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WorkingWithFilings

Dwight Gunning edited this page Aug 11, 2024 · 1 revision

Using the Filings API


Getting filings

# Get filings for the current year and quarter
filings = get_filings() 

# Get filings for 2022
filings = get_filings(2022)                 # OR filings = get_filings(year=2022)

# Get filings for 2022 quarter 4
filings = get_filings(2022, 4)              # OR filings = get_filings(year=2022, quarter=4)

# Get filings for 2020, 2021 and 2022
filings = get_filings([2020, 2021, 2022])   # OR filings = get_filings(year=range(2020, 2023))

# Get filings for 2020 quarters 1 and 2
filings = get_filings(2020, quarter=[1,2])

Get filings

Filtering filings

# Filter for form D
filings.filter(form="D")

# Filter for form 10-K and 10-Q 
filings.filter(form=["10-K", "10-Q"])

# When you filter by form e.g. "D" it includes amendments e.g. "D\A". You can omit amendments
filings.filter(form="D", amendments=False)

# Filter by filing_date. date and filing_date mean the same thing
# Get all filings on 2023-02-23
filings.filter(date="2023-02-23")                      
# OR
filings.filter(filing_date="2023-02-23")

# Filter to get all filings between 2023-01-23 and 2023-02-23     
filings.filter(date="2023-01-23:2023-02-23")

# Filter to get all filings since 2023-01-23   
filings.filter(date="2023-01-23")

# Filter to get all filings before 2023-02-23     
filings.filter(date=":2023-02-23")

Combining getting and filtering

get_filings(2022, form="D")

Convert the filings to a pandas dataframe

The filings data is stored in the Filings class as a pyarrow.Table. You can get the data as a pandas dataframe using to_pandas

df = filings.to_pandas()

Navigating filings

The Filings object allows you to navigate through filings using filings.next() and filings.prev(). This shows you pages of the data - the page size is about 50.

# To see the next page of data
filings.next()

# To see the previous page
filings.prev()

# To see the current page
filings.current()

Get next filings

Getting the latest filings

You can get the latest n filings by filing_date from a filings using filings.latest().

If you provide the parameter n it will return the latest n filings.

filing = filings.latest(n=5)
filing

Latest filings

If you omit this parameter, or set n=1 it will return a single `Filings object.

filing = filings.latest()
filing

Latest filing

Filtering filings

You can filter the filings object using te filter() function. This allows you to filter by filing date, or by form.

Filtering filings by date

To filter by filing date specify the filing date in YYYY-MM-DD format e.g. 2022-01-24 (Note the parameters date and filing_date are equivalent aliases for each other)

filings.filter(date="2021-01-24") # or filings.filter(filing_date="2021-01-24")

You can specify a filing date range using the colon

filings.filter(date="2021-01-12:2021-02-28") 

To filter by dates before a specified date use `:YYYY-MM-DD'

filings.filter(date=":2021-02-28") 

To filter by dates after a specified date use `YYYY-MM-DD:'

filings.filter(date="2021-02-28:") 

Filtering filings by form

You can filter filings by form using the form parameter.

filings.filter(form="10-K") 

To filter by form e.g. 10-K and include form amendments use amendments = True.

filings.filter(form="10-K", amendments=True) 

Filter with amendments

Working with a single filing

You can get a single filing from the filings using the bracket operator [], specifying the index of the filing. The index is the value displayed in the leftmost position in the filings table. For example, to get the 10-Q for Costco in the table above use filings[3]

filing = filings[3]

Costco 10Q filing

View the filing homepage

You can view the filing homepage in the terminal using filing.homepage

This gives you access to the FilingHomepage class that you can use to list all the documents and datafiles on the filing.

filing.homepage

Filing homepage

Open a filing

You can open the filing in your browser using filing.open(). This will work on environments with access to the browser, will probably not work on a remote server.

filing.open()

Open the Filing Homepage

You can open the filing homepage in the browser using filing.homepage.open().

filing.homepage.open()

View the filing as Markdown

You can view the filing's HTML content as markdown in the console using view(). It works for all filing types but can be a little slow for filings with large HTML files

filing.view()

Get the filing's html

You can get the html content of the filing using.html()

filing.html()

Get the filing's html as Markdown

You can get the html content as markdown using.markdown()

filing.markdown()