# AskEdgar Documentation > Documentation for AskEdgar ## Guides: Getting Started - [AskEdgar API — Small-Cap Dilution, Float & Financing Data](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/getting-started.md): Build research tools for individual traders, small-cap hedge funds, and investment banks with maintained dilution data, float, shelf and ATM capacity, and financing history. - [AskEdgar API Quickstart — Build Your Small-Cap Research Tool](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/quick-start.md): Get an API key, estimate your data costs, and make a first request—or customize the public AskEdgar dilution dashboard with an AI coding assistant. - [Build with AI & MCP — AskEdgar API Documentation](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/mcp-ai.md): Connect compatible AI tools to AskEdgar’s public MCP endpoint to discover APIs and inspect schemas. Build small-cap research tools for traders, hedge funds, and investment banks. - [Rate Limits](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/rate-limits.md): Understand request limits, response headers, and how to handle throttling gracefully. - [Versioning](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/versioning.md): How the AskEdgar API is versioned, how we handle changes, and what to expect when a new version ships. - [Authentication](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/authentication.md): How API keys work, how to manage them, and how to troubleshoot auth errors. - [Pricing & Credits](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/pricing.md): How usage-based pricing works, how to add credits, and how to estimate costs before making a request. - [Error Handling](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/error-handling.md): How errors are structured, what each error code means, and how to handle them in your integration. - [Build a Small-Cap Dilution Dashboard — Float, Warrants & Financing Capacity](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/small-cap-stock-data-api.md): Use AskEdgar’s dashboard starter or combine API endpoints for float, warrants, convertibles, and shelf/ATM capacity. For individual traders, small-cap hedge funds, and investment banks. ## Guides: Use Case & Examples - [Build a shelf and ATM capacity monitor for small-cap stocks](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/shelf-atm-capacity-monitor.md): Build a Python monitor for small-cap shelf registrations and ATM capacity with AskEdgar’s API, baby-shelf fields, filing links, and nightly updates. - [Dilution Risk Monitor](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/dilution-risk-monitor.md): Build a watchlist dashboard that surfaces dilution warning signs across your portfolio in real time. - [Build a Small-Cap Offering Activity Feed with the AskEdgar API](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/offering-activity-feed.md): Combine disclosed offerings, reported ATM usage, financing history, and SEC registrations in a small-cap research feed using the AskEdgar API. - [Build a low-float stock scanner with dilution-risk data](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/small-cap-screener.md): Build a small-cap watchlist with audited float, short interest, offering risk, and cash runway. Includes Python code, pagination, usage controls, and missing-data handling. - [Due Diligence Report](https://askedgar.readme.io/docs/due-diligence-report.md): Build a one-click due diligence page that surfaces red flags in IPOs and low-float stocks before you take a position. ## API Reference: AskEdgar API - Public - [API Cost Estimator — Plan Your AskEdgar Data Usage](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/estimate_usage.md): Estimate AskEdgar API costs before making a paid data request. Compare ticker lists, date ranges, and record limits with this free tool—no API key required. - [Health Check](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/health_check.md): Quick liveness probe for the API and its dependencies. - [AskEdgar API Directory — Small-Cap Dilution, Float & Trading Research](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/list_endpoints.md): Find AskEdgar endpoints for dilution, stock float, shelf capacity, offerings, and historical trading research. Retrieve the endpoint catalog without an API key. - Reverse Splits - [Reverse Splits API — Historical Dates, Ratios & Trading Research](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_reverse_splits.md): Retrieve historical reverse stock splits with effective dates and split ratios. Add split history to small-cap stock profiles, research repeated reverse splits, and connect split events with your… - Corporate Actions - [Reverse Split Status API — Votes, Approvals & Effective Dates](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_split_status.md): Track pending stock split votes, shareholder approvals, and announced effective dates, including past events, for small- and nano-cap stock research. - Float, Outstanding, Market Cap & Key Data - [Float & Shares Outstanding API — Updated Between Quarterly Reports](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_float_outstanding.md): Get small-cap stock float and shares outstanding maintained through daily filing scans, with updates available within 12–24 hours of a new filing. - Dilution Rating - [Dilution Rating API — Offering Risk, Cash Runway & Potential Dilution](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_dilution_rating.md): Assess small- and nano-cap financing risk with ratings for cash need, offering ability, financing frequency, and potential dilution, supported by financial data and plain-language explanations. - Nasdaq Compliance - [Nasdaq & NYSE Compliance API — Listing Deficiencies & Filing Updates](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_nasdaq_compliance.md): Research small- and nano-cap listing deficiencies with Nasdaq and NYSE compliance records, plus updates extracted from SEC filings that explain the company’s situation. - Offerings - Funds & Underwriters - [Offerings Advanced API — Funds, Investors & Underwriters](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_offerings_advanced.md): Research the participants behind small- and nano-cap financings, with named investors and underwriting banks alongside offering amounts, pricing, and transaction summaries. - Offerings - [Offerings API — Capital Raises, ATM Usage & Financing History](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_offerings.md): Research small- and nano-cap financing activity with offering types, amounts, share prices, warrant issuance, and links to the underlying AskEdgar event pages. - Dilution Data - [Dilution Data API — Warrants, Convertible Notes & Convertible Preferred](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_dilution_data.md): Build small-cap dilution trackers with warrant and convertible balances, exercise and conversion prices, and price-protection labels maintained through daily filing scans. - Dilution Data Advanced - [Dilution Data Advanced — Warrants, Convertible Notes & Convertible Preferred](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_dilution_data_advanced.md): Research the holders, financing banks, price-protection clauses, and recorded changes behind small- and nano-cap dilution, alongside remaining amounts and exercise or conversion prices. - Gap Stats - [Gap Stats API — Historical Gap-Ups & Gap-and-Fade Research](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_gap_stats.md): Research recorded small-cap gap-ups dating back to 2015, with opening and closing prices, session highs and lows, their timestamps, volume, and associated news and filing tags. - [Gap Stats Advanced API — Historical Gap Screening & Backtesting](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_gap_stats_advanced.md): Search recorded small-cap gap-ups dating back to 2015 across tickers, with filters for date, gap percentage, premarket activity, trading volume, market cap, and whether the stock closed above VWAP. - Afterhours Stats - [After-Hours Stats API — Historical Small-Cap Spikes & Fade Research](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_afterhours_stats.md): Research recorded small-cap after-hours moves dating back to 2015, with spike prices and timing, closing performance, trading volume, VWAP, and associated news and SEC filing tags. - Premarket Stats - [Premarket Stats API — Historical Small-Cap Spikes & Opening-Gap Research](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_premarket_stats.md): Research recorded small-cap premarket spikes dating back to 2015, with starting prices, subsequent highs, timing, volume, VWAP, opening-gap percentages, and associated news and filing tags. - Intraday Runners - [Intraday Runners API — Historical Small-Cap Spikes & Fade Research](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_intraday_runners.md): Research historical small-cap runners back to 2015 with opening-gap data, unusual volume, spike timing, and regular-session and after-hours performance. - Historical Float - [Historical Float, Shares Outstanding & Market Cap API](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_historical_float_pro.md): Enrich your backtesting datasets with historical float, shares outstanding, ownership, and market-cap data to study how small-cap trading patterns vary with share structure. - News - [News Basic API — Small-Cap Headlines & SEC Filing Summaries](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_news_basic.md): Bring news headlines, SEC filing summaries, and source links into your small-cap research tools with a compact API response. - [News & SEC Filings API — Small-Cap Catalysts & Event Searches](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_news.md): Research small-cap catalysts with news articles, AI-summarized SEC filings, and event-tag searches covering offerings, dilution, FDA developments, contracts, and more. - Registrations - [SEC Registrations API — Shelf & ATM Capacity](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_registrations.md): Track small-cap shelf capacity, remaining ATM capacity, and baby-shelf calculations with nightly filing updates, registration status, and source documents. - Market Strength - [Market Strength API — Small-Cap Momentum, Follow-Through & Active Themes](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_market_strength.md): Get daily AI analysis of small-cap market conditions, combining runner performance, active sectors, news catalysts, and trading behavior. - Agreements - [Financing Agreements API — Registration Rights & Issuance Restrictions](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_agreements.md): Research small-cap financing agreements, including restrictions on new securities issuance, Variable Rate Transaction provisions, registration deadlines, and investor participation rights. - Right of First Refusals & Tail Financings - [Right of First Refusal & Tail Financing API — Bank Rights & Deal Terms](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_rofr.md): Research bank relationships in small-cap financings with rights of first refusal, tail-financing provisions, agreement durations, and ROFR expiration dates. - Ownership - [Ownership API — Insider & Major Shareholder Holdings](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_ownership.md): Research insider and major shareholder positions in small-cap stocks, including common shares, preferred shares, options, warrants, convertible securities, and restricted stock units. - Pump & Dump Tracker - [Pump & Dump Tracker API — Promotion Evidence, IPOs & Low-Float Research](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_pump_and_dump_tracker.md): Research small-cap stocks with pump-and-dump risk indicators, combining promotion evidence, IPO and underwriter information, float, lockup dates, and recent price performance. - Screener - [Screener Field Options](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_screener_options.md): Enumerated valid values for the Screener's dropdown filter fields. - [Small-Cap Screener API — Audited Float, Market Cap & Short Interest](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_screener.md): Build a low-float scanner with audited share counts, source explanations, price and volume filters, short interest, and borrow data for small-cap research. - AI Gap Analysis - [AI Chart Analysis API — Historical Gap-Up Patterns & Runner/Fader Ratings](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_ai_chart_analysis.md): Get AI analysis of a small-cap ticker’s historical gap-up behavior, including whether it tends to hold gains, fade into the close, or hold VWAP. - Research Reports - [Full Research Report API — In-Depth AI Research for Small-Cap Runners](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_research_reports.md): Get an in-depth AI research report on a small-cap runner, generated within a few minutes of a ticker crossing a 40% daily gain. - [Short Research Report API — Small-Cap Briefings, Float & Company Context](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_research_reports_short.md): Get a concise AI research briefing on a small-cap runner, combining additional data sources with float, shares outstanding, and company context. - [TLDR Research Report API — Quick AI Summaries for Small-Cap Runners](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_research_reports_tldr.md): Add a one-paragraph AI research summary to small-cap watchlists, alerts, and chatbot replies, with float, market cap, and company context. - Filing Titles - [SEC Filing Titles API — AI Headlines for Company Filings](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_filing_titles.md): Turn SEC filings into a readable activity feed with AI-generated headlines. Look up filings by ticker, CIK, document URL, accession number, or form type. - Historical Tickers - [DEPRECATED Historical Tickers](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_historical_tickers.md): Given any current or historical ticker, resolves to the current symbol plus full history of prior tickers. - Ticker Changes - [Ticker Changes API — Stock Symbol History & Old Ticker Lookup](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_ticker_changes.md): Look up stock symbol changes using a current or former ticker. Connect historical watchlists, backtests, and filing archives with dated symbol-change history. - Historical Dilution - [Historical Dilution Rating API — Research Past Runners & Financing Risk](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_historical_dilution.md): Add historical offering risk, cash runway, financing capacity, and potential dilution to your small- and nano-cap trading research. - Corporate Contacts - [Corporate Contacts](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_contacts.md): Executives and board members at a public company, looked up by ticker, with work email, LinkedIn and role history. - Catalysts - [Catalysts API — Earnings, FDA Dates & Company Event Calendars](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_catalysts.md): Build a company catalyst calendar from SEC filings and news, covering earnings, FDA dates, clinical trial readouts, financings, and compliance deadlines. Updated every two hours. - Account - [Read Balance](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_balance.md) - [Read Overview](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_overview.md) - [Read Pricing](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_pricing.md) - [Read Usage](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_usage.md) - [Read Usage Activity](https://askedgar.readme.io/reference/get_usage_activity.md) ## Changelog - [Market cap filters, CIK search and a lower Funds & Underwriters price](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/market-cap-filters-cik-search-and-a-lower-funds-underwriters-price.md) - [Corporate Contacts, Catalysts & Exchange Listing Dates on the Screener](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/corporate-contacts-catalysts-exchange-listing-dates-on-the-screener.md) - [Advanced Endpoints Open to Retail, CIK Lookup on Historical Float & a Sunset Date for Historical Tickers](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/advanced-endpoints-open-to-retail-cik-lookup-on-historical-float-a-sunset-date-for-historical-tickers.md) - [Ticker Changes, Intraday Runners, Ownership Data in the Screener & Explicit Timestamp Offsets](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/ticker-changes-intraday-runners-ownership-data-in-the-screener-explicit-timestamp-offsets.md) - [Changelog — June 3, 2026](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/changelog-june-3-2026.md) - [Changelog — May 20, 2026](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/changelog-may-20-2026.md) - [Changelog — May 13, 2026](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/changelog-may-13-2026.md) - [Changelog — May 7, 2026](https://askedgar.readme.io/changelog/changelog-apr-30-may-7-2026.md)