POST /v1/stream/tickets - SEC API for AI

curl -X POST \
  -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "secapi-version: 2026-03-19" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{}' \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/stream/tickets"

{
  "requestId": "req_2ZK8Q1W9F4M6P7R3"
}

Mint a short-lived signed WebSocket stream ticket for the current principal

Audience: application and coding agent.

Coverage and source scope

Creates a short-lived signed ticket that can be sent as the ticket query parameter when upgrading to /v1/stream/ws. This avoids sending long-lived API keys or bearer tokens in browser-visible WebSocket URLs.

Canonical metadata

requestId
traceparent

Example request

curl -X POST \
  -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "secapi-version: 2026-03-19" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{}' \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/stream/tickets"

Example response

{
  "requestId": "req_2ZK8Q1W9F4M6P7R3"
}

Give this prompt to your agent

Failure posture

treat non-2xx responses as contract-aware failures, not free-form errors
preserve requestId and traceparent in logs and downstream reports
if provenance or freshness metadata is present, return it unchanged so trust is not lost in the handoff