What does SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms return?

It returns 14 documented output fields: company, ticker, cik, formType, signal, materialEvent, filingDate, reportDate, items, ageDays, accessionNumber and filingUrl. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value. The remaining 2 are listed in the output schema below.

What input does SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms require?

contactEmail is required. A further 7 inputs are optional. The full input schema, with types and defaults, is below.

Does SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms need an API key or login?

No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.

How do I run SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms?

It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.

SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms

Pull SEC filings for any US-listed company and get the meaning, not just the form code: 8-K items decoded into plain language, material events flagged (bankruptcy, exec change, acquisition, restatement), newest first. Free official SEC data, no key.

SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms returns 14 documented output fields, including company, ticker, cik, formType and signal. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 46 runs are recorded on Apify.

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14: Output fields
8: Inputs
46: Runs
2026-10-16: Last run

01 — output

What it returns

Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.

Field	Type	What it holds	Example
company	stringnull	Company name as the source writes it.	Northwind Traders
ticker	stringnull	Stock ticker symbol as the source writes it.	<ticker>
cik	stringnull	Central Index Key, the SEC's identifier for a filer.	<cik>
formType	stringnull	Form type as the source labels it.	<formType>
signal	stringnull	The signal this row represents.	new posting
materialEvent	booleannull	Whether the change is material to the entity.	true
filingDate	stringnull	Date the filing was received or processed, when published.	2026-09-03T00:00:00
reportDate	stringnull	Date the report was issued.	2026-10-15
items	stringnull	The items this record carries.	[{"id":"1","name":"Widget"}]
ageDays	integernull	Age of this item in days.	0
accessionNumber	stringnull	SEC accession number identifying one filing.	<accessionNumber>
filingUrl	stringnull	Link to the filing at its source.	<filingUrl>
documentDescription	stringnull	Description of the document, as published by the source.	<documentDescription>
isXBRL	booleannull	Whether the filing carries machine-readable XBRL data.	true

02 — sample

One record

Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.

{
  "company": "Northwind Traders",
  "ticker": "<ticker>",
  "cik": "<cik>",
  "formType": "<formType>",
  "signal": "new posting",
  "materialEvent": true,
  "filingDate": "2026-09-03T00:00:00",
  "reportDate": "2026-10-15"
}

03 — input

What you give it

Input	Type	Description
tickers	arrayoptional	Stock tickers, e.g. AAPL, TSLA. Resolved to SEC CIKs automatically.
ciks	arrayoptional	SEC CIK numbers, if you already have them. Zero-padding is handled for you.
contactEmail	stringrequired	The SEC's fair-access policy requires a contact address in the request header. It is sent only to the SEC, never stored or shared.
formTypes	arrayoptional	Filter by form, e.g. 8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, 4, S-1, SC 13D. Leave empty for all forms. Prefix match, so "10-" catches 10-K and 10-Q.
sinceDate	stringoptional	YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for the company's full recent history.
materialEventsOnly	booleanoptional	Return only filings flagged as material — bankruptcy, restatement, executive change, acquisition, earnings, activist stake, delisting risk and similar.
maxPerCompany	integeroptional	Caps how far back to read per company.
maxItems	integeroptional	Hard limit, strictly enforced. You are never charged beyond this.

04 — run

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05 — questions

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14 of 14 fields described

What does SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms return?: It returns 14 documented output fields: company, ticker, cik, formType, signal, materialEvent, filingDate, reportDate, items, ageDays, accessionNumber and filingUrl. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value. The remaining 2 are listed in the output schema below.
What input does SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms require?: contactEmail is required. A further 7 inputs are optional. The full input schema, with types and defaults, is below.
Does SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms need an API key or login?: No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
How do I run SEC EDGAR Filings — 8-K, 10-K & Insider Forms?: It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.