getEarningsTranscript
Returns the full text of one company's earnings call. Requires a ticker or cik; to find which calls exist first, use /earningstranscriptsearch. Choosing a quarter requires premium.
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What getEarningsTranscript does on API Ninjas
AI agents call getEarningsTranscript to retrieve information from API Ninjas without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
cik | string | — | Company Central Index Key (e.g., 320193). Either ticker or cik must be provided. |
year | integer | — | Earnings year (e.g., 2025). Must be a valid year between 2000 and the current year. If provided, quarter must also be provided. Premium only. |
ticker | string | — | Company ticker symbol (e.g., AAPL). Either ticker or cik must be provided. |
quarter | integer | — | Earnings quarter from Q1 to Q4. If provided, year must also be provided. Premium only. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getEarningsTranscript is rated Low
Even though getEarningsTranscript only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs getEarningsTranscript safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and API Ninjas, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getEarningsTranscript, this is the rule to start with:
getEarningsTranscript is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect API Ninjas, apply this rule, and every getEarningsTranscript call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getEarningsTranscript
Returns the full text of one company's earnings call. Requires a ticker or cik; to find which calls exist first, use /earningstranscriptsearch. Choosing a quarter requires premium. It is categorised as a Read tool in the API Ninjas MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getEarningsTranscript accepts 4 parameters: cik, year, ticker, quarter. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the API Ninjas MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getEarningsTranscript: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches API Ninjas. Nothing to install.
getEarningsTranscript is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the getEarningsTranscript rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for getEarningsTranscript. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
getEarningsTranscript is provided by the API Ninjas MCP server (https://mcp.api-ninjas.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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