> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.secapi.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Resolve, then fetch

> Resolve one issuer first, keep the returned identity, then fetch a store or run a named intel job

Resolve an issuer before you fetch filings, facts, statements, or a named intel job. `GET /v1/entities/resolve` is the identity call. The stores and the packer take that identity; they do not invent it.

```bash theme={null}
curl --fail-with-body -sS \
  -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "secapi-version: 2026-03-19" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/entities/resolve?ticker=AAPL&view=agent"
```

Keep `id`, `cik`, `ticker`, `matchConfidence`, and `matchBasis` when they are returned. A low-confidence match is a correction task, not a join key. Do not infer a CIK from a ticker string or an old filing URL.

## The path

1. Resolve the issuer, manager, or security.
2. Carry the returned CIK (and entity `id` when present).
3. Fetch one store, or run one [named intel job](/named-intel-jobs).

| After resolve        | Fetch            | First route                                                              |
| -------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| The official record  | Filings store    | [`GET /v1/filings/latest`](/api-reference/filings/get-v1-filings-latest) |
| One disclosed number | Facts            | [`GET /v1/facts`](/api-reference/facts/get-v1-facts)                     |
| A financials page    | Statements       | [`GET /v1/statements`](/api-reference/statements/get-v1-statements)      |
| Why a price moved    | Factors          | [`GET /v1/factors/catalog`](/api-reference/factors)                      |
| A country print      | Macro indicators | [`GET /v1/macro/indicators`](/api-reference/macro)                       |
| A cited assembly     | Intel packer     | [Named intel jobs](/named-intel-jobs)                                    |

Letters and authenticated situations are gated stores. They 404 when that store is dark. Do not make them the first curl.

```bash theme={null}
curl --fail-with-body -sS \
  -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "secapi-version: 2026-03-19" \
  "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/filings/latest?ticker=AAPL&form=10-K&view=agent"
```

The second request returns the current latest matching filing. Keep the accession number, form, filing date, filing URL, and `requestId` when present.

## What resolve is not

| Job                  | Route                                                                         | Use it when                                                                  |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Identity             | [`GET /v1/entities/resolve`](/api-reference/entities/get-v1-entities-resolve) | You have a ticker, CIK, FIGI, name, or other identifier and need one entity. |
| Canonical search     | [`GET /v1/entities`](/api-reference/entities)                                 | You need a paginated list of canonical entities.                             |
| EDGAR catalog search | [`GET /v1/entities/edgar`](/api-reference/entities/get-v1-entities-edgar)     | You need paginated EDGAR source records. Not an identity peer of resolve.    |

An empty resolve request is invalid. Company overview (`GET /v1/companies/overview`) is a company view, not a substitute for resolve and not the intelligence product.

## Next

* [Object graph](/object-graph) — the objects you fetch after resolve
* [Response views and include](/views-and-includes) — `view=agent` and `include=`
* [Named intel jobs](/named-intel-jobs) — packs and reports
* [First request flows](/first-request-flows) — REST, SDK, CLI, and MCP