Upload captions or subtitles

client.stream.captions.language.update(, , , ?): Caption { generated, label, language, status }

PUT/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{identifier}/captions/{language}

Uploads the caption or subtitle file to the endpoint for a specific BCP47 language. One caption or subtitle file per language is allowed.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Stream Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

identifier: string

A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item.

maxLength32

language: string

The language tag in BCP 47 format.

params: LanguageUpdateParams { account_id, file }

account_id: string

Path param: Identifier.

maxLength32

file: string

Body param: The WebVTT file containing the caption or subtitle content.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

Caption { generated, label, language, status }

generated?: boolean

Whether the caption was generated via AI.

label?: string

The language label displayed in the native language to users.

language?: string

The language tag in BCP 47 format.

status?: "ready" | "inprogress" | "error"

The status of a generated caption.

One of the following:

"ready"

"inprogress"

"error"

Upload captions or subtitles

import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const caption = await client.stream.captions.language.update(
  'ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a',
  'tr',
  { account_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353', file: '@/Users/kyle/Desktop/tr.vtt' },
);

console.log(caption.generated);

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "generated": true,
    "label": "Türkçe",
    "language": "tr",
    "status": "ready"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "generated": true,
    "label": "Türkçe",
    "language": "tr",
    "status": "ready"
  }
}