MediaCaption API
Transcribe any YouTube video
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ✓
Paste a video URL and get clean transcripts, timestamps, and subtitle files, even when captions are missing or messy.
CHECK TIER · DOCS
We check the documentation URL is online — not the API endpoint itself.
Uptime history
100%90d docs up
100%30d docs up
5hLast docs check · since JUL 18 · server OK
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.mediacaption.io/v1/user"const res = await fetch("https://api.mediacaption.io/v1/user");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://api.mediacaption.io/v1/user")
print(res.json())Docs URL monitored — https://mediacaption.io/docs1062 mschecked 5h ago
GET
/userPROBEDTranscribe any YouTube video
Machine-readable spec
We check the documentation URL is online — not the API endpoint itself. Export includes every documented route below.
Response-shape history
Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.
MediaCaption API: common questions
Is MediaCaption API free to use?
Yes — MediaCaption API is a free media API. Free tier: 10 credits when you sign up. Commercial use is allowed on the free tier.
Does MediaCaption API need an API key?
Yes — MediaCaption API needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: 60 req/min.
Can I call MediaCaption API from the browser?
Yes — MediaCaption API returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.
Is MediaCaption API up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, MediaCaption API is new with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 1062 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.