api.video
  1. Captions
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  1. Captions

Show a caption

GET
/videos/{videoId}/captions/{language}
Captions
Display a caption for a video in a specific language. If the language is available, the caption is returned. Otherwise, you will get a response indicating the caption was not found.
Tutorials that use the captions endpoint.
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request GET 'https://ws.api.video/videos/vi4k0jvEUuaTdRAEjQ4Prklg/captions/en'
Response Response Example
200 - response
{
  "default": false,
  "src": "https://cdn.api.video/vod/vi3N6cDinStg3oBbN79GklWS/captions/en.vtt",
  "srclang": "en",
  "uri": "/videos/vi3N6cDinStg3oBbN79GklWS/captions/en"
}

Request

Path Params
videoId
string 
required
The unique identifier for the video you want captions for.
Example:
vi4k0jvEUuaTdRAEjQ4Prklg
language
string 
required
A valid BCP 47 language representation
Example:
en

Responses

🟢200Success
application/json
Body
default
boolean 
optional
Whether you will have subtitles or not. True for yes you will have subtitles, false for no you will not have subtitles.
Default:
false
Example:
false
src
string 
optional
srclang
string 
optional
uri
string 
optional
🟠404Not Found
Modified at 2023-08-15 05:52:15
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