AnswerPool

XBRL Frame API: Rank every SEC filer on one XBRL metric for one period — SEC XBRL

Rank every SEC filer on one XBRL metric for one period — top-N values with entity names and the total filer count, from the frames API. Use for whole-market screens without a bulk XBRL pipeline; one MCP incumbent exists for xbrl.

$0.05 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/xbrl/frame — product id sec_xbrl_frame. Over MCP, call answerpool_get with product_id=sec_xbrl_frame.

curl "https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/xbrl/frame?metric=rnd_expense&period=CY2025Q1"

# with a prepaid credit key
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." "https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/xbrl/frame?metric=rnd_expense&period=CY2025Q1"

Live call: https://answerpool.io/v1/sec/xbrl/frame?metric=rnd_expense&period=CY2025Q1 · JSON sample: /v1/samples/sec_xbrl_frame

What does the answer look like?

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

as_of2026-08-31T14:00:00Z
metricrevenue
tagRevenues
periodCY2025Q1
total_filers4000
refresh_after2026-09-17T11:15:00.000Z

top

cikentityvalue
0000320193Apple Inc.94000000000.0
The same sample as raw JSON
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-31T14:00:00Z",
 "metric": "revenue",
 "tag": "Revenues",
 "period": "CY2025Q1",
 "total_filers": 4000,
 "top": [
  {
   "cik": "0000320193",
   "entity": "Apple Inc.",
   "value": 94000000000.0
  }
 ],
 "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?

Whole-market, single-period metric questions.

What you skip building

When should you not use it?

Company histories — concept/financials; small peer sets — compare.

Where else can you find this?