ryanlackie / mutualfunddatacrawler

Python code for Mutual Fund XML data retrieval.

MutualFundDataCrawler

Function:

Python code that parses fund holdings pulled from EDGAR, given a ticker or CIK, and generates a .tsv file from them.

Process:

• Input (Example - CIK: 0001166559).
• Uses http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html to gather forms.
• Finds the most recent “13F” report documents from the ones listed (Example - A 13F-HR form).
• Parse and generate tab-delimited text from the xml.
• Creates a .tsv file on the file directory for that form.