Section Extractor API: any item of a 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K as clean text

Extract any item of a 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K, such as risk factors or MD&A, as clean text or minimal HTML with one call.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SECFEED_KEY" \
  "https://secfeedapi.com/v1/extractor?url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000021/0001045810-26-000021-index.htm&item=1C"

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://secfeedapi.com/v1/extractor",
    params={'url': 'https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000021/0001045810-26-000021-index.htm', 'item': '1C'},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SECFEED_KEY']}"},
)
print(r.json())

Overview

A 10-K is one long HTML document, and the part you want is usually one item: 1A risk factors, 7 MD&A, 1C cybersecurity. The Section Extractor finds the item and returns just that section, as plain text or minimal HTML.

Tables of contents repeat every heading, so the extractor keeps the occurrence that starts the longest section, which is the real one. Item names follow the common convention: 10-K items 1 to 16, 10-Q items like part1item2 and part2item1a, and 8-K items like 2-2 or 5-2.

What you get

Built for developers who would rather not parse EDGAR.

10-K, 10-Q and 8-K

Every standard item of the three most read report types.

Text or HTML

type=text for NLP and LLMs, type=html to keep basic structure.

Skips the table of contents

Returns the real section, not the TOC entry with the same heading.

Index page or document URL

Pass either the filing index page or the main document URL.

Endpoints

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY. Responses are JSON.

GET/v1/extractorDocs →

One item of a 10-K (1, 1A, 7...), 10-Q (part1item2, part2item1a...) or 8-K (2-2, 5-2...) as text or html.

Parameters: url, item, type=text|html

Use cases

Feed risk factors or MD&A to an LLM for summaries
Diff risk factor language year over year
Build a corpus of cybersecurity disclosures (Item 1C)
Extract the 8-K item text for event classification

Datasets behind this API

The SEC forms this API reads, with live filing counts.

10-KAnnual reports

Every Form 10-K annual report filed on EDGAR since 1993, searchable by company, date and text, with sections and XBRL financials as JSON.

10-QQuarterly reports

Every Form 10-Q quarterly report on EDGAR since 1993: unaudited financials, MD&A and risk factor updates, searchable and parsed as JSON.

8-KCurrent reports

Every Form 8-K current report since 1993, classified by item: earnings, acquisitions, auditor changes, executive departures, cyber incidents and more.

Tutorials

Section & text extractionExtract 10-K risk factors (Item 1A) with Python

Pull Item 1A risk factors out of any 10-K as clean text with one API call, then search and compare them across companies or years.

FAQ

Which item names can I request?

10-K: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7A, 8, 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 10 to 16. 10-Q: part1item1 to part1item4, part2item1, part2item1a, part2item2 to part2item6. 8-K: 1-1, 2-2, 5-2 and so on.

What does the response look like?

The section's text (or HTML) for the item you asked for.

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