---
title: "Look up a filing by accession number"
method: GET
path: "/edgar/accession/{accessionNumber}"
tags: ["EDGAR"]
---

# Look up a filing by accession number

`GET /edgar/accession/{accessionNumber}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public`
- URL: `https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public/edgar/accession/{accessionNumber}`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Api-Key`

Look up a filing or exhibit by its SEC accession number. Accepts both
the dashed format (e.g. "0001193125-22-010026") and the compact
18-digit format. Returns filing metadata (company name, form type,
filing date, exhibit count). When the filing is found only on SEC
EDGAR and not in the local store, the response carries
`isInDatabase: false`.

**Credit cost: 5**

## Path parameters

- `accessionNumber` string, required

## Response `200`

Filing metadata for the accession number

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request
- `404`: Resource not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

---

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