Happy Scribe Transcriptions API

List, retrieve, update, and delete transcriptions.

OpenAPI Specification

happyscribe-transcriptions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Happy Scribe Exports Transcriptions 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: Transcriptions
  description: List, retrieve, update, and delete transcriptions.
paths:
  /transcriptions:
    get:
      operationId: listTranscriptions
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      summary: List transcriptions
      description: Lists transcriptions in an organization.
      parameters:
      - name: organization_id
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter transcriptions by organization.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: folder_id
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter transcriptions by folder.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of transcriptions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transcription'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createTranscription
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      summary: Create a transcription (deprecated)
      description: Deprecated. Creating a transcription directly is superseded by the Orders API; use POST /orders instead. Retained here because it remains documented for backward compatibility.
      deprecated: true
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptionInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created transcription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transcription'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /transcriptions/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: getTranscription
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      summary: Retrieve a transcription
      description: Retrieves a single transcription by ID, including its state and metadata.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested transcription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transcription'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updateTranscription
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      summary: Update a transcription
      description: Updates editable details of a transcription, such as its name or folder.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                folder_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated transcription.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transcription'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteTranscription
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      summary: Delete a transcription
      description: Deletes a transcription.
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The transcription was deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /transcriptions/{id}/summary:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      operationId: getTranscriptionSummary
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      summary: Retrieve a transcription summary
      description: Retrieves the AI-generated summary for a transcription (for example, a meeting summary), when available.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The transcription summary.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                  summary:
                    type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    TranscriptionInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - language
      - tmp_url
      - organization_id
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        language:
          type: string
          description: BCP-47 language code of the audio.
        tmp_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Public or signed URL of the media file to transcribe.
        service:
          type: string
          enum:
          - auto
          - pro
          - alignment
        organization_id:
          type: string
        folder_id:
          type: string
        is_subtitle:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    Transcription:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
          description: Processing state of the transcription.
        language:
          type: string
        audioLengthInSeconds:
          type: number
        costInCents:
          type: integer
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  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`.'