Happy Scribe Exports API

Render finished transcripts into downloadable files.

Operations 2

POST /exports Create an export #
GET /exports/{id} Retrieve an export #

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OpenAPI Specification

happyscribe-exports-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Happy Scribe Exports API
  description: The Happy Scribe API turns audio and video into text and subtitles programmatically. Submit work through the Orders API (automatic/machine or professional/human service), manage the resulting transcriptions, export finished transcripts into 15+ formats (SRT, VTT, STL, DOCX, PDF, TXT, JSON, CSV, XLSX, and editing-suite formats), and administer organizations and their members. Files are ingested by public URL or via a signed upload. All requests are REST over HTTPS and authenticated with a Bearer API token from your Happy Scribe account settings. Base URL https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1. Endpoint paths and fields are grounded in the public developer documentation (dev.happyscribe.com); request/response schemas below are honestly modeled from that documentation and may not enumerate every field.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Happy Scribe
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com
servers:
- url: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  description: Happy Scribe API v1
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Exports
  description: Render finished transcripts into downloadable files.
paths:
  /exports:
    post:
      operationId: createExport
      tags:
      - Exports
      summary: Create an export
      description: Creates an export that renders one or more transcriptions into a downloadable file in the requested format.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExportInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created export.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Export'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /exports/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: getExport
      tags:
      - Exports
      summary: Retrieve an export
      description: Retrieves an export by ID. Poll this endpoint until the state is ready, then use the download link.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested export.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Export'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    ExportInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - format
      - transcription_ids
      properties:
        format:
          type: string
          description: Output format, e.g. txt, docx, pdf, srt, vtt, stl, json, csv, xlsx, mp3, mp4, and editing-suite formats.
        transcription_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        show_timestamps:
          type: boolean
        show_speakers:
          type: boolean
        show_comments:
          type: boolean
        show_highlights:
          type: boolean
    Export:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pending
          - processing
          - ready
          - expired
          - failed
        format:
          type: string
        download_link:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Present when the export state is ready.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
  parameters:
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the resource.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API token from your Happy Scribe account settings, passed as `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN`.'