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Purchase Captions

post
https://api.wistia.com/modern/medias//captions/purchase

This method is for purchasing English captions for a media. The request will charge the credit card on the account if successful. A saved credit card is required to use this endpoint.

Requires api token with one of the following permissions

Read, update & delete anything
Path Params
string
required

Unique identifier for the video.

Body Params
boolean
required
Defaults to false

Order computer-generated captions (free) or human-generated captions ($2.50/minute).

boolean
required
Defaults to true

Enable rush order for one business day turnaround ($4.00/minute) or standard four business day turnaround for human-generated captions ($2.50/minute). Rush can only be used for human-generated captions.

boolean
required
Defaults to true

Automatically enable captions for the video once the order is ready or hold the captions for review before manually enabling.

Headers
string
required
Defaults to 2026-03
Responses

400

English captions already exist for this video.

404

Video not found.

Updated about 1 month ago

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Updated about 1 month ago