# test_form4_pipeline.py # Quick smoke-test for the Form 4 collection pipeline. # Runs the full pipeline (metadata fetch → XML download → parse) on # 5 well-known S&P 500 companies for 2024 only (~2-5 minutes). # # Checks: # 1. EDGAR submissions API is reachable and returns Form 4 metadata # 2. XML download and parsing produces valid transaction rows # 3. All expected columns are present # 4. Values are sensible (dates, numeric fields, A/D codes) # # Run: python scripts/test_form4_pipeline.py import time import threading import requests import pandas as pd from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET # ── Test config ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── TEST_CIKS = { 320193: 'AAPL', # Apple 789019: 'MSFT', # Microsoft 1045810: 'NVDA', # NVIDIA 1018724: 'AMZN', # Amazon 1652044: 'GOOGL', # Alphabet } DATE_START = '2024-01-01' DATE_END = '2024-12-31' MAX_XML_PER_CIK = 3 # only parse first 3 XMLs per company — keeps test fast HEADERS = {'User-Agent': 'S2880814 University of Edinburgh s.g.vishnu@sms.ed.ac.uk'} TIMEOUT = 15 EXPECTED_INDEX_COLS = {'cik', 'ticker', 'filing_date', 'accession', 'primary_doc'} EXPECTED_TXN_COLS = { 'cik', 'ticker', 'filing_date', 'accession', 'owner_name', 'is_director', 'is_officer', 'is_ten_pct_owner', 'officer_title', 'security_title', 'transaction_date', 'transaction_code', 'acquired_disposed', 'shares', 'price_per_share', 'shares_after_txn', } PASS = ' [PASS]' FAIL = ' [FAIL]' INFO = ' [INFO]' # ── Rate limiter (same as main script) ──────────────────────────────────────── class RateLimiter: def __init__(self, rate): self._lock = threading.Lock() self._min_gap = 1.0 / rate self._last = 0.0 def wait(self): with self._lock: gap = self._min_gap - (time.monotonic() - self._last) if gap > 0: time.sleep(gap) self._last = time.monotonic() limiter = RateLimiter(8.0) def safe_get(url, retries=3): for attempt in range(retries): limiter.wait() try: r = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=TIMEOUT) if r.status_code == 200: return r elif r.status_code == 429: print(f" [429] Rate limited, sleeping 10s...") time.sleep(10) except requests.RequestException as e: print(f" [WARN] Request error (attempt {attempt+1}): {e}") time.sleep(2) return None # ── Test 1: EDGAR API reachability ───────────────────────────────────────────── print("=" * 60) print("TEST 1 — EDGAR API reachability") print("=" * 60) r = safe_get("https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000320193.json") # Apple if r: data = r.json() company_name = data.get('name', 'unknown') print(f"{PASS} EDGAR submissions API reachable") print(f"{INFO} Response: {company_name} (CIK 320193 = Apple)") else: print(f"{FAIL} Could not reach EDGAR API — check internet connection") exit(1) # ── Test 2: Form 4 metadata fetch ────────────────────────────────────────────── print() print("=" * 60) print("TEST 2 — Form 4 metadata fetch (5 companies, 2024 only)") print("=" * 60) def get_form4_meta(cik): r = safe_get(f"https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK{cik:010d}.json") if not r: return [] data = r.json() recent = data.get('filings', {}).get('recent', {}) forms = recent.get('form', []) accs = recent.get('accessionNumber', []) dates = recent.get('filingDate', []) docs = recent.get('primaryDocument', []) result = [] for form, acc, date, doc in zip(forms, accs, dates, docs): if form == '4' and DATE_START <= date <= DATE_END: result.append({'accession': acc, 'filing_date': date, 'primary_doc': doc}) return result index_rows = [] all_test_filings = [] for cik, ticker in TEST_CIKS.items(): filings = get_form4_meta(cik) print(f"{INFO} {ticker:6s} (CIK {cik}): {len(filings):3d} Form 4 filings in 2024") if filings: print(f"{PASS} Metadata fetch OK — sample accession: {filings[0]['accession']}") else: print(f"{FAIL} No Form 4 filings found for {ticker} in 2024") for f in filings: index_rows.append({ 'cik': cik, 'ticker': ticker, 'filing_date': f['filing_date'], 'accession': f['accession'], 'primary_doc': f['primary_doc'], }) all_test_filings.append((cik, ticker, f)) print(f"\n{INFO} Total filings collected across 5 companies: {len(index_rows)}") # Column check on index index_df = pd.DataFrame(index_rows) missing_cols = EXPECTED_INDEX_COLS - set(index_df.columns) if not missing_cols: print(f"{PASS} Index columns all present: {sorted(index_df.columns.tolist())}") else: print(f"{FAIL} Missing index columns: {missing_cols}") # ── Test 3: XML download and parsing ────────────────────────────────────────── print() print("=" * 60) print(f"TEST 3 — XML download + parse (first {MAX_XML_PER_CIK} filings per company)") print("=" * 60) def find_xml_in_filing(cik, accession): """Fetch filing directory and return the XML data filename.""" import re acc_clean = accession.replace('-', '') r = safe_get(f"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/{cik}/{acc_clean}/") if not r: return None matches = re.findall(r'href="([^"]+\.xml)"', r.text, re.IGNORECASE) for m in matches: fname = m.split('/')[-1] if fname and 'index' not in fname.lower(): return fname return None def parse_form4(cik, ticker, accession, primary_doc, filing_date): """ Download Form 4 XML and extract non-derivative transactions. Resolution order (no extra API calls in the common case): 1. If primaryDoc is .htm, try swapping extension to .xml first 2. If that fails, fall back to directory listing (1 extra call) 3. If all else fails, return error """ acc_clean = accession.replace('-', '') candidates = [primary_doc] if primary_doc.lower().endswith(('.htm', '.html')): xml_variant = primary_doc.rsplit('.', 1)[0] + '.xml' candidates = [xml_variant, primary_doc] print(f" [INFO] HTML primaryDoc — trying XML variant first: {xml_variant}") root = None tried = [] for doc in candidates: url = f"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/{cik}/{acc_clean}/{doc}" r = safe_get(url) tried.append(doc) if not r: print(f" [WARN] HTTP failed for {doc}") continue try: root = ET.fromstring(r.content) print(f" [INFO] Parsed successfully: {doc}") break except ET.ParseError as e: print(f" [WARN] XML parse error on {doc}: {e}") continue # Last resort: directory listing if root is None: print(f" [INFO] Trying directory listing fallback...") xml_fname = find_xml_in_filing(cik, accession) if xml_fname and xml_fname not in tried: url = f"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/{cik}/{acc_clean}/{xml_fname}" r = safe_get(url) if r: try: root = ET.fromstring(r.content) print(f" [INFO] Directory fallback succeeded: {xml_fname}") except ET.ParseError as e: return None, f"All fallbacks exhausted. Last error: {e}" else: return None, "HTTP failed on directory fallback" elif xml_fname in tried: return None, "Directory fallback returned same filename already tried" else: return None, "No XML found in filing directory" if root is None: return None, "Could not obtain valid XML root" owner_name = '' is_dir = is_off = is_10pct = '0' officer_title = '' for rpt in root.findall('.//reportingOwner'): owner_name = rpt.findtext('.//rptOwnerName', '').strip() rel = rpt.find('.//reportingOwnerRelationship') if rel is not None: is_dir = rel.findtext('isDirector', '0').strip() is_off = rel.findtext('isOfficer', '0').strip() is_10pct = rel.findtext('isTenPercentOwner', '0').strip() officer_title = rel.findtext('officerTitle', '').strip() records = [] for txn in root.findall('.//nonDerivativeTransaction'): records.append({ 'cik': cik, 'ticker': ticker, 'filing_date': filing_date, 'accession': accession, 'owner_name': owner_name, 'is_director': is_dir, 'is_officer': is_off, 'is_ten_pct_owner': is_10pct, 'officer_title': officer_title, 'security_title': txn.findtext('.//securityTitle/value', '').strip(), 'transaction_date': txn.findtext('.//transactionDate/value', '').strip(), 'transaction_code': txn.findtext('.//transactionCoding/transactionCode', '').strip(), 'acquired_disposed': txn.findtext( './/transactionAmounts/transactionAcquiredDisposedCode/value', '').strip(), 'shares': txn.findtext( './/transactionAmounts/transactionShares/value', ''), 'price_per_share': txn.findtext( './/transactionAmounts/transactionPricePerShare/value', ''), 'shares_after_txn': txn.findtext( './/postTransactionAmounts/sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction/value', ''), }) return records, None txn_rows = [] xml_ok = 0 xml_fail = 0 xml_empty = 0 # Group by CIK and limit to MAX_XML_PER_CIK each from collections import defaultdict by_cik = defaultdict(list) for cik, ticker, f in all_test_filings: by_cik[cik].append((ticker, f)) for cik, items in by_cik.items(): ticker = items[0][0] sample = items[:MAX_XML_PER_CIK] print(f"\n {ticker} — parsing {len(sample)} XML(s):") for _, f in sample: records, err = parse_form4(cik, ticker, f['accession'], f['primary_doc'], f['filing_date']) if err: print(f" {FAIL} {f['accession']}: {err}") xml_fail += 1 elif records is None: print(f" {FAIL} {f['accession']}: no result returned") xml_fail += 1 elif len(records) == 0: print(f" {INFO} {f['accession']}: parsed OK but 0 non-derivative transactions (options only filing)") xml_empty += 1 xml_ok += 1 else: r0 = records[0] print(f" {PASS} {f['accession']}: {len(records)} transaction(s)") print(f" Insider : {r0['owner_name']} | Title: {r0['officer_title']}") print(f" Date : {r0['transaction_date']} | Code: {r0['transaction_code']} | A/D: {r0['acquired_disposed']}") print(f" Shares : {r0['shares']} @ ${r0['price_per_share']}") xml_ok += 1 txn_rows.extend(records) # ── Test 4: Output validation ────────────────────────────────────────────────── print() print("=" * 60) print("TEST 4 — Output validation") print("=" * 60) if txn_rows: txn_df = pd.DataFrame(txn_rows) # Column check missing = EXPECTED_TXN_COLS - set(txn_df.columns) if not missing: print(f"{PASS} All expected transaction columns present") else: print(f"{FAIL} Missing columns: {missing}") # A/D code check valid_ad = txn_df['acquired_disposed'].isin(['A', 'D', '']) if valid_ad.all(): print(f"{PASS} acquired_disposed values all valid (A/D/blank)") else: bad = txn_df[~valid_ad]['acquired_disposed'].unique() print(f"{FAIL} Unexpected acquired_disposed values: {bad}") # Transaction code check known_codes = {'P', 'S', 'A', 'D', 'F', 'M', 'G', 'C', 'E', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'L', 'O', 'U', 'W', 'X', 'Z', ''} bad_codes = set(txn_df['transaction_code'].unique()) - known_codes if not bad_codes: print(f"{PASS} Transaction codes all recognised: {sorted(txn_df['transaction_code'].unique())}") else: print(f"{FAIL} Unknown transaction codes: {bad_codes}") # Date format check try: pd.to_datetime(txn_df['transaction_date']) print(f"{PASS} transaction_date parses as dates OK") except Exception: print(f"{FAIL} transaction_date has unparseable values") # Sample rows print(f"\n{INFO} Sample transactions (first 5 rows):") print(txn_df[['ticker', 'owner_name', 'officer_title', 'transaction_date', 'transaction_code', 'acquired_disposed', 'shares', 'price_per_share']].head().to_string(index=False)) else: print(f"{INFO} No non-derivative transactions found in sampled filings (may be options-only batch)") # ── Summary ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── print() print("=" * 60) print("SUMMARY") print("=" * 60) print(f" XMLs parsed successfully : {xml_ok}") print(f" XMLs failed : {xml_fail}") print(f" Filings with 0 non-deriv : {xml_empty}") print(f" Transaction rows parsed : {len(txn_rows)}") print() if xml_fail == 0: print(" ALL TESTS PASSED — pipeline is working correctly.") print(" Safe to run the full collect_form4.py overnight.") else: print(f" {xml_fail} XML(s) failed — check errors above before full run.") print("=" * 60)