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Search API · SEC

SEC Filings & US Financials Search API

Query SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K), US earnings call transcripts, and equity statistics from one endpoint. Pre-shaped JSON for AI-driven due diligence, fundamental analysis, and financial RAG.

120 credits / call30 req / minPOST /api/search/sec

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API Integration Guide

Learn how to integrate this API into your applications with code examples and detailed documentation.

API Overview
Semantic search across SEC EDGAR filings, US earnings transcripts, and equity statistics. Returns ranked passages with source URLs ready for downstream LLMs.
POST
/api/search/sec

Base URL

https://www.apipick.com

Full Endpoint

https://www.apipick.com/api/search/sec
Parameters
Required and optional parameters for this API
query
required
string

Natural-language search query

max_num_results
optional
integer

1–5, default 5

relevance_threshold
optional
number

0.0–1.0 quality filter

country_code
optional
string

ISO country code (e.g. US, GB)

start_date
optional
string

ISO date YYYY-MM-DD

end_date
optional
string

ISO date YYYY-MM-DD

Code Examples
Copy and paste these examples to quickly integrate the API into your application

cURL Request

curl -X POST "https://www.apipick.com/api/search/sec" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "query": "Latest Nvidia statistics",
  "max_num_results": 5,
  "country_code": "US",
  "start_date": "2026-01-01"
}'
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key
Response Example
Example response from the API

JSON Response

{
  "query": "Latest Nvidia statistics",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Example result",
      "url": "https://example.com/article",
      "snippet": "Short excerpt of the page content…",
      "source_type": "web",
      "published_at": "2026-04-15",
      "score": 0.92
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 1,
  "credits_used": 120,
  "remaining_credits": 99
}
Integration Tips

✓Best Practices

  • • Always include x-api-key header
  • • Always handle errors gracefully
  • • Validate input data before sending
  • • Use HTTPS for secure communication
  • • Cache responses when appropriate

ℹResponse Headers

  • • Content-Type: application/json
  • • x-api-key: Required for authentication
  • • Status codes: 200 (success), 400 (error), 401 (unauthorized)
  • • No rate limiting applied

Rate Limits

⏱️

Request Rate

30req / min

Per API key, per endpoint. Sliding 60-second window.

🔀

Concurrency

3concurrent

Max simultaneous in-flight requests per API key.

Response Headers

X-RateLimit-LimitMaximum requests allowed per minute
X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests remaining in the current window
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the current window resets
Retry-AfterSeconds to wait before retrying (only on 429)

429 Too Many Requests

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Retry-After: 12
X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0
X-RateLimit-Reset: 12

{
  "error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded: 30 requests/minute per API key. Retry after 12s.",
  "retry_after": 12
}

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is this 120 credits per call vs 15 for web search?

SEC EDGAR filings, US earnings transcripts, and equity statistics are proprietary, expensive to license, and require ongoing index maintenance. The 120 credit price (≈ $0.12 per call) reflects that — still a fraction of what dedicated SEC analytics platforms charge for an API seat.

Which filing types are covered?

All EDGAR filings — 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, proxy statements, etc. — plus US earnings call transcripts and computed equity statistics. Pass a ticker, company name, or natural-language query.

Can I get the full filing text?

Results include passages with source URLs. To pull the full document, follow up with POST /api/extract on the URL — this gives you clean markdown ready for LLM ingestion.

Date filtering?

Yes. Pass start_date and end_date in YYYY-MM-DD to scope results to a specific filing window.

Tool schema for OpenAI / Claude?

GET /api/search/sec/tool-schema returns ready-to-paste OpenAI function and Claude tool-use definitions.