/aapl-20250628.htm",
        "items": null,
        "isXBRL": true
      }
    ],
    "analytics": {
      "formCounts": {
        "3": 22,
        "4": 512,
        "8-K": 96,
        "10-Q": 84,
        "10-K": 28,
        "DEF 14A": 27,
        "SC 13G": 41
      },
      "filingsLast30Days": 3,
      "filingsLast90Days": 9,
      "filingsLast365Days": 74,
      "daysSinceLastFiling": 62,
      "daysSinceLastAnnual": 62,
      "daysSinceLastQuarterly": 154,
      "averageDaysBetweenFilings": 12.4,
      "mostActiveForm": "4"
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`ticker`	string	`"AAPL"`	Stock ticker symbol for the company
`cik`	string	`"0000320193"`	SEC Central Index Key unique identifier
`company`	string	`"Apple Inc."`	Official registered name of the company
`sic`	string	`"3571"`	Standard Industrial Classification code
`sicDescription`	string	`"Electronic Computers"`	Industry description for the SIC code
`fiscalYearEnd`	string	`"0927"`	Fiscal year end in MMDD format
`totalRecentFilings`	number	`1000`	Total filings in the company's recent EDGAR feed
`count`	number	`4`	Number of filings returned in this response
`latest`	object	`{...}`	Most recent filing of each headline type
`annual`Premium	object	`{...}`	Most recent 10-K annual report
`form`Premium	string	`"10-K"`	Form type (10-K)
`filingDate`Premium	string	`"2025-11-01"`	Date the annual report was filed
`accessionNumber`Premium	string	`"0000320193-25-000123"`	SEC accession number for the filing
`primaryDocument`Premium	string	`"aapl-20250927.htm"`	Primary document filename
`url`Premium	string	`"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm"`	Direct link to the filing document
`daysAgo`Premium	number	`62`	Days since the annual report was filed
`quarterly`Premium	object	`{...}`	Most recent 10-Q quarterly report
`form`Premium	string	`"10-Q"`	Form type (10-Q)
`filingDate`Premium	string	`"2025-08-01"`	Date the quarterly report was filed
`accessionNumber`Premium	string	`"0000320193-25-000106"`	SEC accession number for the filing
`primaryDocument`Premium	string	`"aapl-20250628.htm"`	Primary document filename
`url`Premium	string	`"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000106/aapl-20250628.htm"`	Direct link to the filing document
`daysAgo`Premium	number	`154`	Days since the quarterly report was filed
`currentReport`Premium	object	`{...}`	Most recent 8-K current report
`form`Premium	string	`"8-K"`	Form type (8-K)
`filingDate`Premium	string	`"2025-10-30"`	Date the current report was filed
`accessionNumber`Premium	string	`"0000320193-25-000121"`	SEC accession number for the filing
`primaryDocument`Premium	string	`"aapl-20251030.htm"`	Primary document filename
`url`Premium	string	`"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000121/aapl-20251030.htm"`	Direct link to the filing document
`daysAgo`Premium	number	`64`	Days since the current report was filed
`filings`	array[4]		Recent filings, most recent first
`form`	string	`"10-K"`	SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 4, ...)
`filingDate`	string	`"2025-11-01"`	Date the filing was submitted
`reportDate`	string	`"2025-09-27"`	Period or event date the filing reports on
`primaryDocDescription`	string	`"10-K"`	Description of the primary document
`accessionNumber`	string	`"0000320193-25-000123"`	SEC accession number for the filing
`primaryDocument`	string	`"aapl-20250927.htm"`	Primary document filename
`url`	string	`"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm"`	Direct link to the filing document
`items`	object	`null`	8-K item numbers disclosed, when applicable
`isXBRL`	boolean	`true`	Whether the filing includes XBRL structured data
`analytics`	object	`{...}`
`formCounts`Premium	object	`{...}`	Count of filings by form type in the recent feed
`3`Premium	number	`22`
`4`Premium	number	`512`
`8-K`Premium	number	`96`
`10-Q`Premium	number	`84`
`10-K`Premium	number	`28`
`DEF 14A`Premium	number	`27`
`SC 13G`Premium	number	`41`
`filingsLast30Days`Premium	number	`3`	Number of filings in the last 30 days
`filingsLast90Days`Premium	number	`9`	Number of filings in the last 90 days
`filingsLast365Days`Premium	number	`74`	Number of filings in the last 365 days
`daysSinceLastFiling`Premium	number	`62`	Days since the most recent filing of any type
`daysSinceLastAnnual`Premium	number	`62`	Days since the most recent 10-K
`daysSinceLastQuarterly`Premium	number	`154`	Days since the most recent 10-Q
`averageDaysBetweenFilings`Premium	number	`12.4`	Average days between recent filings
`mostActiveForm`Premium	string	`"4"`	Most frequently filed form type

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change. Error handling covers the full status list and which of them are worth retrying.

Status	Meaning	What to do
`400`	Input was rejected	Read `error`; it names the parameter.
`401`	Key missing or invalid	Check the header name and the key value.
`403`	Key valid, but not permitted	A key restriction or IP allow-list; see key scoping.
`429`	Rate limited, or out of credits	Read `error` to tell them apart; see rate limits.

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