BRIEFTAPE | REAL-TIME SEC 8-K SUMMARIES AI-SUMMARIZED FILINGS | TICKER-TAGGED FREE TIER AVAILABLE | 100 CALLS/DAY EDGAR + FEDERAL DATA | PUBLIC DOMAIN DEVELOPER API | REST + WEBSOCKET BRIEFTAPE | REAL-TIME SEC 8-K SUMMARIES AI-SUMMARIZED FILINGS | TICKER-TAGGED FREE TIER AVAILABLE | 100 CALLS/DAY EDGAR + FEDERAL DATA | PUBLIC DOMAIN DEVELOPER API | REST + WEBSOCKET
Retail Financial Newswire API

THE WIRE.
FOR EVERY
TRADER.

Real-time AI summaries of SEC 8-K filings, ticker-tagged and sentiment-scored. Built for developers and retail traders — Real-time financial news, without the enterprise contract.

Stories Indexed
60s Ingest Interval
$0 To Start
// Get Free API Access
10,000 calls/day, no credit card. Instructions sent to your inbox.
api.brieftape.com
$ curl api.brieftape.com/v1/news?limit=1

What's moving right now.

Loading from SEC EDGAR...
Fetching latest filings from SEC EDGAR...

How it works.

01

EDGAR Ingestion

SEC EDGAR is polled every 60 seconds for new 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K, S-1, and Form 4 filings. All public domain — no licensing required.

02

AI Summarization

Each filing is processed by Claude Haiku to produce a factual headline, 2-sentence summary, ticker tags, category classification, and sentiment score (−1.0 to +1.0).

03

Your App

Query the REST API or subscribe to the WebSocket stream. Filter by ticker, category, or sentiment. Power your trading bot, dashboard, or alert system.


Endpoints.

Base URL: https://api.brieftape.com — Add header Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY for paid tiers.

GET/v1/news?tickers=AAPL&category=Earnings&limit=20
Latest stories, filterable by ticker and category
GET/v1/tickers/:ticker/news
All stories for a specific ticker symbol
GET/v1/stories/:id
Full story with source SEC filing URL
GET/v1/categories
All active categories with story counts
GET/health
API status and total stories indexed
# Get latest earnings stories
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://api.brieftape.com/v1/news?category=Earnings&limit=10"

# Filter by ticker
curl "https://api.brieftape.com/v1/tickers/AAPL/news"

# API health + story count
curl "https://api.brieftape.com/health"
import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_KEY"
BASE    = "https://api.brieftape.com"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}

r = requests.get(f"{BASE}/v1/news",
    headers=headers,
    params={"category": "Earnings", "limit": 10})

for story in r.json()["results"]:
    print(story["headline"], "| sentiment:", story["sentiment"])
const BASE = "https://api.brieftape.com";
const API_KEY = "YOUR_KEY";

const res = await fetch(
  `${BASE}/v1/news?category=Earnings&limit=10`,
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${API_KEY}` } }
);
const { results } = await res.json();
results.forEach(s =>
  console.log(s.headline, "| sentiment:", s.sentiment)
);

Plans for every trader.

Free
$0
forever
  • 10,000 API calls / day
  • REST API access
  • All 13 categories
  • 15-min delay
  • US stocks only
Pro
$99
/month
  • 100,000 calls / day
  • Unlimited WebSocket
  • 1-year archive
  • Webhook delivery
  • Commercial use
Subscribe
Quant
$299
/month
  • 1M calls / day
  • Bulk data download
  • Full archive export
  • Priority support
  • Enterprise SLA
Subscribe

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100 API calls/day, no credit card required. Access instructions arrive in your inbox. Start calling the API in under 5 minutes.

// Free API Access
No credit card. No enterprise contract.

Common questions.

An 8-K is a "current report" that public companies must file with the SEC to announce major events — earnings, mergers, leadership changes, regulatory actions, debt offerings, and more. BriefTape processes every 8-K within seconds of it appearing on EDGAR.
The free tier (100 calls/day) is keyless — you can start calling https://api.brieftape.com/v1/news immediately. Paid tiers require a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
Bloomberg and MT Newswires are enterprise-only B2B services — no public pricing, no retail access, $20,000+/year contracts. BriefTape starts at $0 and is designed for developers and retail traders who need clean, structured news data without an enterprise contract.
Currently: SEC EDGAR 8-K filings (fully public domain). Planned additions: Federal Reserve press releases, BLS economic releases, FDA calendar events, and Form 4 insider transaction filings. All public domain, no licensing required.
Free and Hacker tiers are for personal/developer use. Pro ($99/mo) and Quant ($299/mo) include commercial use rights. Contact us if you need a custom arrangement.
Email hello [at] brieftape [dot] com or use the contact form below. We typically respond within one business day.