Get transcript

GET

/v1/media/{id}/transcript

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript?format=segments");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer <token>");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

using System.Net.Http.Headers;
var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
    Method = HttpMethod.Get,
    RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript?format=segments"),
    Headers =
    {
        { "Authorization", "Bearer <token>" },
    },
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    Console.WriteLine(body);
}

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript?format=segments"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript?format=segments"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript?format=segments")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

import axios from 'axios';

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript',
  params: {format: 'segments'},
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

const url = 'https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript?format=segments';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

val client = OkHttpClient()

val request = Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript?format=segments")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .build()

val response = client.newCall(request).execute()

use reqwest;

#[tokio::main]
pub async fn main() {
    let url = "https://api.focal.inc/v1/media/786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9/transcript";

    let querystring = [
        ("format", "segments"),
    ];

    let mut headers = reqwest::header::HeaderMap::new();
    headers.insert("Authorization", "Bearer <token>".parse().unwrap());

    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    let response = client.get(url)
        .query(&querystring)
        .headers(headers)
        .send()
        .await;

    let results = response.unwrap()
        .json::<serde_json::Value>()
        .await
        .unwrap();

    dbg!(results);
}

Returns the media’s speech transcript as one assembled document — all segments in playback order, no pagination. Produced by Focal’s analysis pipeline for video and image media; check status to distinguish not-yet-analyzed (pending) from analyzed-but-silent (completed with no segments). Pass format=text for a single newline-joined string suited to LLM prompts.

Kept as a separate request — like /download — so list and get traffic never carries the transcript payload.

Required scope: media:read. Rate-limit cost: 5.

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Parameters

Path Parameters

required

string format: uuid

Example

786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9

Query Parameters

format

string

Allowed values: segments text

Response form: segments (default) returns the structured segment array; text returns the whole transcript as one newline-joined string instead.

Responses

200

application/json

object

data

required

object

media_id

required

string format: uuid

status

required

Whether the analysis feature has run for this media:

completed — analysis ran; an empty result means nothing was found (e.g. no speech, no visible text)
pending — the media hasn’t been analyzed (yet)
not_applicable — this media type is never analyzed, so no data will ever appear

string

Allowed values: pending completed not_applicable

segments

The transcript segments in playback order. Present unless format=text was requested. Empty when status isn’t completed, or when analysis found no speech.

Array<object>

object

index

required

Position of this segment within the transcript, from 0.

integer

start_time

required

Seconds into the media where the segment starts.

number

end_time

required

Seconds into the media where the segment ends.

number

language

required

ISO language code of this segment, or null when it couldn’t be determined. Per-segment because a single media can contain multiple spoken languages.

string

nullable

content

required

The transcribed speech.

string

text

The whole transcript as one newline-joined string, without timestamps or language markers — a token-lean form for feeding to an LLM. Present only when format=text was requested.

string

Example

{
  "data": {
    "media_id": "786beeda-55ac-4025-bf6e-43b2918e84a9",
    "status": "pending",
    "segments": [
      {
        "index": 0,
        "start_time": 0.4,
        "end_time": 4.2,
        "language": "en",
        "content": "Every trail starts with a first step."
      }
    ],
    "text": "Every trail starts with a first step.\nWe built Spring 2027 for the miles in between.\nAlder & Pine. Made for the long way up."
  }
}

400

The request was malformed (invalid cursor, unknown type, validation failure, etc.). error.code is bad_request.

application/json

Canonical error envelope. code is stable across releases and intended for programmatic handling; message is human-readable. details only appears for validation failures and lists the offending fields.

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "bad_request",
    "message": "Invalid request body",
    "details": [
      {
        "field": "space_id",
        "issue": "Invalid UUID"
      }
    ]
  }
}

401

Missing, invalid, or disabled token. error.code is unauthenticated.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthenticated",
    "message": "Bearer token is missing or invalid"
  }
}

403

The token doesn’t have the scope this endpoint requires. error.code is forbidden.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "forbidden",
    "message": "Token doesn't have the required scope"
  }
}

404

Resource doesn’t exist or is outside the token’s space allow-list. The two cases share a response shape so a restricted token can’t probe for the existence of out-of-scope spaces. error.code is not_found.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Not found"
  }
}

429

Rate limit exceeded. error.code is rate_limited. Wait the number of seconds in the Retry-After header before retrying. Quotas are per-token; see the “Rate limiting” section at the top of this document.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Rate limit of 1000 units per 60s exceeded (this request cost 5)"
  }
}

Headers

Retry-After

integer

Example

Seconds to wait before retrying.