1. Discover what’s available
2. List filings
One row per accession, with the item codes it contains:accession_number, cik, report_period, items, source_event_ids, and the assembled text.
3. Read item-level text
To get individual item sections, for example the MD&A (Item-2), use the items endpoint:
year and quarter.
4. Reconcile against the data
Filing text repeats the numbers in the structured records, the same revenue and EPS that appear in/earnings and /financials. Each item also carries a source_event_id, so you can trace a disclosure to the event that triggered it via /events/timeline.
Only operating companies file. ETFs and other non-operating instruments return no issuer filings. See Ticker universe.