VidGrid Caption API
The Caption API allows you to request and manage closed captioning on your Videos.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: VidGrid API Reference Caption API
description: Welcome to the VidGrid [REST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer) API!<br/><br/>You can use this API to create and manage resources on your VidGrid account. The API is meant to be used server-side and all requests should be made over SSL.<br/><br/>Code examples can be viewed in the area to the right, and you can switch the language of the examples with the tabs in the top right.
termsOfService: https://www.vidgrid.com/terms/
contact:
name: API Support
url: https://help.vidgrid.com
email: videoengineering@paylocity.com?subject=API Inquiry
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.vidgrid.com/ContentManagement
security:
- bearer: []
basic: []
tags:
- name: Caption
description: The Caption API allows you to request and manage closed captioning on your Videos.
externalDocs:
description: More
url: https://developer.vidgrid.com/docs/v2/#caption-api
paths:
/vidgrid/v2/captions/{identifier}:
get:
tags:
- Caption
summary: Retrieve caption
description: This endpoint returns an array of Caption Resources.
parameters:
- name: identifier
in: path
description: ID of caption to return
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: identifiers[]
in: query
description: The unique identifiers of the desired captions. When set, this takes priority over **identifier**.
required: false
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
- name: include[]
in: query
description: An array of properties to be included with the returned Video Resources.
required: false
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- transcript
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CaptionResource'
type: object
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
delete:
tags:
- Caption
summary: Delete caption
description: This endpoint deletes a caption.
parameters:
- name: identifier
in: path
description: ID of caption to delete
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'204':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NoContent'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
/vidgrid/v2/captions:
post:
tags:
- Caption
summary: Create caption
description: This endpoint makes a caption request for a Video Resource. It returns a Caption Resource with a status but the caption will not be ready immediately.
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
video_identifier:
description: The unique identifier of the video you are requesting a caption for.
type: string
type:
description: 'The type of caption you would like to request. Possible values: `machine`, `professional`'
type: string
type: object
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
data:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CaptionResource'
type: object
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
schemas:
CaptionTranscript:
description: Caption transcript in plain text.
type: string
CaptionResource:
title: Caption Resource
description: The Caption Resource(s) returned in a successful response.
required:
- identifier
- type
- status
- video_identifier
- language
properties:
identifier:
description: The unique identifier for the caption on VidGrid.
type: string
language:
description: The language of the caption file.
type: string
status:
description: 'The current status of this caption resource. Possible values: `QUEUED`, `PENDING`, `IN_PROGRESS`, `CANCELED`, `FAILED`, `COMPLETED`'
type: string
type:
description: 'The type of caption resource. Possible values: `machine`, `professional`, `manual`, `machine_translation`'
type: string
video_identifier:
description: The unique identifier of the video this caption belongs to.
type: string
transcript:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CaptionTranscript'
type: object
responses:
ValidationError:
description: Validation Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
message:
description: A message explaining what went wrong
type: string
type: object
Unauthorized:
description: Unauthorized
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
message:
description: A message explaining what went wrong
type: string
type: object
NoContent:
description: No Content
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
message:
description: A message explaining what went wrong
type: string
type: object
Forbidden:
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
message:
description: A message explaining what went wrong
type: string
type: object
InternalServerError:
description: Internal Server Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
message:
description: A message explaining what went wrong
type: string
type: object
NotFound:
description: Not Found
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
message:
description: A message explaining what went wrong
type: string
type: object
securitySchemes:
bearer:
description: Bearer Authorization
in: header
name: bearer
scheme: bearer
type: http
basic:
description: Where `username` and `password` are api `key` and `secret`
in: header
name: basic
scheme: basic
type: http
externalDocs:
description: Full API Documentation
url: https://developer.vidgrid.com