Video Transcriptions API (Beta)

Transcribes video audio from a public URL.

Authentication: This endpoint accepts either a Bearer API key or an X-Sign-In-With-X header for x402 wallet-based authentication. When using x402, a 402 Payment Required response indicates insufficient balance and includes top-up instructions.

POST /video/transcriptions

/api/v1/video/transcriptions

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/video/transcriptions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "response_format": "json"
}
'

200

{
  "transcript": "<string>",
  "lang": "en"
}

Send a publicly accessible video URL in url. Optionally set response_format to json (default) or text depending on whether you want structured output or plain transcript text.

---

Authorizations

BearerAuthsiwx

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

Request to transcribe a YouTube video URL to text.

url · string · required

YouTube video URL to transcribe.

Example:

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

response_format · enum<string> · default: json

The format of the transcript output, in one of these options: json, text.

Available options: json, text

Example:

"json"

Response

200

application/json

Video transcription completed successfully

Video transcription response.

transcript · string · required

The transcribed text from the video.

lang · string

Detected language code for the transcript.

Example:

"en"