Overview
The US Securities and Exchange Commission publishes free APIs on data.sec.gov that return each filer’s submission history and the XBRL data extracted from financial statements in forms 10-Q, 10-K, 8-K, 20-F, 40-F and 6-K[18]. XBRL reporting was first required by the SEC in 2009, and facts must be tagged to a standard US-GAAP or IFRS taxonomy, although companies can add custom extensions[18].
Three XBRL endpoints are available: company-concept (one company, one line item), company-facts (all facts for one company) and frames (one line item across all companies for a calendar period)[18]. The JSON is updated in real time as filings are disseminated, and bulk ZIP archives are recompiled nightly at about 3:00 a.m. Eastern time[18].
EDGAR is the original source for US listed-company financials and costs nothing. It is not standardised beyond the taxonomies: custom tags, differing fiscal calendars and restatements must be handled by the user, and the frames API aligns periods only approximately to calendar quarters[18]. It covers SEC registrants only.
SEC EDGAR APIs features
- Submissions history by filer
- XBRL company-concept, company-facts and frames APIs
- Real-time JSON updates
- Nightly bulk ZIP archives
- US-GAAP and IFRS taxonomies
SEC EDGAR APIs pricing
Free.
SEC EDGAR APIs strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Free and authoritative
- Real-time updates
- Bulk archives
- Cross-company frames API
Limitations
- SEC filers only; no private companies
- Custom extensions limit comparability
- No ratios or standardisation
- Period alignment is approximate
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