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# GET /v1/filings/latest/sections/{section_key}

> Extract a named section from an issuer's latest selected filing.

Extract a named section from an issuer's latest selected filing.

<Info>
  Audience: engineers and agents extracting a known section from the latest selected filing.
</Info>

## Coverage and source scope

Retrieve one supported canonical filing section, such as item\_1a, item\_7, or item\_8, from an issuer's latest selected filing. Use the returned accession number and source URL as the citation identity. The endpoint defaults to a 10-K and a missing or unavailable section is not evidence that the issuer made no disclosure.

## Canonical metadata

* `object`
* `ticker`
* `accessionNumber`
* `key`
* `snippet`
* `accession`
* `section_key`
* `source_url`
* `requestId`

## Example request

<RequestExample>
  ```bash theme={null}
  curl -X GET -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" -H "secapi-version: 2026-03-19" "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/filings/latest/sections/item_1a?ticker=AAPL&form=10-K&view=agent"
  ```
</RequestExample>

## Example response

<ResponseExample>
  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "object": "section",
    "ticker": "EXAMPLE",
    "accessionNumber": "0000000000-26-000001",
    "key": "item_1a",
    "startOffset": 1200,
    "endOffset": 1840,
    "snippet": "Illustrative Item 1A risk-factor snippet.",
    "accession": "0000000000-26-000001",
    "section_key": "item_1a",
    "char_start": 0,
    "char_end": 42,
    "highlighted_snippet": "Illustrative **Item 1A** risk-factor snippet.",
    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000000/000000000026000001/example-2025-10k.htm",
    "requestId": "req_2ZK8Q1W9F4M6P7R3"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

## Section selection and evidence

`section_key` must be a supported canonical key such as `item_1a`, `item_7`, or `item_8`; it is not a free-form heading lookup. The route defaults to `10-K`. Preserve the content together with provenance and accession number, and use [section search](/api-reference/sections/get-v1-sections-search) when the heading is unknown or the work begins with a concept.

## Errors

Invalid mode/view or issuer filters are `400` request errors. A `502 section_lookup_failed` can reflect unavailable rendering or section coverage; do not replace it with an invented excerpt.

## Give this prompt to your agent

<Prompt>
  Use SEC API GET /v1/filings/latest/sections/{section_key} to extract a named section from an issuer's latest selected filing. Preserve `object`, `ticker`, `accessionNumber`, `key`, `snippet`, `accession`, `section_key`, `source_url`, `requestId` in the output. Return a concise markdown summary plus the exact structured payload fields that a downstream engineer or agent should keep using this result.
</Prompt>

## Failure posture

* retain accessionNumber, section\_key, source\_url, and requestId with every excerpt
* distinguish absent or unavailable coverage from an empty snippet
* retry `502 section_lookup_failed` with bounded backoff