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# Get video transcript

> Returns the transcript for a video. Use `original` as the language to return the auto-generated transcript, or provide a BCP47 language code for machine-translated subtitles. Returns WebVTT format.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/tiktok/videos/{videoId}/transcripts/{language}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: KonbiniAPI
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Social media API that normalizes Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn
    data into a consistent ActivityStreams 2.0 format.


    Every authenticated response includes `X-Credits-Remaining` and
    `X-Credits-Used` headers. Each successful request costs 1 credit. Requests
    that fail with 400, 5xx, or upstream errors are refunded (X-Credits-Used:
    0).
  contact:
    name: KonbiniAPI
    email: hello@konbiniapi.com
    url: https://konbiniapi.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.konbiniapi.com
    description: Production
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Instagram
    description: Instagram data endpoints
  - name: TikTok
    description: TikTok data endpoints
  - name: X
    description: X data endpoints
  - name: Reddit
    description: Reddit data endpoints
  - name: LinkedIn
    description: LinkedIn data endpoints
paths:
  /v1/tiktok/videos/{videoId}/transcripts/{language}:
    get:
      tags:
        - TikTok
      summary: Get video transcript
      description: >-
        Returns the transcript for a video. Use `original` as the language to
        return the auto-generated transcript, or provide a BCP47 language code
        for machine-translated subtitles. Returns WebVTT format.
      operationId: tiktokGetVideoTranscript
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: TikTok video ID
            example: '7527278440291126550'
          required: true
          description: TikTok video ID
          name: videoId
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - original
              - ar-SA
              - az-AZ
              - ca-ES
              - ceb-PH
              - cs-CZ
              - da-DK
              - de-DE
              - en-US
              - es-ES
              - et-EE
              - fi-FI
              - fil-PH
              - fr-FR
              - ga-IE
              - he-IL
              - hr-HR
              - id-ID
              - it-IT
              - ja-JP
              - ko-KR
              - lv-LV
              - lt-LT
              - ms-MY
              - nb-NO
              - nl-NL
              - pl-PL
              - pt-PT
              - ru-RU
              - sw-SW
              - sv-SE
              - th-TH
              - uk-UA
              - vi-VN
              - zh-Hans-CN
              - zh-Hant-CN
            description: BCP47 language code, or `original`
            example: en-US
          required: true
          description: BCP47 language code, or `original`
          name: language
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the transcript in Document format or raw WebVTT
          headers:
            X-Credits-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits remaining after this request
            X-Credits-Used:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      '@context':
                        type: array
                        prefixItems:
                          - type: string
                            enum:
                              - https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#
                          - type: string
                            enum:
                              - https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social#
                        description: ActivityStreams JSON-LD context
                        example:
                          - https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#
                          - https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social#
                      type:
                        type: string
                        description: ActivityStreams object type
                        example: Document
                      id:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                        description: Transcript permalink
                        example: >-
                          https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7611615657754381599/transcript/en-US
                      url:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                        description: Video permalink
                        example: >-
                          https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame/video/7611615657754381599
                      mediaType:
                        type: string
                        description: MIME type
                        example: text/vtt
                      language:
                        type: string
                        description: BCP47 language code
                        example: en-US
                      size:
                        type: integer
                        description: File size in bytes
                        example: 1024
                      source:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Source of the transcript: "ASR" (Automatic Speech
                          Recognition) or "MT" (Machine Translation)
                        example: ASR
                      content:
                        type: string
                        description: WebVTT formatted transcript content
                        example: |-
                          WEBVTT

                          00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000
                          Hello everyone
                    required:
                      - '@context'
                      - type
                      - id
                      - url
                      - mediaType
                      - language
                      - content
                required:
                  - data
            text/vtt:
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          description: Bad Request — Invalid parameters
          headers:
            X-Credits-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits remaining after this request
            X-Credits-Used:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - validation_error
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Validation error
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized — Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - missing_api_key
                            - invalid_api_key
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Invalid API key
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '402':
          description: Payment Required — Credits exhausted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - credits_exhausted
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: >-
                            Credits exhausted. Upgrade your plan at
                            konbiniapi.com
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '403':
          description: Forbidden — API key disabled or expired
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - api_key_disabled
                            - api_key_expired
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: API key is disabled
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          headers:
            X-Credits-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits remaining after this request
            X-Credits-Used:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - not_found
                            - route_not_found
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Not found
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '413':
          description: Content Too Large — Request body exceeds 1 MB
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - validation_error
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Request body too large
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          headers:
            X-Credits-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits remaining after this request
            X-Credits-Used:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - internal_error
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Internal error
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '502':
          description: Bad Gateway — Upstream platform error
          headers:
            X-Credits-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits remaining after this request
            X-Credits-Used:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - platform_error
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Platform error
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          headers:
            X-Credits-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits remaining after this request
            X-Credits-Used:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - service_unavailable
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Service unavailable
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
        '504':
          description: Gateway Timeout — Upstream platform timed out
          headers:
            X-Credits-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits remaining after this request
            X-Credits-Used:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - platform_error
                          description: Machine-readable error code
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Platform error
                          description: Human-readable error message
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                    description: List of errors
                  data:
                    type: 'null'
                    description: Always null for error responses
                required:
                  - errors
                  - data
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: |-
        Send your API key in the Authorization header as a Bearer token.
        Example: `Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>`

````