Filter Submissions and Retrieve Doc

Under filings -> recent

There are 3 key arrays along the CIK number that is key data needed to find a document

• accessionNumber

• primaryDocument

  • This is the name of the document we are going to use

• primaryDocumentDescription

  • These will describe what the document is. In our case we care about the 10-K and 10-Q documents.

  • You could think about making your program configurable to handle any document type

Remember arrays are ordered. So you can use the index number to help you find the other values you care about.

The URL for the document will follow this format

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/{CIK}/{accessionNumber}/{primaryDocument}

Note: accession numbers in the SEC API response contain dashes (e.g., 0000320193-24-000069), but the URL path uses the dash-stripped form (e.g., 000032019324000069). Strip the dashes when constructing the URL.

Example

Capture-Dated Example — results shown may differ from your own.

curl -A "<your organization> <your name> <your email>" -v https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019324000069/aapl-20240330.htm

Replace the CIK, accession number, and document name with values from your own submission lookup. Use a recent filing from any company you choose.