AnswerPool

Filing Cadence API: Get a filer's year-by-year filing counts per form since 2021 — SEC EDGAR

Get a filer's year-by-year filing counts per form since 2021 — reporting rhythm, disclosure volume and gaps in one call from our historical index. Use to spot stopped reports or disclosure spikes without listing filings.

$0.02 per call — pay with prepaid card credits (Authorization: Bearer ck_live_…, packs from $1) or with USDC over x402: call it, get 402 with the price, retry signed. Failed calls are never charged.

How do you call it?

GET /v1/sec/filings/cadence — product id sec_filing_cadence. Over MCP, call answerpool_get with product_id=sec_filing_cadence.

curl "https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/filings/cadence?ticker=NVDA"

# with a prepaid credit key
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." "https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/filings/cadence?ticker=NVDA"

Live call: https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/filings/cadence?ticker=NVDA · JSON sample: /v1/samples/sec_filing_cadence

What does the answer look like?

A representative response, the same static sample served at /v1/samples/sec_filing_cadence.

as_of2026-08-31T16:30:00Z
index_from2021-07-01
index_to2026-08-28
cik0000320193
companyAPPLE INC
total_filings49
refresh_after2026-09-17T11:15:00.000Z

years

yearcounts.4counts.8-Ktotal
202640949
The same sample as raw JSON
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-31T16:30:00Z",
 "index_from": "2021-07-01",
 "index_to": "2026-08-28",
 "cik": "0000320193",
 "company": "APPLE INC",
 "years": [
  {
   "year": "2026",
   "counts": {
    "4": 40,
    "8-K": 9
   },
   "total": 49
  }
 ],
 "total_filings": 49,
 "refresh_after": "2026-09-17T11:15:00.000Z"
}

How fresh is it, and where does the data come from?

The fastest source behind this answer can change every 15 minutes, so every response carries a refresh_after timestamp — right now it would be 2026-09-17T11:15:00.000Z. Schedule the next call on that value rather than on a guess.

Method version 0.1.0 · serving cache 1 day · every response carries a result_id you can resolve at /v1/provenance.

When should you use it?

Rhythm/volume questions per filer.

What you skip building

When should you not use it?

Individual filings — use history or list views.

Where else can you find this?