sec-edgar Submissions API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: SEC EDGAR & XBRL Company Facts Submissions 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: Submissions
  description: Company filing submission history
paths:
  /submissions/CIK{cik}.json:
    get:
      operationId: getCompanySubmissions
      summary: Get company filing submission history
      description: Returns all filing metadata for a company identified by CIK (Central Index Key). Includes recent filings inline and older filings referenced in separate data files. Contains company metadata, SIC code, fiscal year end, and filing history.
      tags:
      - Submissions
      parameters:
      - name: cik
        in: path
        required: true
        description: '10-digit Central Index Key (CIK) with leading zeros. Example: 0000320193 for Apple Inc.'
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^\d{10}$
        example: 0000320193
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Company submissions data
          headers:
            Content-Type:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: application/json
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompanySubmissions'
        '404':
          description: Company CIK not found
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded — max 10 requests/second
components:
  schemas:
    CompanyAddress:
      type: object
      properties:
        street1:
          type: string
        street2:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        stateOrCountry:
          type: string
        zipCode:
          type: string
        stateOrCountryDescription:
          type: string
    FilingHistory:
      type: object
      description: Arrays of parallel filing metadata fields
      properties:
        accessionNumber:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Filing accession numbers (XXXXXXXXXX-YY-ZZZZZZ format)
        filingDate:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: date
        reportDate:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: date
        acceptanceDateTime:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: date-time
        act:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        form:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc.)
        fileNumber:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        filmNumber:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        size:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          description: Filing size in bytes
        isXBRL:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          description: 1 if XBRL tagged, 0 otherwise
        isInlineXBRL:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        primaryDocument:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        primaryDocDescription:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    CompanySubmissions:
      type: object
      description: Complete submission history for a company
      properties:
        cik:
          type: string
          description: Company CIK (without leading zeros as string)
        entityType:
          type: string
          example: operating
        sic:
          type: string
          description: Standard Industrial Classification code
          example: '7372'
        sicDescription:
          type: string
          example: Prepackaged Software
        name:
          type: string
          example: Apple Inc.
        tickers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - AAPL
        exchanges:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - Nasdaq
        ein:
          type: string
          description: Employer Identification Number
        description:
          type: string
        website:
          type: string
          format: uri
        investorWebsite:
          type: string
          format: uri
        category:
          type: string
        fiscalYearEnd:
          type: string
          description: Fiscal year end as MMDD
          example: 0930
        stateOfIncorporation:
          type: string
        stateOfIncorporationDescription:
          type: string
        addresses:
          type: object
          properties:
            mailing:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompanyAddress'
            business:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompanyAddress'
        filings:
          type: object
          properties:
            recent:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilingHistory'
            files:
              type: array
              description: References to additional paginated filing data files
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  name:
                    type: string
                  filingCount:
                    type: integer
                  filingFrom:
                    type: string
                    format: date
                  filingTo:
                    type: string
                    format: date