/SEC-EDGAR-python-scraper

Scraper/Parser of Fundamental Financial Data for US companies

Primary LanguagePython

SEC - EDGAR | Web Scraper

  • This project will scrape and return fundamental financial data.
  • In the current state it is fully functional, utilizing Python and the Scrapy library.
  • Data exists from 2011.
  • The labeling script determines document type and stores in a parsed folder.
  • The aggregation script is in the early stages and will be further developed.

Getting Started

  1. Copy the repository and Install requirement.txt using pip

  2. To scrape data run scraper.py and pass symbols of companies you want to scrape and year

       python scrape.py

    The scraped files are stored in scraped folder

    To label all scraped files just run

       label.py

Contribution

The original dev is seeking conributiors to improve efficiency, structure and functionality.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

"# SEC-EDGAR-python-scraper"

Additional Features

  • I plan to expand this project by adding additional data sources, beyond the EDGAR database.

A note

I have a second degree in accounting and currently sitting for the CPA Exams (halfway there).