getDailyMaster retrieves daily master index from the U.S. SEC EDGAR server.
Usage
getDailyMaster(input.date)
Value
Function returns filings information in a dataframe format.
Arguments
input.date
in character format 'mm/dd/YYYY'.
Details
getDailyMaster function takes date as an input parameter from a user,
and downloads master index for the date from the U.S. SEC EDGAR server
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/daily-index/. It strips headers
and converts this daily filing information into dataframe format.
Function creates new directory 'edgar_DailyMaster' into working directory
to save these downloaded daily master index files in Rda format.
User must follow the US SEC's fair access policy, i.e. download only what you
need and limit your request rates, see https://www.sec.gov/os/accessing-edgar-data.