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# Transcribe TikTok video audio

> Use this operation to transcribe tiktok video audio. Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer <AGENTBODY_API_KEY>. This is separately billed. Use it only when audio transcription is explicitly requested or approved; do not silently fall back from caption extraction. Correct a 400 invalid-input error; do not retry unchanged. Retry only declared 502, 503, or 504 responses with backoff.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/tiktok/transcribe
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Direct authenticated APIs for public social data, people data, transcripts,
    documents, text, and SEO. Send an API key as a Bearer token. Responses never
    include provider credentials or raw provider payloads.
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://agentbody.io
  title: AgentBody API
  version: '2026-08-19'
servers:
  - url: https://api.agentbody.io
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/tiktok/transcribe:
    post:
      tags:
        - tiktok
      summary: Transcribe TikTok video audio
      description: >-
        Use this operation to transcribe tiktok video audio. Authenticate with
        Authorization: Bearer <AGENTBODY_API_KEY>. This is separately billed.
        Use it only when audio transcription is explicitly requested or
        approved; do not silently fall back from caption extraction. Correct a
        400 invalid-input error; do not retry unchanged. Retry only declared
        502, 503, or 504 responses with backoff.
      operationId: post_v1_tiktok_transcribe
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscribeRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TranscriptSuccess'
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: INVALID_ARGUMENT
                  message: example error
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                properties:
                  error:
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      code:
                        const: INVALID_ARGUMENT
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    type: object
                required:
                  - error
                type: object
          description: Correct the input; do not retry unchanged.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Gateway request identifier for support and audit.
              schema:
                format: uuid
                type: string
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: UNAUTHENTICATED
                  message: example error
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                properties:
                  error:
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      code:
                        const: UNAUTHENTICATED
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    type: object
                required:
                  - error
                type: object
          description: Configure a valid API key; do not retry unchanged.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Gateway request identifier for support and audit.
              schema:
                format: uuid
                type: string
        '409':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: CONFLICT
                  message: example error
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                properties:
                  error:
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      code:
                        const: CONFLICT
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    type: object
                required:
                  - error
                type: object
          description: Follow the documented Idempotency-Key behavior before retrying.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Gateway request identifier for support and audit.
              schema:
                format: uuid
                type: string
        '502':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: UPSTREAM_INVALID_RESPONSE
                  message: example error
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                properties:
                  error:
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      code:
                        const: UPSTREAM_INVALID_RESPONSE
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    type: object
                required:
                  - error
                type: object
          description: Retry with backoff, then report temporary unavailability.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Gateway request identifier for support and audit.
              schema:
                format: uuid
                type: string
        '503':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE
                  message: example error
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                properties:
                  error:
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      code:
                        const: UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    type: object
                required:
                  - error
                type: object
          description: Retry with backoff, then report temporary unavailability.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Gateway request identifier for support and audit.
              schema:
                format: uuid
                type: string
        '504':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT
                  message: example error
              schema:
                additionalProperties: false
                properties:
                  error:
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      code:
                        const: UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                    type: object
                required:
                  - error
                type: object
          description: Retry with backoff, then report temporary unavailability.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Gateway request identifier for support and audit.
              schema:
                format: uuid
                type: string
components:
  parameters:
    IdempotencyKey:
      description: Optional key for safely retrying a billable write request.
      example: request-20260819-001
      in: header
      name: Idempotency-Key
      required: false
      schema:
        maxLength: 255
        minLength: 1
        type: string
  schemas:
    TranscribeRequest:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        url:
          format: uri
          type: string
      required:
        - url
      type: object
    TranscriptResult:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        caption_type:
          enum:
            - manual
            - auto
            - transcribed
          type: string
        language:
          type: string
        segments:
          items:
            additionalProperties: false
            properties:
              end_ms:
                format: int64
                type: integer
              start_ms:
                format: int64
                type: integer
              text:
                type: string
            required:
              - start_ms
              - end_ms
              - text
            type: object
          type: array
        text:
          type: string
        video_id:
          type: string
      required:
        - video_id
        - language
        - caption_type
        - text
        - segments
      type: object
  responses:
    TranscriptSuccess:
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            caption_type: manual
            language: example_value
            segments: []
            text: example_value
            video_id: example_value
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptResult'
      description: Existing captions or explicitly requested audio transcription.
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: Gateway request identifier for support and audit.
          schema:
            format: uuid
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````