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# Preview a public company from SEC EDGAR

GET https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company

Resolves a publicly traded US company by ticker (preferred) or company-name query and returns the SEC EDGAR identity facts: legal name, former names, ticker, exchange, SIC industry, state of incorporation, headquarters, and whether it is an operating company. SEC supplies no brand name, website, or summary text — those stay enrichment-owned and are absent here. A 404 means the query matched no SEC registrant (e.g. a private company). Read live and never persisted.

Reference: https://docs.aventure.vc/api-reference/a-venture-api/sec/preview-company

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — User bearer token: Supabase or Clerk session JWT, Clerk OAuth access token, or Clerk personal API key
- `X-API-Key` header (required) — Admin API key for system-to-system write operations
- `X-Client-Secret` header (required) — Client secret for read-only service-to-service access (no writes)

## Request

### Query parameters

- `ticker` (string, optional) — Trading ticker symbol (preferred resolver)
- `name` (string, optional) — Company name query (used when no ticker is given)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `cik` (string, required) — SEC Central Index Key, 10-digit zero-padded. The stable cross-sync join key.
- `exchange` (list of string, required) — Listing exchange(s).
- `isOperating` (boolean, required) — True when SEC classifies this registrant as an operating company, false for a SPAC/trust/holding/shell vehicle.
- `matchedVia` (enum, required) — How the query resolved to this registrant.
  - Allowed values: `TICKER`, `NAME`
- `nameAlias` (list of string, required) — Former registered legal names from SEC `formerNames`, most recent first.
- `nameLegal` (string, required) — Registered legal name from SEC filings.
- `otherCandidate` (list of string, required) — Other registrants whose name also matched the query (legal names). Empty for an exact ticker resolution; non-empty signals an ambiguous name query.
- `ticker` (list of string, required) — Trading ticker symbol(s).
- `ein` (string, optional, nullable) — Employer Identification Number (tax id), when SEC supplies one.
- `entityType` (string, optional, nullable) — SEC entity type. `operating` marks a real operating company; `other` marks a SPAC, trust, holding, or shell filing vehicle.
- `filerCategory` (string, optional, nullable) — SEC filer size category.
- `fiscalYearEnd` (string, optional, nullable) — Fiscal year-end as MMDD.
- `headquartersCity` (string, optional, nullable) — Headquarters city from the SEC business address.
- `headquartersCountry` (string, optional, nullable) — Headquarters country code; often null for US filers.
- `headquartersPostalCode` (string, optional, nullable) — Headquarters postal/ZIP code.
- `headquartersState` (string, optional, nullable) — Headquarters state or country from the SEC business address.
- `headquartersStreet` (string, optional, nullable) — Headquarters street address from the SEC business address.
- `phone` (string, optional, nullable) — Business phone from SEC filings.
- `sicCode` (string, optional, nullable) — SIC industry code.
- `sicDescription` (string, optional, nullable) — SIC industry description.
- `stateOfIncorporation` (string, optional, nullable) — State or country of incorporation (SEC code).

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "cik": "0000320193",
  "exchange": [
    "Nasdaq"
  ],
  "isOperating": true,
  "matchedVia": "TICKER",
  "nameAlias": [
    "APPLE COMPUTER INC"
  ],
  "nameLegal": "Apple Inc.",
  "otherCandidate": [
    "string"
  ],
  "ticker": [
    "AAPL"
  ],
  "ein": "942404110",
  "entityType": "operating",
  "filerCategory": "Large accelerated filer",
  "fiscalYearEnd": "0926",
  "headquartersCity": "CUPERTINO",
  "headquartersCountry": "US",
  "headquartersPostalCode": "95014",
  "headquartersState": "CA",
  "headquartersStreet": "ONE APPLE PARK WAY",
  "phone": "(408) 996-1010",
  "sicCode": "3571",
  "sicDescription": "Electronic Computers",
  "stateOfIncorporation": "CA"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company"

querystring = {"name":"NVIDIA","ticker":"AAPL"}

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company?name=NVIDIA&ticker=AAPL';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company?name=NVIDIA&ticker=AAPL"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company?name=NVIDIA&ticker=AAPL")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company?name=NVIDIA&ticker=AAPL")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company?name=NVIDIA&ticker=AAPL', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company?name=NVIDIA&ticker=AAPL");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/sec/company?name=NVIDIA&ticker=AAPL")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```