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# Trigger Transcript

POST https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/{video_id}/features/transcript
Content-Type: application/json

Trigger chunking for a video. Returns transcript feature status.

Reference: https://docs.reka.ai/vision/api-reference/v-2/trigger-transcript-v-2-videos-video-id-features-transcript-post

## Authentication

- `X-Api-Key` header (required) — API key authentication via X-Api-Key header
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer token authentication via Authorization header

## Request

### Path parameters

- `video_id` (string, required)

### Headers

- `X-Enable-Overwrite-Metering` (string, optional, nullable)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a TranscriptTriggerRequest.

- `force` (boolean, optional, default: false)
- `force_feature_queue` (boolean, optional, default: false)
- `chunking_config` (TranscriptChunkingConfig, optional) — Chunking controls honored by the V2 transcript trigger.

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `video_id` (string, required)
- `feature` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `transcript`, `captions`, `reel_captions`, `embeddings`, `objects`, `scenes`, `audio_events`, `chapters`, `thumbnails`
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `none`, `pending`, `processing`, `ready`, `failed`, `blocked`

## Types

### TranscriptChunkingConfig

Chunking controls honored by the V2 transcript trigger.

- `min_len` (double, optional, default: 15)
- `max_len` (double, optional, default: 25)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "video_id": "string",
  "feature": "transcript",
  "status": "none"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "X-Api-Key": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript")
  .header("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-Api-Key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-Api-Key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://vision-agent.api.reka.ai/v2/videos/video_id/features/transcript")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

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