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Lava’s first-party financial data API providing S&P 500 statistics, treasury rates, economic indicators, insider trades, 8-K filings, institutional holdings (13F), crypto funding rates, and DOL Form 5500 employee benefit plan data. Best for financial analysis workflows needing curated, multi-source data through a single endpoint. Form 5500 data covers 25M+ filings (2009-2025) with company headcount, retirement plan financials, insurance benefits, and regulatory red flags for every US employer benefit plan. 8 endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Lava Data API docs for full documentation.
Supports both managed (Lava’s API keys) and unmanaged (bring your own credentials) mode.

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Endpoints

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Browse available data metrics and datasets

GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/catalog — $0.02 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/catalog', { method: 'GET' });

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Get financial metrics (S&P 500, treasury rates, economic data)

GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/sp500/stats — $0.02 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/sp500/stats', { method: 'GET' });

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Get SEC Form 4 insider transactions

GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/insider/trades — $0.02 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/insider/trades', { method: 'GET' });

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Get SEC 8-K material event filings

GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/filings/8k — $0.02 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/filings/8k', { method: 'GET' });

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Get 13F institutional holdings data

GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/institutional/holdings — $0.02 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/institutional/holdings', { method: 'GET' });

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Get crypto perpetual funding rates

GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/crypto/funding-rates/BTCUSDT — $0.02 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/crypto/funding-rates/BTCUSDT', { method: 'GET' });

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Query DOL Form 5500 filings by EIN or search companies by state, NAICS, headcount

GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/dol/form5500?ein=26-0138832 — $0.02 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/dol/form5500?ein=26-0138832', { method: 'GET' });
GET https://api.lava.so/v1/data/dol/form5500/summary?ein=26-0138832 — $0.05 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.lava.so/v1/data/dol/form5500/summary?ein=26-0138832', { method: 'GET' });

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