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# Insider Transaction

> Returns insider transaction data from SEC Form 4 filings. Use /filings endpoint for grouped filing view (transactions nested under each filing) or /transactions endpoint for flattened individual transaction view. Both endpoints support the same query parameters.

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (200 OK) theme={null}
  {
    "data": [
      {
        "accession_number": "0000905729-26-000009",
        "company_cik": "0000803164",
        "company_name": "CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC",
        "company_symbol": "COFS",
        "filing_date": "2026-01-05T19:54:05Z",
        "footnotes": null,
        "form_type": "4",
        "html_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000803164/000090572926000009//Archives/edgar/data/803164/000090572926000009/0000905729-26-000009-index.htm",
        "id": "695c171b1bd4be0001967659",
        "is_10b5": false,
        "owner": {
          "insider_cik": "0001788991",
          "insider_name": "Gregory McConnell",
          "insider_title": "",
          "is_director": true,
          "is_officer": false,
          "is_ten_percent_owner": false,
          "raw_signature": "/s/ Sarah A. Harper, by Power of Attorney"
        },
        "remaining_shares": "34400",
        "traded_percentage": "0.68%",
        "transactions": [
          {
            "acquired_or_disposed": "A",
            "conversion_exercise_price_derivative": "",
            "date_deemed_execution": null,
            "date_exercisable": null,
            "date_expiration": null,
            "date_transaction": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "is_derivative": false,
            "ownership": "d",
            "post_transaction_quantity": "34400",
            "price_per_share": "29.52",
            "remaining_underlying_shares": "",
            "security_title": "Common Stock",
            "shares": "233",
            "transaction_code": "a",
            "transaction_id": "0000803164_0000905729-26-000009_nd_t_0",
            "underlying_security_title": "",
            "underlying_shares": "",
            "voluntarily_reported": false
          }
        ],
        "updated": 1767642907
      }
    ]
  }
  ```

  ```json Response (401 Unauthorized) theme={null}
  {
    "ok": false,
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "auth_failed",
        "id": "unauthorized",
        "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
      }
    ]
  }
  ```

  ```json Response (404 Not Found) theme={null}
  {
    "ok": false,
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "no_data_found",
        "id": "not_found",
        "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
      }
    ]
  }
  ```

  ```json Response (500 Internal Server Error) theme={null}
  {
    "ok": false,
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "internal_server_error",
        "id": "server_error",
        "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
      }
    ]
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>


## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/calendar_api.spec.yml GET /api/v1/sec/insider_transactions/{view_type}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  contact: {}
  description: >-
    This REST API returns structured data for conference calls, dividends,
    earnings (and future earnings dates), economics, pharmaceutical
    announcements, guidance, IPOs, secondary offerings, ratings, M&A activity,
    and splits.
  termsOfService: http://swagger.io/terms/
  title: Calendar API
  version: 2.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.benzinga.com
    description: PROD
security: []
paths:
  /api/v1/sec/insider_transactions/{view_type}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Insider Transaction
      summary: Insider Transactions
      description: >-
        Returns insider transaction data from SEC Form 4 filings. Use /filings
        endpoint for grouped filing view (transactions nested under each filing)
        or /transactions endpoint for flattened individual transaction view.
        Both endpoints support the same query parameters.
      operationId: get-insider-transaction
      parameters:
        - description: >-
            Page offset. For optimization, performance and technical reasons,
            page offsets are limited from 0 - 100000. Limit the query results by
            other parameters such as date. Default is 0
          in: query
          name: page
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 0
        - description: Number of results returned. Limit 1000
          in: query
          name: pagesize
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 100
        - description: Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format
          in: query
          name: date_from
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
        - description: End date in YYYY-MM-DD format
          in: query
          name: date_to
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
        - description: >-
            Records last Updated Unix timestamp (UTC). This will force the sort
            order to be Greater Than or Equal to the timestamp indicated
          in: query
          name: updated_since
          schema:
            type: integer
        - description: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format
          in: query
          name: date
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
        - description: Fields
          in: query
          name: fields
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Search keys type
          in: query
          name: search_keys_type
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - symbol
              - accession_number
              - cik
              - id
        - description: Search keys
          in: query
          name: search_keys
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Display
          in: query
          name: display
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - flat
              - nested
        - description: >-
            Response format: 'filings' returns grouped filing view with
            transactions nested, 'transactions' returns flattened individual
            transaction view
          in: path
          name: view_type
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - filings
              - transactions
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            Insider Transaction data. Response structure varies by endpoint:
            /filings returns nested filing data, /transactions returns flattened
            transaction data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.InsiderTransactionFilingDoc'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/api.ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    calendarapi.InsiderTransactionFilingDoc:
      properties:
        data:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.InsiderTransaction'
          type: array
      type: object
    api.ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
      type: object
    calendarapi.InsiderTransaction:
      properties:
        accession_number:
          example: 0001127602-24-000123
          type: string
        company_cik:
          example: 320193
          type: string
        company_name:
          example: Apple Inc.
          type: string
        company_symbol:
          example: AAPL
          type: string
        filing_date:
          example: '2024-01-09T00:00:00Z'
          type: string
        footnotes:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.SECFootnotes'
          type: array
        form_type:
          example: '4'
          type: string
        html_url:
          example: >-
            https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000320193
          type: string
        id:
          example: 64a1b2c3d4e5f6789012345
          type: string
        is_10b5:
          example: true
          type: boolean
        owner:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.Owner'
        remaining_shares:
          example: '125000'
          type: string
        remaining_underlying_shares:
          example: '50000'
          type: string
        traded_percentage:
          example: '15.5'
          type: string
        transactions:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/calendarapi.Transaction'
          type: array
        updated:
          example: 1704758400
          type: integer
      type: object
    calendarapi.SECFootnotes:
      properties:
        id:
          example: F1
          type: string
        text:
          example: Shares were sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan
          type: string
      type: object
    calendarapi.Owner:
      properties:
        insider_cik:
          example: '0001234567'
          type: string
        insider_name:
          example: Tim Cook
          type: string
        insider_title:
          example: Chief Executive Officer
          type: string
        is_director:
          example: true
          type: boolean
        is_officer:
          example: true
          type: boolean
        is_ten_percent_owner:
          example: false
          type: boolean
        raw_signature:
          example: /s/ Tim Cook
          type: string
      type: object
    calendarapi.Transaction:
      properties:
        acquired_or_disposed:
          example: D
          type: string
        conversion_exercise_price_derivative:
          example: '150.25'
          type: string
        date_deemed_execution:
          example: '2024-01-09T00:00:00Z'
          type: string
        date_exercisable:
          example: '2024-01-09T00:00:00Z'
          type: string
        date_expiration:
          example: '2025-01-09T00:00:00Z'
          type: string
        date_transaction:
          example: '2024-01-09T00:00:00Z'
          type: string
        is_derivative:
          example: false
          type: boolean
        ownership:
          example: Direct
          type: string
        post_transaction_quantity:
          example: '250000'
          type: string
        price_per_share:
          example: '150.25'
          type: string
        remaining_underlying_shares:
          example: '50000'
          type: string
        security_title:
          example: Common Stock
          type: string
        shares:
          example: '10000'
          type: string
        transaction_code:
          example: S
          type: string
        transaction_id:
          example: TXN-20240109-001
          type: string
        underlying_security_title:
          example: Common Stock
          type: string
        underlying_shares:
          example: '10000'
          type: string
        voluntarily_reported:
          example: false
          type: boolean
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: query
      name: token
      type: apiKey

````