Audience: application and coding agent.
Coverage and source scope
Export a selected filing as JSON by default, or request a derived Markdown, CSV, XLSX, DOCX, or PDF document withformat. JSON returns the filing manifest; derived formats can be large and should retain the filing accession and source provenance. Derived exports do not replace the original filing as evidence.
Export format and source limits
The optionalformat parameter defaults to json, which returns a structured filing record. Markdown, CSV, XLSX, DOCX, and PDF are derived exports and can be large; retain the accession number, filing date, and source URL alongside any downstream file. For a smaller evidence workflow, use section extraction instead of exporting an entire filing.
An export failure is not a finding about the filing. Use the original SEC filing when exact filing presentation, exhibits, or formatting matters.
Response size
Exports are intentionally full-fidelity and can be large, especially for Markdown, DOCX, PDF, and spreadsheet formats. For agent workflows, prefer section search or direct section extraction withview=agent unless a downstream file or archival workflow needs the complete export.
Canonical metadata
requestIdtraceparentprovenancefreshnessmaterialization
Example request
Example response
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Failure posture
- treat non-2xx responses as contract-aware failures, not free-form errors
- preserve
requestIdandtraceparentin logs and downstream reports - if provenance or freshness metadata is present, return it unchanged so trust is not lost in the handoff

