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name: SEC EDGAR
description: >
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) EDGAR (Electronic Data
  Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) system provides free public access to
  corporate financial filings submitted to the SEC. The EDGAR REST API at
  data.sec.gov delivers JSON-formatted data without requiring authentication
  or API keys, covering company submissions, XBRL financial facts, and
  company concept data. Endpoints support CIK lookups, full filing history,
  structured XBRL financial disclosures across reporting periods, and
  cross-company comparative frames for US-GAAP and IFRS taxonomies.
type: Index
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sec/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Financial Data
  - SEC
  - EDGAR
  - Public Company Filings
  - XBRL
  - Regulatory
  - Government
  - Financial Reporting
  - Company Submissions
  - Securities

apis:
  - aid: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sec/refs/heads/main/apis.yml:sec-edgar-data-api
    name: SEC EDGAR Data API
    description: >
      The EDGAR Data API at data.sec.gov provides RESTful access to public
      company financial filings, XBRL structured financial data, and company
      metadata. The submissions endpoint returns a company's complete filing
      history and metadata identified by Central Index Key (CIK). The company
      facts endpoint returns all XBRL disclosures for a company across all
      reporting periods. The company concept endpoint returns historical values
      for a single XBRL concept, and the frames endpoint returns data for a
      given concept across all companies for a specific period.
    humanURL: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation
    baseURL: https://data.sec.gov
    tags:
      - Company Submissions
      - XBRL Financial Data
      - Company Facts
      - CIK Lookup
      - Financial Filings
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/sec-edgar-data-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/sec-company-submissions.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/sec-xbrl-fact-value.json

  - aid: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sec/refs/heads/main/apis.yml:sec-edgar-full-text-search-api
    name: SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search API
    description: >
      The EDGAR full-text search API allows searching across the complete
      text of filings submitted to EDGAR. The API supports filtering by
      filing date ranges, form types, entity names, and ticker symbols.
      Results include document metadata and links to the actual filing
      documents. This endpoint is hosted at efts.sec.gov and is useful
      for research and analysis requiring discovery of filings by content.
    humanURL: https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index/openapi.json
    baseURL: https://efts.sec.gov
    tags:
      - Full-Text Search
      - Filing Search
      - Document Discovery
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/sec-edgar-full-text-search-openapi.yml

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    name: SEC EDGAR Filer Management API
    description: >
      The EDGAR Filer Management API at api.edgarfiling.sec.gov provides
      machine-to-machine access for registered EDGAR filers to submit
      filings, check submission status, and manage filer accounts. This API
      requires EDGAR Next authentication via API tokens. Available operations
      include live and test filing submissions, submission status checks,
      operational status verification, and user management for filer
      accounts.
    humanURL: https://www.sec.gov/submit-filings/filer-support-resources/how-do-i-guides/understand-edgar-application-programming-interfaces-apis
    baseURL: https://api.edgarfiling.sec.gov
    tags:
      - Filing Submission
      - Filer Management
      - EDGAR Next
      - Authenticated
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.sec.gov/submit-filings/filer-support-resources/how-do-i-guides/understand-edgar-application-programming-interfaces-apis
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/sec-edgar-filer-openapi.yml

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.sec.gov
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation
  - type: Developer
    url: https://www.sec.gov/about/developer-resources
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/sec-gov
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-securities-and-exchange-commission
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.sec.gov/newsroom
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/SEC_News
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/sec-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sec-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/sec-finops.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/sec-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/sec-context.jsonld
  - type: Blogs
    url: blogs/blogs.json

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com