MediaCaption API

MediaCaption API Balance API

Authenticated account credit balance endpoints.

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GET /balance Fetch the authenticated user's credit balance #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Media Caption Public Balance API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Public API for reading account and credit balance details, fetching YouTube

    transcripts, creating bulk transcript jobs, polling jobs, retrieving retained

    transcriptions, and receiving job-level webhooks.'
  contact:
    name: Media Caption
    url: https://mediacaption.io
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://mediacaption.io/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.mediacaption.io/v1
  description: Production
security:
- bearerApiKey: []
- headerApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Balance
  description: Authenticated account credit balance endpoints.
paths:
  /balance:
    get:
      tags:
      - Balance
      summary: Fetch the authenticated user's credit balance
      description: Returns the current credit balance for the authenticated account. This endpoint does not consume credits.
      operationId: getBalance
      security:
      - bearerApiKey: []
      - headerApiKey: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Balance found
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/XRequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BalanceResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            missing:
              value:
                error:
                  code: missing_api_key
                  message: Missing API key.
            invalid:
              value:
                error:
                  code: invalid_api_key
                  message: Invalid API key.
    InternalError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      enum:
      - concurrent_job_limit_exceeded
      - geo_restricted
      - invalid_api_key
      - invalid_request
      - insufficient_credits
      - internal_error
      - missing_api_key
      - not_found
      - public_api_rate_limited
      - single_transcript_rate_limited
      - transcription_expired
      - transcript_unavailable
      - video_unavailable
      - webhook_not_found
      - youtube_blocked
      - youtube_rate_limited
    CreditBalance:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - credits
      - subscriptionCredits
      - bundleCredits
      - monthlyCreditLimit
      - monthlyCreditsRenewAt
      properties:
        credits:
          type: integer
          description: Total spendable credits across subscription and bundle pools.
          example: 20
        subscriptionCredits:
          type: integer
          description: Credits from the active subscription grant.
          example: 12
        bundleCredits:
          type: integer
          description: Purchased or granted credits that do not expire through subscription renewal.
          example: 8
        monthlyCreditLimit:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: Included monthly subscription credits, or null when no active subscription limit is available.
          example: 100
        monthlyCreditsRenewAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Subscription credit renewal timestamp, or null when renewal details are unavailable.
          example: '2026-06-11T10:00:00.000Z'
    BalanceResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - balance
      properties:
        balance:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreditBalance'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
          required:
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            code:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
            message:
              type: string
  headers:
    RetryAfter:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 30
    XRequestId:
      description: Request ID for troubleshooting.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: req_01jz7mb36gp7h2nm5rwd1ah4zz
  securitySchemes:
    bearerApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Media Caption API key
      description: 'Use `Authorization: Bearer mc_live_xxx`.'
    headerApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Alternative API key header.