Captions API Methods (Legacy)

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Captions API Methods

Captions retrieved over the API are built from a core time-synchronized document. You can specify a number of parameters in your request to tailor the output to your needs.

 

Get Captions for File

 

[GET] http://static.3playmedia.com/files/:file_id/captions.:format?apikey=:api_key

Note that in this case, :file_id is the internal tracking ID for 3Play Media.

 

Get Captions by Video ID

[GET] http://static.3playmedia.com/files/:video_id/captions.:format?apikey=:api_key&usevideoid=1

Note that the :video_id references a user-uploaded ID, such as a video ID for a Brightcove, Ooyala, Kaltura, or YouTube video. If that ID is present, the appropriate caption files will be found for that record. Make sure you set usevideoid=1 in the URL params.

Available Formats: srt, dfxp, smi, stl, qt, qtxml, cptxml, adbe

Get Captions by threeplay_transcript_id

This is useful for getting captions for translations or captions imports.

GET api.3playmedia.com/files/:fileid/captions.srt?apikey=:apikey&threeplay_transcript_id=:threeplay_transcript_id 

 

 

 

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    Alex Britez

    Is it possible to call the API with a BrightCove video id? Like this? http://api.3playmedia.com/files/BRIGHTCOVE_VIDEO_ID/captions.dfxp?apikey=3PLAY_API_KEY . By the wording here.. "Note that the :video_id references a user-uploaded ID, such as a video ID for a Brightcove, Ooyala, Kaltura, or YouTube video. If that ID is present, the appropriate caption files will be found for that record."  makes it sounds like you could, but not having any luck.

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    David Zylber

    Hi Alex,

    Instead of http://api use http://static.3playmedia.com.  You also need to add the param "usevideoid=1" to the end of the URL. Feel free to submit a request with any other questions.  Check out the example below. Note: I removed http:// so it isn't truncated.

    Best,

    David

    [GET]static.3playmedia.com/files/:video_id/captions.:format?apikey=:api_key&usevideoid=1

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    Bryan Ollendyke

    This may be a silly question but docs seem to be conflicting; where can I find my :api_key?  Not seeing it in my user profile anywhere and searching for API only brings up this documentation.

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    Alex Britez

    @David, that worked like a charm, thanks. Silly mistake on my part.

    @Bryan, I found my under the "Collections" tab

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    Ahuva Freeman

    Is it possible to get captions using other fields other than the Video_ID or File_ID?

    Can I use a different field, like an Attribute_1 field that I am setting?

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    David Zylber

    Hi Ahuva,

    This functionality is available over APIv1 as detailed in this article.

    If you are using our latest API, APIv3, please refer to this documentation.

    Feel free to email support@3playmedia.com should you have any other questions.


    Best,

    David

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