GimmeText Jobs API

The Jobs API from GimmeText — 3 operation(s) for jobs.

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Operations 5

GET /api/v1/jobs List your jobs, newest first #
POST /api/v1/jobs Start a transcription #
GET /api/v1/jobs/{id} Job status #
DELETE /api/v1/jobs/{id} Delete a job, its media and transcript #
GET /api/v1/jobs/{id}/transcript Get the transcript #

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OpenAPI Specification

gimmetext-com-jobs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: GimmeText Jobs API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Private speech-to-text. Media is deleted after the job; transcripts are deleted after 30 days.
servers:
- url: /
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Jobs
paths:
  /api/v1/jobs:
    get:
      summary: List your jobs, newest first
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Jobs (no transcript text).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          format: uuid
                        status:
                          type: string
                        duration_seconds:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        created_at:
                          type: string
                          format: date-time
                        completed_at:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                          format: date-time
        '400':
          description: Invalid limit.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '402':
          description: 'Plan isn''t active, or not enough minutes left (free plan: upgrade at gimmetext.com/pricing).'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: 'Rate limit (free: 10, paid: 60 requests per minute per key) or too many running jobs.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds to wait (rate limit).
        '500':
          description: Internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Jobs
      operationId: getApiV1Jobs
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      summary: Start a transcription
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - upload_id
              - duration_seconds
              properties:
                upload_id:
                  type: string
                duration_seconds:
                  type: number
                  exclusiveMinimum: 0
                  maximum: 86400
                language:
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^[a-z]{2,3}$
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Job accepted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  status:
                    const: queued
        '400':
          description: Invalid request or upload not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '402':
          description: 'Plan isn''t active, or not enough minutes left (free plan: upgrade at gimmetext.com/pricing).'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: 'Rate limit (free: 10, paid: 60 requests per minute per key) or too many running jobs.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds to wait (rate limit).
        '500':
          description: Internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '502':
          description: Could not start transcription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Jobs
      operationId: postApiV1Jobs
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /api/v1/jobs/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    get:
      summary: Job status
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Status.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobStatus'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '402':
          description: 'Plan isn''t active, or not enough minutes left (free plan: upgrade at gimmetext.com/pricing).'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Job not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: 'Rate limit (free: 10, paid: 60 requests per minute per key) or too many running jobs.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds to wait (rate limit).
        '500':
          description: Internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Jobs
      operationId: getApiV1JobsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    delete:
      summary: Delete a job, its media and transcript
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '402':
          description: 'Plan isn''t active, or not enough minutes left (free plan: upgrade at gimmetext.com/pricing).'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Job not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: 'Rate limit (free: 10, paid: 60 requests per minute per key) or too many running jobs.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds to wait (rate limit).
        '500':
          description: Internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '502':
          description: Delete failed; retry.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Jobs
      operationId: deleteApiV1JobsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /api/v1/jobs/{id}/transcript:
    parameters:
    - name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    get:
      summary: Get the transcript
      parameters:
      - name: format
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - txt
          - srt
          - json
          default: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Transcript.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/x-subrip:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  text:
                    type: string
                  srt:
                    type: string
                  language:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  duration_seconds:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
        '400':
          description: Invalid format.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '402':
          description: 'Plan isn''t active, or not enough minutes left (free plan: upgrade at gimmetext.com/pricing).'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Job not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: Transcript not ready.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: 'Rate limit (free: 10, paid: 60 requests per minute per key) or too many running jobs.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds to wait (rate limit).
        '500':
          description: Internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Jobs
      operationId: getApiV1JobsByIdTranscript
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    JobStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - queued
          - running
          - done
          - failed
        progress:
          type: number
        error:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        duration_seconds:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API key: gt_live_<prefix>_<secret>'
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: GimmeText
  source: https://gimmetext.com/openapi.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)