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Transcript API

The transcript API allows you to get Captions & Subtitles created by SubPLY

This data can be used in various ways:

  • Upload to YouTube in order to allows captions on their video player
  • Use as the subtitle source for players supporting the SRT format
  • Embed in your site to increate SEO dramatically

SubPLY can currently supply your data in the following formats:

  • Standard SRT
  • YouTube SRT
  • Plain Transcript/Text
  • XML
  • DFXP
  • Combined DFXP
  • RSS
  • JSON

REST Interface:

http://api.subply.com/content/{format}/{language}?url={url}

Parameters:

Language - Language code representing the result requested language (click here for a list of Language Code).

Format types
FormatDescription
srtStardard SRT File
youtubeYouTube SRT File
transcriptPlain Transcript
xmlXML Format
txtSimple Text
dfxpDFXP Standard
combdfxpCombined DFXP (multiple languages)
js/html5a JSONP function with JSON Data
rssRSS Standard feed

URL - The URL as sent to SubPLY in order to produce the Captions/Subtitles

Example:

http://api.subply.com/content/srt/eng?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dhrixBl5PgNg

Result:

A Text result in the requested format. Following is the result from the above example:

1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000
Captions by www.SubPLY.com
. . . . . . . . . . . . .

2
00:00:49,890 --> 00:00:58,600
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style

3
00:00:59,740 --> 00:01:08,550
And so I came to see him
and listen for a while

4
00:01:08,830 --> 00:01:18,710
And there he was, this young boy
a stranger to my eyes

About SubPLY
With billions of video being viewed online across the globe, with viewers increasing their demand for quality content in their local language, with websites trying to improve their SEO results and with new regulations requiring online video to be hearing-impaired accessible (section 508), the creation of quality transcripts, captions and subtitles has become a must.

SubPLY is the leader in the creation, management and service in providing transcripts, captions and subtitles for both on-demand and live streaming videos.
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