The SEC Enforcement Actions Database provides quick and reliable access to structured SEC enforcement and regulatory action data from multiple SEC data sources, with comprehensive historical coverage dating back to 1997. The database includes Administrative Proceedings, Litigation, Enforcement Litigation, AAERs, Press Releases, Trading Suspensions, Stop Orders, and Delinquent Filings. Retrieve records in a consistent format for seamless integration, compliance, legal research, regulatory analysis, and historical research.
All requests require an API token in the Authorization header.
Authorization: AUTH_TOKEN
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query_type | string | Required |
Search type. Supported:
|
| query_value | string | Required | Search value based on query_type |
| from | integer | Optional | Pagination starting offset |
| size | integer | Optional | Number of records to return (Maximum:100) |
| sort_order | string | Optional | ASC or DESC |
{
"query_type": "releaseNumber",
"query_value": "2023-229",
"from": 0,
"size": 10,
"sort_order": "DESC"
}
<?php
$url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/";
$auth_token = 'AUTH_TOKEN';
$postData = array(
'query_type' => 'releaseNumber',
'query_value' => '2023-229',
'from' => 0,
'size' => 10,
'sort_order' => 'DESC'
);
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($postData));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'Authorization: ' . $auth_token,
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;
import requests
url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/"
headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "AUTH_TOKEN"
}
payload = {
"query_type": "releaseNumber",
"query_value": "2023-229",
"from": 0,
"size": 10,
"sort_order": "DESC"
}
response = requests.post(
url,
headers=headers,
json=payload
)
print(response.json())
const url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/";
const payload = {
query_type: "releaseNumber",
query_value: "2023-229",
from: 0,
size: 10,
sort_order: "DESC"
};
fetch(url, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "AUTH_TOKEN"
},
body: JSON.stringify(payload)
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error(error));
const axios = require("axios");
const url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/";
const payload = {
query_type: "releaseNumber",
query_value: "2023-229",
from: 0,
size: 10,
sort_order: "DESC"
};
axios.post(url, payload, {
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "AUTH_TOKEN"
}
})
.then(response => {
console.log(response.data);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error);
});
curl --location 'https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: AUTH_TOKEN' \
--data '{
"query_type":"releaseNumber",
"query_value":"2023-229",
"from":0,
"size":10,
"sort_order":"DESC"
}'
package main
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/"
payload := []byte(`{
"query_type":"releaseNumber",
"query_value":"2023-229",
"from":0,
"size":10,
"sort_order":"DESC"
}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest(
"POST",
url,
bytes.NewBuffer(payload),
)
req.Header.Set(
"Content-Type",
"application/json",
)
req.Header.Set(
"Authorization",
"AUTH_TOKEN",
)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args)
throws Exception {
URL url = new URL(
"https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/"
);
HttpURLConnection conn =
(HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setRequestProperty(
"Content-Type",
"application/json"
);
conn.setRequestProperty(
"Authorization",
"AUTH_TOKEN"
);
conn.setDoOutput(true);
String jsonInputString = "{"
+ "\"query_type\":\"releaseNumber\","
+ "\"query_value\":\"2023-229\","
+ "\"from\":0,"
+ "\"size\":10,"
+ "\"sort_order\":\"DESC\""
+ "}";
try(OutputStream os =
conn.getOutputStream()) {
byte[] input =
jsonInputString.getBytes("utf-8");
os.write(input, 0, input.length);
}
Scanner scanner =
new Scanner(conn.getInputStream());
while(scanner.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(
scanner.nextLine()
);
}
scanner.close();
}
}
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(
"Authorization",
"AUTH_TOKEN"
);
var json = @"{
""query_type"": ""releaseNumber"",
""query_value"": ""2023-229"",
""from"": 0,
""size"": 10,
""sort_order"": ""DESC""
}";
var content = new StringContent(
json,
Encoding.UTF8,
"application/json"
);
var response = await client.PostAsync(
"https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/",
content
);
var result =
await response.Content
.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'uri'
url = URI(
"https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/"
)
http = Net::HTTP.new(
url.host,
url.port
)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] =
"application/json"
request["Authorization"] =
"AUTH_TOKEN"
request.body = {
query_type: "releaseNumber",
query_value: "2023-229",
from: 0,
size: 10,
sort_order: "DESC"
}.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
{
"total": 1,
"from": 0,
"size": 10,
"data": [
{
"sec_date": "1997-12-23 14:06:28",
"title": "Louis Loss, Former Commission Staffer and Authority on Securities Laws, Leaves Scholarly Legacy",
"detail_url": "https://www.sec.gov/news/press/pressarchive/1997/2023-229.txt",
"release_no": [
"2023-229"
],
"summary": "Immediate Release 2023-229 Louis Loss, Former Commission Staffer and Authority on Securities Laws, Leaves Scholarly Legacy Washington D.C., December 23, 1997 -- Louis Loss, a former member of the Commission's staff and thereafter a professor at Harvard Law School, died at the age of 83 on December 13. recognized as the foremost authority on securities regulation and the most influential commentator on the federal securities laws, Professor Loss joined the Commission's staff in 1937 upon graduation from Yale Law School.",
"summary_title": null,
"complaints": [],
"case_citations": [],
"cases": [],
"entities": [
{
"name": "Louis Loss",
"type": "Individual"
},
{
"name": "Leaves Scholarly Legacy",
"type": "Individual"
}
],
"resources": [],
"tags": [],
"violated_sections": [],
"penalty_amounts": {
"total": null,
"breakdown": []
},
"settlement_agreed": 0,
"respondents": [
"Louis Loss",
"Leaves Scholarly Legacy"
],
"requested_relief": [],
"comments_due": [],
"file_number": null,
"orders": [],
"investigation_conducted_by": [],
"litigation_led_by": [],
"other_agencies_involved": [],
"parallel_actions_taken_by": []
}
]
}
application/jsonjson_encode($postData)| Status Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 200 | Successful request |
| 400 | Invalid request parameters |
| 401 | Unauthorized / Invalid token |
| 500 | Internal server error |
Download the complete dataset of SEC Enforcement and Regulatory Actions in a single JSON file, combining structured data from multiple SEC sources, including Administrative Proceedings, Litigation, Enforcement Litigation, AAERs, Press Releases, Trading Suspensions, Stop Orders, and Delinquent Filings. The dataset includes enforcement action numbers, publication dates, case summaries, complaint details, respondents, related entities, case citations, SEC resources, penalties, and associated tags. This endpoint is designed for bulk data access, compliance research, regulatory analysis, historical research, and full database synchronization.
<?php
$url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json";
$auth_token = 'AUTH_TOKEN';
$saveTo = __DIR__ . '/enforcement-actions-metadata-all.json';
$fp = fopen($saveTo, 'w');
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_FILE => $fp,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Authorization: ' . $auth_token,
'Accept: application/json'
],
CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
]);
curl_exec($ch);
$http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
$curl_error = curl_error($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| VALIDATION
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
if ($curl_error) {
unlink($saveTo);
die("Curl error: " . $curl_error);
}
if ($http_code !== 200) {
unlink($saveTo);
die("Download failed. HTTP: " . $http_code);
}
echo "Download complete. HTTP: " . $http_code;
import requests
url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json"
auth_token = "AUTH_TOKEN"
headers = {
"Authorization": auth_token,
"Accept": "application/json"
}
save_to = "litigation-metadata-all.json"
with requests.get(url, headers=headers, stream=True) as r:
if r.status_code != 200:
raise Exception(f"Download failed: {r.status_code}")
with open(save_to, "wb") as f:
for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
if chunk:
f.write(chunk)
print("Download complete")
const url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json";
const authToken = "AUTH_TOKEN";
fetch(url, {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"Authorization": authToken,
"Accept": "application/json"
}
})
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error("Download failed: " + response.status);
}
return response.blob();
})
.then(blob => {
const link = document.createElement("a");
link.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
link.download = "litigation-metadata-all.json";
link.click();
})
.catch(err => console.error(err));
const fs = require("fs");
const https = require("https");
const url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json";
const authToken = "AUTH_TOKEN";
const file = fs.createWriteStream("litigation-metadata-all.json");
https.get(url, {
headers: {
"Authorization": authToken,
"Accept": "application/json"
}
}, (res) => {
if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
console.log("Download failed:", res.statusCode);
res.resume();
return;
}
res.pipe(file);
file.on("finish", () => {
file.close();
console.log("Download complete");
});
}).on("error", (err) => {
fs.unlinkSync("litigation-metadata-all.json");
console.error(err.message);
});
curl -L \ -H "Authorization: AUTH_TOKEN" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json" \ -o litigation-metadata-all.json
package main
import (
"io"
"net/http"
"os"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json"
authToken := "AUTH_TOKEN"
client := &http.Client{}
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", authToken)
req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
panic(resp.Status)
}
out, err := os.Create("litigation-metadata-all.json")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer out.Close()
io.Copy(out, resp.Body)
println("Download complete")
}
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class DownloadFile {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String urlStr = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json";
String authToken = "AUTH_TOKEN";
URL url = new URL(urlStr);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", authToken);
conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
System.out.println("Failed: " + conn.getResponseCode());
return;
}
InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("litigation-metadata-all.json");
byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
out.close();
in.close();
System.out.println("Download complete");
}
}
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
var url = "https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json";
var authToken = "AUTH_TOKEN";
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", authToken);
var response = await client.GetAsync(url);
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed: " + response.StatusCode);
return;
}
var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
var file = File.Create("litigation-metadata-all.json");
await stream.CopyToAsync(file);
file.Close();
Console.WriteLine("Download complete");
}
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
url = URI("https://api.secfilingdata.com/v1/filings/enforcement-actions/metadata/all.json")
auth_token = "AUTH_TOKEN"
Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = auth_token
request["Accept"] = "application/json"
http.request(request) do |response|
if response.code != "200"
puts "Failed: #{response.code}"
exit
end
File.open("litigation-metadata-all.json", "w") do |file|
response.read_body do |chunk|
file.write(chunk)
end
end
puts "Download complete"
end
end
The SEC Enforcement Actions database contains SEC enforcement actions and related regulatory information, including release numbers, publication dates, case summaries, complaints, respondents, related entities, case citations, SEC resources, tags, violated sections, penalties, settlements, requested relief, comments due, file numbers, orders, investigation details, litigation information, and involvement of other agencies.