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GET /v1/facts

Return normalized SEC company facts for an issuer, concept, and optional form or unit
Use this endpoint from server-side applications, SDKs, or agent workflows.

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Agent mode

Pass ?view=agent to receive the compact agent shape: concept + value + unit + period fields + lifted accessionNumber / filingUrl from provenance. Metadata envelopes are dropped. See api conventions → response formats for the full ?view= contract.

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Response metadata

  • requestId
  • traceparent
  • provenance
  • freshness
  • materialization

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Example request

curl -X GET \
  -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "secapi-version: 2026-03-19" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/facts"

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Example response

{
  "requestId": "req_example_123",
  "traceparent": "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "sec",
    "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000079",
    "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000079/aapl-20250927_htm.xml",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z",
    "parserVersion": "2026-03-13.5",
    "rawSourceKey": "0000320193-25-000079"
  },
  "freshness": {
    "status": "fresh",
    "asOf": "2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z",
    "sourcePublishedAt": "2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
    "lagMs": 900000
  },
  "materialization": {
    "parserVersion": "2026-03-13.5",
    "materializationVersion": "sec-api-3.0"
  }
}

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Errors and partial results

  • Treat non-2xx responses as API errors and log the response body for debugging
  • Log requestId and traceparent so SEC API support can trace the request
  • if provenance or freshness metadata is present, return it unchanged so trust is not lost in the handoff