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SEC EDGAR Scraper API

Access any SEC EDGAR page using our SEC EDGAR Scraper API. Point one API request at a SEC EDGAR URL and get structured JSON back while we get past CAPTCHAs, IP rate limiting, IP blocking, and headless-browser detection through residential proxies. Get back fields like company name, CIK number, filing type, filing date as structured JSON.

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Request 
curl "https://api.chocodata.com/api/v1/universal/get?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://www.secedgar.com/"
JSON Response
200 OK 
{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.secedgar.com/",
  "status": 200,
  "content": "parsed SEC EDGAR page content..."
  // + more fields
}
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SEC EDGAR is served through the Universal Web Scraper API

You scrape SEC EDGAR with Chocodata's Universal Web Scraper API: point it at any SEC EDGAR URL and get the page back as structured JSON. Residential proxies, rotation, and retries are handled for you, with no SEC EDGAR-specific setup. The same API key and credits work here as on every dedicated endpoint.

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About SEC EDGAR

SEC EDGAR is the US Securities and Exchange Commission's public database of company filings. Its full-text search and filing pages expose 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and other disclosures worth scraping for fundamental and compliance research.

Scraping note: EDGAR pages render server-side so a single fetch returns full filing indexes, but the SEC requires a descriptive User-Agent and enforces a fair-access request rate.

Example SEC EDGAR page

https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000320193&type=10-K

Pass a URL like this as url= to the Universal Web Scraper API and get it back as JSON.

Fields you can extract from SEC EDGAR

check_small company name check_small CIK number check_small filing type check_small filing date check_small accession number check_small document links

Common use: Harvest SEC EDGAR filings by company or form type to build a fundamentals or regulatory-disclosure pipeline.

Everything you need to scrape SEC EDGAR

Residential proxies keep your own IP out of every request, the JSON comes back clean, and 1,000 free requests a month let you prove sec edgar scraper works before you add a card.

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Clean structured JSON

The SEC EDGAR page comes back as JSON in the parse mode you choose: auto, html, text, or json. No selectors to maintain for sec edgar scraper.

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Bypasses CAPTCHAs and anti-bot defenses

We get past CAPTCHAs, IP rate limiting, IP blocking, and headless-browser detection on SEC EDGAR using rotating, country-matched residential proxies, so requests look like real users and your own IP stays private.

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One API call

Scraping SEC EDGAR is one simple API call. The same key works across our whole web scraping API: all 235 targets, any language, no SDK required.

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Geo-targeting and JS rendering

Pass a country for proxy geo-targeting and turn on JavaScript rendering when a SEC EDGAR page needs it. sec edgar data api handles dynamic content and region-locked results.

Scrape SEC EDGAR in one API request

Point the Universal Web Scraper API at any SEC EDGAR page and get structured JSON back. You supply the URL; Chocodata handles the blocks, rotation, and retries that make scrape sec edgar hard to run yourself.

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Request

curl "https://api.chocodata.com/api/v1/universal/get?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://www.secedgar.com/"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.secedgar.com/",
  "status": 200,
  "content": "parsed SEC EDGAR page content..."
  // + more fields
}

Parameters

SEC EDGAR routes through the Universal Web Scraper API, so the parameters are the universal ones: the URL to fetch, an optional parse mode, and an optional country for proxy geo-targeting.

Parameter Type Required Example
url string required https://example.com
parse enum optional auto
country string optional us

Enum parameters accept a fixed set of values. For example, parse accepts auto, html, text, json.

What you can build with SEC EDGAR data

Once the scraping API returns SEC EDGAR search data as clean JSON, these are the patterns teams reach for most.

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Market Data Aggregation

Feed SEC EDGAR search data into your own product or workflow for market data aggregation.

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Sentiment And News Tracking

Feed SEC EDGAR search data into your own product or workflow for sentiment and news tracking.

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Alt Data Signals

Feed SEC EDGAR search data into your own product or workflow for alt-data signals.

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Portfolio Monitoring

Feed SEC EDGAR search data into your own product or workflow for portfolio monitoring.

Why developers pick Chocodata for SEC EDGAR

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Fast at the tail

Median 2.6 s per request with multi-tier retry, so latency stays predictable even when SEC EDGAR fights back.

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Parity-checked output

The Universal scraper returns the live page faithfully in your chosen parse mode.

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One key, 235 targets

The same scraping API key that scrapes SEC EDGAR works across every other target, with official Node, Python, and Go SDKs.

Simple pricing that scales with you

Start free with 1,000 requests a month and 5,000 credits, no credit card. Scale on monthly plans from $19, or top up pay-as-you-go at $0.90 per 1,000 successful requests. Only successful 2xx responses are billed, and every plan covers the full scraping API: all 235 targets and every endpoint.

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SEC EDGAR Scraper API FAQ

Is it legal to scrape SEC EDGAR?

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Scraping publicly accessible SEC EDGAR data is generally legal in the US under the Ninth Circuit's hiQ v. LinkedIn ruling, which held that scraping public web data does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It does not override SEC EDGAR's own Terms of Service, which are a contract matter, so check those for your use case and comply with data laws such as GDPR. This is general information, not legal advice.

How do I scrape SEC EDGAR without getting blocked?

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You scrape SEC EDGAR without getting blocked by sending the URL to the Universal Web Scraper API, which fetches it through rotating residential proxies and retries on soft blocks. Your own IP is never used, so SEC EDGAR's anti-bot layer sees ordinary residential traffic instead of a server.

What data does the SEC EDGAR Scraper API return?

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Through the Universal Web Scraper API you get the SEC EDGAR page back as JSON: rendered HTML, plain text, or auto-parsed content depending on the parse mode you pass. You choose the URL, Chocodata returns the data.

How much does the SEC EDGAR Scraper API cost?

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The SEC EDGAR Scraper API costs nothing to start: the Free plan includes 1,000 requests per month (5,000 credits) across all 235 targets. After that, monthly plans begin at $19, or you top up pay-as-you-go at $0.90 per 1,000 successful requests. One request is 5 credits, and non-2xx responses are never charged.

Do I need a SEC EDGAR account or login?

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No SEC EDGAR login is needed for public pages. You point the Universal Web Scraper API at a publicly accessible SEC EDGAR URL with your Chocodata API key; you do not hand over any SEC EDGAR credentials. Login-gated content is not supported.

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