sec-edgar

sec-edgar Full-Text Search API

Full-text search across all EDGAR filings

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: SEC EDGAR Submissions & XBRL Company Facts Full-Text Search API
  description: The SEC EDGAR data APIs provide free, authenticated-free access to company filing metadata, XBRL financial data, and full-text search across all SEC submissions. APIs are hosted at data.sec.gov and efts.sec.gov and require a descriptive User-Agent header per SEC fair-access policy.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: SEC Developer Resources
    url: https://www.sec.gov/developer
  license:
    name: Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)
    url: https://www.sec.gov/privacy.htm
servers:
- url: https://data.sec.gov
  description: SEC EDGAR Data API
- url: https://efts.sec.gov
  description: SEC EDGAR Full-Text Search
tags:
- name: Full-Text Search
  description: Full-text search across all EDGAR filings
paths:
  /LATEST/search-index:
    get:
      operationId: fullTextSearch
      summary: Full-text search across EDGAR filings
      description: Searches the full text of all EDGAR filings submitted since 2001. Supports keyword search, form type filtering, date ranges, and entity-based queries. Returns filing metadata and snippets.
      tags:
      - Full-Text Search
      servers:
      - url: https://efts.sec.gov
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Full-text search query (Elasticsearch query string syntax)
        schema:
          type: string
        example: '"material weakness" AND "internal controls"'
      - name: dateRange
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Date range filter
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - custom
        example: custom
      - name: startdt
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        example: '2024-01-01'
      - name: enddt
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        example: '2025-12-31'
      - name: forms
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated list of form types to filter
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 10-K,10-Q
      - name: entity
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Company name search filter
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Apple Inc
      - name: _source
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Response fields to include
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: from
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Pagination offset
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: hits.hits.total.value
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum results to return
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
          maximum: 10
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Full-text search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResults'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchHit:
      type: object
      properties:
        _id:
          type: string
        _score:
          type: number
        _source:
          type: object
          properties:
            period_of_report:
              type: string
            entity_name:
              type: string
            file_num:
              type: string
            biz_location:
              type: string
            inc_states:
              type: string
            form_type:
              type: string
            file_date:
              type: string
              format: date
            accession_no:
              type: string
            display_date_filed:
              type: string
        highlight:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
    SearchResults:
      type: object
      properties:
        hits:
          type: object
          properties:
            total:
              type: object
              properties:
                value:
                  type: integer
                relation:
                  type: string
            hits:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchHit'