# Firms

`GET /v1/firms`

Every firm with an investor letter on bullpen.news, by name, for the letters endpoint's firm. It takes no parameters, and refuses any.

## Parameters

None.

```sh
curl "https://api.bullpen.news/v1/firms" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULLPEN_KEY"
```

```python
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.bullpen.news/v1/firms",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['BULLPEN_KEY']}"},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```

```js
const r = await fetch('https://api.bullpen.news/v1/firms', {
	headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULLPEN_KEY}` }
});
if (!r.ok) throw new Error((await r.json()).detail);
console.log(await r.json());
```

## What comes back

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `firms` | array of object | Every firm with a letter on bullpen.news, by name. |
| `firms[].slug` | string | The firm's slug on bullpen.news. |
| `firms[].name` | string | The firm's name, as letters' firm gives it. |

| Header | Sent with | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `Request-Id` | every answer | This request's id, such as req_ followed by 24 letters and digits. Quote it to support. |
| `RateLimit-Policy` | 200, 400, 429, 500, 503 | Your plan's quotas, per minute and per day (IETF draft-11). It may change to match the RFC. |
| `RateLimit` | 200, 400, 429, 500, 503 | What each window has left, and the seconds until it resets (IETF draft-11). |
| `WWW-Authenticate` | 401 | Bearer realm="bullpen.news" |
| `Retry-After` | 429, 503 | How many seconds to wait. |

`GET /v1/firms` · The first 3 of 190 firms.

```json
{
  "firms": [
    {
      "slug": "1-main-capital",
      "name": "1 Main Capital"
    },
    {
      "slug": "1851-capital",
      "name": "1851 Capital"
    },
    {
      "slug": "advisory-research",
      "name": "Advisory Research"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Status codes

| Status | Meaning | Codes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `200` | The answer. |  |
| `400` | A parameter is invalid or unknown (invalid_request), a key is in the URL (key_in_url), or a cursor is not this call's (invalid_cursor). | [`key_in_url`](/docs/errors#key_in_url), [`invalid_request`](/docs/errors#invalid_request), [`invalid_cursor`](/docs/errors#invalid_cursor) |
| `401` | No valid key (unauthorized), or a revoked one (revoked). | [`unauthorized`](/docs/errors#unauthorized), [`revoked`](/docs/errors#revoked) |
| `403` | Your account can't use this endpoint now: invite, disabled, terms, no_plan, ended, unpaid or tool. | [`no_plan`](/docs/errors#no_plan), [`ended`](/docs/errors#ended), [`unpaid`](/docs/errors#unpaid), [`terms`](/docs/errors#terms), [`disabled`](/docs/errors#disabled), [`invite`](/docs/errors#invite), [`tool`](/docs/errors#tool) |
| `429` | Your plan's minute or day limit is reached (minute, day). | [`minute`](/docs/errors#minute), [`day`](/docs/errors#day) |
| `500` | Something went wrong on bullpen.news (internal). | [`internal`](/docs/errors#internal) |
| `503` | The API is paused (off), busy (ceiling) or having trouble (unavailable). Retry-After comes with all but off. | [`ceiling`](/docs/errors#ceiling), [`off`](/docs/errors#off), [`unavailable`](/docs/errors#unavailable) |

**Fresh:** Up to a minute old.
**History:** Every firm with a published letter.
**Cost:** One call.