Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Submissions API

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Consumer Complaint Database Aggregations Submissions API
  description: The API for searching the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, which contains over 15 million consumer financial complaint records.
  termsOfService: https://cfpb.github.io/source-code-policy/
  contact:
    name: Report API Issues
    url: https://github.com/cfpb/ccdb5-api/issues
  license:
    name: Creative Commons License CC0
    url: https://github.com/cfpb/ccdb5-api/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/search/api/v1/
  description: Production server
security: []
tags:
- name: Submissions
  description: HMDA data submission management
paths:
  /institutions/{lei}/filings/{period}/submissions:
    post:
      tags:
      - Submissions
      summary: Create new submission
      description: Creates a new submission for the filing identified by LEI and period
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lei'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/period'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Submission created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Submission'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
  /institutions/{lei}/filings/{period}/submissions/latest:
    get:
      tags:
      - Submissions
      summary: Get latest submission
      description: Returns the most recent submission for the given institution and filing period
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lei'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/period'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Latest submission details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Submission'
        '404':
          description: No submissions found
  /institutions/{lei}/filings/{period}/submissions/{submissionId}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Submissions
      summary: Upload HMDA data file
      description: Uploads a HMDA LAR (Loan Application Register) file for the given submission
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lei'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/period'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/submissionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: HMDA LAR file (pipe-delimited format)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File uploaded successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Submission'
        '400':
          description: Invalid file format
        '404':
          description: Submission not found
  /institutions/{lei}/filings/{period}/submissions/{submissionId}/sign:
    get:
      tags:
      - Submissions
      summary: Get submission signature receipt
      description: Returns the signature receipt for a submission
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lei'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/period'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/submissionId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submission receipt
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SignatureReceipt'
        '404':
          description: Submission not found
    post:
      tags:
      - Submissions
      summary: Sign submission
      description: Signs and finalizes a submission after all edits have been verified
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lei'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/period'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/submissionId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                signed:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the submission is being signed
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submission signed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SignatureReceipt'
        '400':
          description: Submission cannot be signed (edits not verified)
        '404':
          description: Submission not found
  /institutions/{lei}/filings/{period}/submissions/{submissionId}/summary:
    get:
      tags:
      - Submissions
      summary: Get submission summary
      description: Returns submission details plus transmittal sheet information
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lei'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/period'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/submissionId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submission summary with transmittal sheet
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubmissionSummary'
        '404':
          description: Submission not found
components:
  parameters:
    submissionId:
      name: submissionId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Submission identifier
      schema:
        type: string
        example: B90YWS6AFX2LGWOXJ1LD-2020-1
    period:
      name: period
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Filing period (year, e.g. 2020)
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '2020'
    lei:
      name: lei
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Legal Entity Identifier of the financial institution
      schema:
        type: string
        example: B90YWS6AFX2LGWOXJ1LD
  schemas:
    SubmissionSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        submission:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Submission'
        transmittalSheet:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransmittalSheet'
    SignatureReceipt:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Unix timestamp of signing
        receipt:
          type: string
          description: Receipt code
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubmissionStatus'
    Submission:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Submission identifier
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubmissionStatus'
        start:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Unix timestamp when submission started
        end:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Unix timestamp when submission ended
    TransmittalSheet:
      type: object
      properties:
        institutionName:
          type: string
          description: Name of the institution
        year:
          type: integer
          description: Activity year
        quarter:
          type: integer
          description: Quarter (if quarterly filing)
        lei:
          type: string
          description: Legal Entity Identifier
        taxId:
          type: string
          description: Tax ID
        totalLines:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of LAR lines
        contact:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            phone:
              type: string
            email:
              type: string
            address:
              type: object
    SubmissionStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Status code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Status message
externalDocs:
  description: Additional API Information
  url: https://cfpb.github.io/api/ccdb/