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# Create transcript job

POST https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Submit audio or video for transcription

Reference: https://docs.resemble.ai/api-reference/speech-to-text/create-transcript

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key from https://app.resemble.ai/hub/api

## Request

### Body (multipart/form-data)

This endpoint expects a multipart form containing an optional file.

- `file` (file, optional) — Audio or video file (max 500 MB, 20 minutes)
- `query` (string, optional) — Optional intelligence question to evaluate after transcription
- `callback_url` (string, optional) — Public HTTPS URL that receives a POST with the result when processing finishes. Private, loopback, link-local, and non-HTTPS URLs are rejected. Required when zero_retention_mode is true.
- `zero_retention_mode` (boolean, optional) — Enable zero retention. The uploaded media and any temporary processing copies are permanently deleted after transcription, and the transcript content is purged after one delivery to callback_url (which is mandatory in this mode). privacy_mode is accepted as an alias. Plan feature — requests are rejected with 402 if not included in your plan.

## Response

### 200

Transcript job created

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `item` (SpeechToTextPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaItem, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request (missing input, invalid callback_url, or zero retention requested without a callback_url)

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (string, optional)
- `errors` (map from string to list of string, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)

### 402 Payment Required Error

Zero retention is not included in the team's plan or subscription

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (string, optional)
- `errors` (map from string to list of string, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)

## Types

### SpeechToTextPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaItem

- `uuid` (string, optional)
- `status` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `pending`, `processing`, `completed`, `failed`
- `privacy_mode` (boolean, optional) — Whether the transcript was created with zero retention
- `created_at` (datetime, optional)
- `updated_at` (datetime, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "file": "<file: <file1>>"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "item": {
    "uuid": "string",
    "status": "pending",
    "privacy_mode": true,
    "created_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text"

files = { "file": "open('<file1>', 'rb')" }
payload = {
    "query": ,
    "callback_url": ,
    "zero_retention_mode": 
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '<file1>');
form.append('query', '');
form.append('callback_url', '');
form.append('zero_retention_mode', '');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

options.body = form;

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://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"query\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"callback_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"zero_retention_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	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://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"query\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"callback_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"zero_retention_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

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://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"query\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"callback_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"zero_retention_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'file',
        'filename' => '<file1>',
        'contents' => null
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"query\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"callback_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"zero_retention_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "fileName": "<file1>"
  ],
  [
    "name": "query",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "callback_url",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "zero_retention_mode",
    "value": 
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/speech-to-text")! 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()
```