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Show Captions

get
https://api.wistia.com/modern/medias//captions/

Returns a video's captions in the specified language. Supports multiple formats: JSON (default), SRT, VTT, and TXT. Use file extensions (.srt, .vtt, .txt) or Accept headers to specify format.

Requires api token with one of the following permissions

Read all folder and media data
Path Params
string
required

The hashed ID of the media from which captions are to be retrieved.

string
required

The 3-character ISO 639-2 language code of the captions to be retrieved (e.g., eng, fra, spa). Some languages use extended IETF subtags (e.g., zh-Hant).

Headers
string
required
Defaults to 2026-03
string
enum
Defaults to application/json

Generated from available response content types

Allowed:
Responses

404

Captions not found or video not found

Updated about 1 month ago

Language
Credentials
Bearer
Response 
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application/json
text/plain
text/vtt
Updated about 1 month ago