SEC EDGAR APIs API

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Regulatory adviser data · www.sec.gov

Open: self-serve docs and keys Last checked Oct 17, 2026

SEC EDGAR's data.sec.gov offers free RESTful JSON APIs for filing history by company and XBRL financial-statement data, with no API key. Automated requests must declare a User-Agent and stay under 10 requests per second.

Developer surface

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SEC EDGAR APIs developer facts
API access	Open: self-serve docs and keys Checked on the source's own page · Oct 17, 2026 “These APIs do not require any authentication or API keys to access.” Source https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces Checked Oct 17, 2026
Developer docs	www.sec.gov Checked on the source's own page · Oct 17, 2026 “"data.sec.gov" was created to host RESTful data APIs delivering JSON-formatted data to external customers and to web pages on SEC.gov.” Source https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces Checked Oct 17, 2026
API style	REST Checked on the source's own page · Oct 17, 2026 “RESTful data APIs delivering JSON-formatted data” Source https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note Also nightly bulk ZIP files of the JSON structures.
Authentication	None Checked on the source's own page · Oct 17, 2026 “These APIs do not require any authentication or API keys to access.” Source https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note Automated requests must declare a User-Agent in request headers (Accessing EDGAR Data page).
How to get access	No sign-up. Send requests to data.sec.gov and declare your user agent in the request headers. Checked on the source's own page · Oct 17, 2026 “Please declare your user agent in request headers:” Source https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-search-assistance/accessing-edgar-data Checked Oct 17, 2026
Sandbox	Not found Not found · Oct 17, 2026 Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note No sandbox or test environment mentioned. Pages read: sec.gov EDGAR Application Programming Interfaces and Accessing EDGAR Data.
Rate limits	Current max request rate: 10 requests/second. Checked on the source's own page · Oct 17, 2026 “Current max request rate: 10 requests/second.” Source https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-search-assistance/accessing-edgar-data Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note SEC reserves the right to limit request rates.
Webhooks	Not found Not found · Oct 17, 2026 Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note No webhooks or push notifications mentioned. Pages read: sec.gov EDGAR Application Programming Interfaces and Accessing EDGAR Data.
SDKs	Not found Not found · Oct 17, 2026 Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note No official SDKs mentioned. Pages read: sec.gov EDGAR Application Programming Interfaces and Accessing EDGAR Data.
OpenAPI spec	Not found Not found · Oct 17, 2026 Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note No OpenAPI spec linked on the pages read. Pages read: sec.gov EDGAR Application Programming Interfaces and Accessing EDGAR Data.
Partner program	Not found Not found · Oct 17, 2026 Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note Not applicable: no partner program mentioned. Pages read: sec.gov EDGAR Application Programming Interfaces and Accessing EDGAR Data.
Public integration list	Not found Not found · Oct 17, 2026 Checked Oct 17, 2026 Note No list of integrations mentioned. Pages read: sec.gov EDGAR Application Programming Interfaces and Accessing EDGAR Data.
Ways to connect	Native API, File exchange Checked on the source's own page · Oct 17, 2026 “In addition, a bulk ZIP file is available to download all the JSON structures for an API.” Source https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces Checked Oct 17, 2026

MCP servers and AI connectors

None recorded. We found no MCP server or AI connector for SEC EDGAR APIs on the public pages we checked. See all MCP servers.

What the docs don't say

The page says the APIs currently include submissions history by filer and XBRL data from financial statements; the page does not mention Form ADV adviser data.
data.sec.gov does not support CORS, so browser JavaScript cannot call it directly.
The EDGAR APIs page does not state the User-Agent requirement itself; it is on the Accessing EDGAR Data page.

Changes

No changes recorded since this record was first published (Oct 17, 2026). Changes show up here and in the changelog.

Other regulatory data sources

FINRA API Platform
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SEC Form ADV data files and IAPD compilation feeds
Open: self-serve docs and keys

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