Arcmira Transcriptions API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Arcmira Transcriptions API
  description: 'Search YouTube transcripts for timestamped passages. Find mentions of people, organizations, products and topics; research channel sponsors and recommendations; retrieve creator captions or Premium transcripts with speaker identification; and monitor entities for new mentions. Official API guides: https://arcmira.com/docs. Explicit Premium retrieval can purchase within the account plan and budget.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Arcmira
    url: https://arcmira.com
servers:
- url: https://api.arcmira.com
tags:
- name: Transcriptions
paths:
  /v1/transcriptions:
    get:
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      operationId: list_transcriptions
      summary: List your transcription requests
      description: Your transcription requests in descending creation time and id order. limit defaults to 20 and accepts 1–100. Follow next_cursor with the same video_id, limit and credential; has_more is false and next_cursor is null on the last page. A traversal excludes requests inserted after its first page. Each entry is a Premium purchase job with its processing and billing state, a `status_url` for the Premium transcript GET, and a `title` field (the video title, null when unknown). The scheduled reconciler advances requests; reading this list never dispatches work or changes billing. In-flight entries carry `eta_seconds` and `next_poll_seconds`.
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{11}$
          description: Filter to your requests for one video.
        required: false
        description: Filter to your requests for one video.
        name: video_id
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 20
          description: Requests per page, from 1 to 100. Default 20.
        required: false
        description: Requests per page, from 1 to 100. Default 20.
        name: limit
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: string
          description: Signed continuation from next_cursor. Keep the same filter, limit and credential.
        required: false
        description: Signed continuation from next_cursor. Keep the same filter, limit and credential.
        name: cursor
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mcp-tool
          description: The surface making this call. The Arcmira MCP server sends mcp-tool so every unlock link in a gate attributes to the directory install. Omit from your own client.
        required: false
        description: The surface making this call. The Arcmira MCP server sends mcp-tool so every unlock link in a gate attributes to the directory install. Omit from your own client.
        name: src
        in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
            X-Arcmira-Version:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Arcmira-Version'
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptionListResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InvalidRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/AuthenticationError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PermissionError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    TranscriptionJob:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Transcription request id (UUID).
        video_id:
          type: string
          description: YouTube video id (11 characters).
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pending
          - ready
          - failed
          - refunded
          description: 'Coarse outcome: pending until the Premium transcript is servable (ready), the purchase failed, or it was refunded.'
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - queued
          - downloading
          - transcribing
          - analyzing
          - complete
          - failed
          - refund_pending
          - refunded
          description: 'Request status. Values: queued (accepted; audio download not started), downloading (fetching the video audio), transcribing (premium speech-to-text is running), analyzing (entity/commercial analysis is running), complete (premium transcript is servable via GET /v1/transcripts/{video_id}), failed (rejected intent or legacy purchase requiring accounting review), refund_pending (refund transaction must still complete), refunded (terminal failure; the charged rows were returned and the unlock this submission bought was revoked).'
        stage:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - queued
          - transcribing
          - analyzing
          - null
          description: 'User-facing stage: downloading folds into transcribing. Values: queued (waiting to start), transcribing (downloading or transcribing), analyzing (analysis running). Null for terminal statuses and refund_pending.'
        charge:
          type: object
          properties:
            unit:
              type: string
              enum:
              - credits
            amount:
              type: number
              description: Credits this purchase charged. 0 when a prior unlock made it free.
            from:
              type: string
              enum:
              - included
              - on_demand
              - mixed
              description: 'Where the credits came from: the included allowance, on-demand usage, or both. Present once the purchase is funded.'
          required:
          - unit
          - amount
          description: What the purchase charged. Present on durable purchases; absent only on legacy requests.
        eta_seconds:
          type: integer
          description: Estimated seconds until completion, re-derived from live pipeline telemetry on every poll. Only present while the request is in flight; absent on refund_pending, which has no completion ETA.
        next_poll_seconds:
          type: integer
          description: Seconds to sleep before the next poll (also sent as the Retry-After header). Only present while the request is in flight.
        error:
          type: string
          description: Failure reason. Only present when state is failed or refunded, or status is refund_pending.
        refunded:
          type: boolean
          description: True when the charge was returned. Only present when state is failed or refunded, or status is refund_pending (false until the refund lands).
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: When the request was submitted.
        completed_at:
          type: string
          description: When the request reached a terminal status. Absent while in flight.
        status_url:
          type: string
          description: 'Absolute URL to read again for this job: GET /v1/transcripts/{video_id}?quality=premium, which answers 202 while it transcribes, 200 ready once it is done, and 200 failed if it failed.'
      required:
      - id
      - video_id
      - state
      - status
      - stage
      - created_at
      - status_url
      description: A Premium transcript purchase with its processing state, charge and URL for reading the transcript again.
    RefusedQuote:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptQuote'
      - type: object
        properties:
          charge:
            type: object
            properties:
              unit:
                type: string
                enum:
                - rows
                - credits
              amount:
                type: number
              from:
                type: string
                enum:
                - included
                - on_demand
                - mixed
                description: Where the charge would come from at the current balance.
            required:
            - unit
            - amount
            - from
            description: What the purchase would charge at the current balance. Absent when no current price could be read.
          max_on_demand_cents:
            type: integer
            description: The on-demand money, in whole cents, this purchase needs beyond included credits at the current balance.
      description: 'The refused price, on a priced refusal: quota_exceeded, spend_limit_exceeded and paid_plan_required.'
    ErrorResource:
      oneOf:
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - media_rows
          beyond_row:
            type: integer
        required:
        - kind
        - beyond_row
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - fresh_media
          window_days:
            type: integer
          cutoff:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        required:
        - kind
        - window_days
        - cutoff
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - sidebar_rows
          section:
            type: string
            enum:
            - topics
            - entities
          beyond_row:
            type: integer
        required:
        - kind
        - section
        - beyond_row
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - counts
        required:
        - kind
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - chart
        required:
        - kind
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - pagination
          param:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            enum:
            - offset
            - cursor
            - null
        required:
        - kind
        - param
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - premium_transcript
        required:
        - kind
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - filter
          param:
            type: string
        required:
        - kind
        - param
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - commercial
          what:
            type: string
            enum:
            - sponsors
            - recommendations
            - mention_details
            - community_review
            - paid_split
        required:
        - kind
        - what
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - feature
          feature:
            type: string
            enum:
            - api
            - export
        required:
        - kind
        - feature
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - rows
          requested:
            type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
          remaining:
            type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        required:
        - kind
        - requested
        - remaining
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - key
          scope:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            enum:
            - read
            - monitors:write
            - trackers:write
            - recommendations:read
            - null
        required:
        - kind
        - scope
      - type: object
        properties:
          kind:
            type: string
            enum:
            - requests
        required:
        - kind
      description: The value the boundary withheld, not the reason it refused. kind is a closed vocabulary and the fields beside it are fixed per kind; see https://arcmira.com/docs/errors#resource-kinds.
    TranscriptQuote:
      type: object
      properties:
        quarters:
          type: integer
          description: Number of 15-minute blocks in the video, ceiling'd, minimum 1.
        rows:
          type: integer
          description: 'Total unlock cost in rows: 75 rows per 15-minute block.'
      required:
      - quarters
      - rows
    TranscriptionListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        requests:
          type: array
          items:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptionJob'
            - type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  description: Video title for display. Null when unknown.
              required:
              - title
            description: A Premium transcript purchase with its processing state, charge and URL for reading the transcript again.
          description: Your requests in descending creation time and id order, up to the requested limit.
        has_more:
          type: boolean
          description: True when another page exists in this traversal.
        next_cursor:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Signed continuation for the same filter, limit and credential; null on the last page.
      required:
      - requests
      - has_more
      - next_cursor
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - invalid_request_error
              - authentication_error
              - permission_error
              - quota_exceeded
              - rate_limit_error
              - not_found
              - conflict_error
              - server_error
              description: 'The error class. It fixes the HTTP status: invalid_request_error 400, authentication_error 401, quota_exceeded 402, permission_error 403, not_found 404, conflict_error 409, rate_limit_error 429, server_error 500. Switch on it for retry and gate handling.'
            code:
              type: string
              description: 'The specific condition, stable and snake_case; doc_url anchors on it. x-arcmira-codes on this schema lists every code with its type, gate and meaning. The list is open: new codes may appear inside an existing type, so switch on type and gate first.'
            reason:
              type: string
              enum:
              - no_credential
              - invalid
              - revoked
              description: 'Only on invalid_api_key. no_credential: nothing was sent. invalid: a credential was sent and is unknown or malformed. revoked: the key exists and is no longer usable.'
            message:
              type: string
              description: One plain line. Names the fix or the unlock.
            param:
              type: string
              description: The query or body parameter the gate refused, when one did.
            gate:
              type: string
              enum:
              - rows
              - key
              - plan
              - freshness
              - exposure_law
              - rate
              - pagination
              description: Which boundary refused. Present on every gate error; switch on it without parsing the message.
            resource:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResource'
            unlock:
              type: object
              properties:
                tier:
                  type: string
                  description: The plan that lifts the gate.
                url:
                  type: string
                  description: Absolute upgrade or sign-up URL carrying its ?src= attribution. Use it verbatim.
                offer:
                  type: 'null'
                  description: Reserved for the agent-discount offer. Always null today.
                action:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    kind:
                      type: string
                      description: What the call does. send_signup_code sends a verification code to an address for an account key.
                    method:
                      type: string
                      description: HTTP method to use.
                    url:
                      type: string
                      description: Absolute endpoint carrying its ?src= attribution. Call it verbatim.
                  required:
                  - kind
                  - method
                  - url
                  description: The request that lifts the gate with no human, present when the caller can fix this itself. A key gate carries the signup send here; a plan or quota gate has no action and its url is a page a person opens.
              required:
              - tier
              - url
              - offer
              description: How to lift the gate. Present when the gate has an unlock.
            retry_after_seconds:
              type: integer
              description: Present on rate gates. Mirrors the Retry-After header.
            details:
              type: object
              properties:
                quote:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefusedQuote'
                existing_id:
                  type: string
                  description: On tracker_already_exists, the existing tracker id. Reuse it instead of creating another tracker.
                limit:
                  type: integer
                  description: On tracker_limit, the trackers the plan holds.
                count:
                  type: integer
                  description: On tracker_limit, the trackers the account holds now.
              description: Machine data the refusal carries for you to act on. Present only on the codes that name a field here.
            doc_url:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
          required:
          - type
          - code
          - message
          - doc_url
          - request_id
      required:
      - error
      x-arcmira-codes:
      - code: alert_not_found
        type: not_found
        description: A referenced alert row does not exist or belongs to another account.
      - code: api_not_enabled
        type: permission_error
        gate: plan
        description: The plan does not include API access. unlock.url names the plan that does.
      - code: appearances_person_only
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: Appearance filtering applies to person entities only.
      - code: channel_not_found
        type: not_found
        description: No channel matches the id or slug.
      - code: email_verification_required
        type: permission_error
        description: Verify the account email before adding recipients.
      - code: entity_not_found
        type: not_found
        description: No entity matches the id, slug, or name.
      - code: feature_not_available
        type: permission_error
        gate: plan
        description: The plan does not include this feature. unlock.url names the plan that does.
      - code: feedback_not_found
        type: not_found
        description: No feedback submission with this id for this account.
      - code: filter_requires_paid
        type: permission_error
        gate: plan
        description: The parameter in param needs a paid plan; omit it for the free answer.
      - code: forbidden
        type: permission_error
        description: The caller may not perform this operation on this resource.
      - code: freshness_requires_paid
        type: permission_error
        gate: freshness
        description: The date window is newer than the plan serves; move it before the cutoff or upgrade.
      - code: id_required
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: A filter in param received a name where it takes an id (ent_{n} or UC...). Resolve the name first with GET /v1/entities/resolve and pass best.id or best.youtube_channel_id.
      - code: idempotency_conflict
        type: conflict_error
        description: The Idempotency-Key was sent before with a different request body. Send a new key for a new request.
      - code: idempotency_result_expired
        type: conflict_error
        description: The original one-time signing secret is no longer valid. Use a new request key for a new rotation.
      - code: insufficient_scope
        type: permission_error
        gate: key
        description: The key lacks the scope this route needs.
      - code: invalid_api_key
        type: authentication_error
        gate: key
        description: No usable credential. reason says whether none was sent, it is unknown, or it was revoked.
      - code: invalid_body
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: The JSON body failed validation; message names the field.
      - code: invalid_cursor
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: The continuation is invalid, expired, or belongs to another query. Restart without cursor.
      - code: invalid_email_recipients
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: Email recipients failed validation.
      - code: invalid_feedback_request
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: The feedback query or corrections do not fit the feedback type.
      - code: invalid_idempotency_key
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: Idempotency-Key must be 1 to 255 printable ASCII characters (0x21 to 0x7E). param is Idempotency-Key.
      - code: invalid_query
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: A query parameter failed validation; message names it.
      - code: invalid_slack_integration
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: Choose an active Slack integration owned by the account.
      - code: invalid_video_id
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: The video_id path segment is not an 11-character YouTube id.
      - code: job_requires_account
        type: authentication_error
        gate: key
        description: Transcription jobs belong to an account; sign up for a key.
      - code: monitor_creation_unavailable
        type: server_error
        description: Monitor creation is temporarily unavailable. Retry the same request with the same key.
      - code: monitor_creation_unconfirmed
        type: server_error
        description: Monitor creation could not be confirmed. Retry the same request with the same key.
      - code: monitor_not_found
        type: not_found
        description: No monitor with this id on the account.
      - code: not_found
        type: not_found
        description: No route or resource at this path.
      - code: owner_only
        type: permission_error
        description: Only the team owner may change or test a team monitor's webhook, rotate its secret, or delete it.
      - code: owner_plan_required
        type: permission_error
        description: A team monitor follows the team owner's plan, which does not include this. The owner can upgrade; a member's own plan does not apply.
      - code: pagination_gated
        type: permission_error
        gate: pagination
        description: Rows past the free window need a paid plan.
      - code: paid_plan_required
        type: permission_error
        description: The operation needs a paid plan. unlock.url names the plan that does.
      - code: premium_transcript_requested
        type: permission_error
        gate: exposure_law
        description: Premium transcript text needs a plan with Premium transcripts.
      - code: quota_exceeded
        type: quota_exceeded
        gate: rows
        description: The row pool is spent. unlock.url upgrades or raises the limit.
      - code: rate_limited
        type: rate_limit_error
        gate: rate
        description: Too many requests in the window. Retry-After carries the wait.
      - code: recipient_upgrade_required
        type: permission_error
        description: The requested email recipient count exceeds the plan allowance.
      - code: recommendations_not_enabled
        type: permission_error
        gate: plan
        description: Commercial data needs a Pro+ plan.
      - code: resource_conflict
        type: conflict_error
        description: The operation conflicts with existing resource state.
      - code: scope_too_broad
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: The requested exact video scope exceeds the search filename cap; narrow by channel or date.
      - code: search_unavailable
        type: server_error
        description: Transcript search is unavailable (HTTP 503). Retry-After carries the wait.
      - code: server_error
        type: server_error
        description: Unexpected failure. Retry with backoff and quote request_id if it persists.
      - code: signup_code_invalid
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: The signup code is wrong, expired, or spent; message names the attempts left.
      - code: signup_send_limited
        type: rate_limit_error
        description: Verification code sends hit a per-address, per-IP, or per-client cap. Retry-After carries the wait.
      - code: spend_limit_exceeded
        type: quota_exceeded
        description: The purchase would take on-demand spending past the account or seat spend limit this period. Nothing was charged. Raise the limit or wait for the next period, then send a new intent.
      - code: team_not_found
        type: not_found
        description: No team with this id that the caller belongs to.
      - code: tracker_already_exists
        type: conflict_error
        description: The account already tracks this entity. error.details.existing_id identifies the existing tracker.
      - code: tracker_limit
        type: permission_error
        description: The plan's tracker limit is reached. error.details carries limit and count.
      - code: tracker_not_found
        type: not_found
        description: No tracker with this id on the account.
      - code: transcript_fetching
        type: server_error
        description: The caption track is being fetched now (HTTP 503). Retry-After carries the wait; nothing was charged.
      - code: transcript_requires_account
        type: authentication_error
        gate: key
        description: Full transcripts need an account key; unlock.action sends a signup code.
      - code: transcript_unavailable
        type: not_found
        description: The video has no transcript in the requested lane or language; languages lists what exists.
      - code: unknown_entity
        type: invalid_request_error
        description: An explicit entity_ids value does not resolve to a searchable entity.
      - code: webhook_not_configured
        type: conflict_error
        description: The monitor has no webhook to rotate a secret for. Set webhook_url first.
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded. Retry-After carries the wait.
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        X-Arcmira-Version:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Arcmira-Version'
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        X-Arcmira-Version:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Arcmira-Version'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    PermissionError:
      description: Permission error
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        X-Arcmira-Version:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Arcmira-Version'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    InvalidRequest:
      description: Invalid request
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        X-Arcmira-Version:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Arcmira-Version'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ServerError:
      description: Server error
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        X-Arcmira-Version:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Arcmira-Version'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    AuthenticationError:
      description: Authentication error
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        X-Arcmira-Version:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Arcmira-Version'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  headers:
    X-Request-Id:
      description: The request id, echoed from an X-Request-Id request header or minted as req_<uuid>. error.request_id carries the same value. Quote it when reporting a problem.
      schema:
        type: string
    X-Arcmira-Version:
      description: The API version that answered. Always v1.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - v1
    RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Requests left in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimit-Limit:
      description: Requests allowed per 60-second window for this credential, as GET /v1/me rate_limit reports.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimit-Reset:
      description: Unix time in seconds when the current window ends.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Retry-After:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying. error.retry_after_seconds carries the same value on an error.
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: arc_sk_*
externalDocs:
  description: Official Arcmira API documentation
  url: https://arcmira.com/docs