---
title: "Reddit Post Transcript API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/reddit/post-transcript"
tags: ["Reddit"]
---

# Reddit Post Transcript API

`GET /v1/reddit/post-transcript`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.captapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.captapi.com/v1/reddit/post-transcript`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Written post text — title, body and top comments.

Returns the post's written content — title, body and top comments — as text. Reddit does not expose speech transcripts for v.redd.it video, so this is not a speech transcript. timingSource is always "none"; transcriptSegments use character offsets (charStart/charEnd), not invented timestamps. estimatedReadSeconds is a top-level 200 wpm estimate. commentsIncluded and wordCount describe the written bundle. Flat 2 credits.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/reddit-post-transcript

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `limit` integer
- `cache` boolean

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
    - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
    - `post` object
      - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
      - `id` string: Id of this post item.
      - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
      - `title` string: Title of this post item.
      - `text` string: Text content.
      - `subreddit` string: Subreddit the post belongs to.
      - `author` string: Author name or handle.
      - `upvotes` integer: Upvote count.
      - `comments` integer: Comment count.
      - `publishedAt` string: Publish date (ISO 8601) when the platform exposes an absolute timestamp.
      - `flair` string: Post flair.
      - `nsfw` boolean: Whether the content is marked NSFW.
      - `thumbnail` unknown
    - `transcript` string: Complete text transcript (file-upload endpoints). Timed caption/ASR endpoints use text instead.
    - `transcriptSegments` object[]
      - `text` string: Text content.
      - `speaker` string: Speaker label for the segment.
      - `index` integer: 0-based segment order.
      - `wordCount` integer: Word count (emoji-only tokens count as 0; URLs count as 1).
      - `charStart` integer: Start offset into transcript (transcript.slice(charStart, charEnd) === text).
      - `charEnd` integer: End offset into transcript (exclusive).
    - `wordCount` integer: Word count (emoji-only tokens count as 0; URLs count as 1).
    - `segments` integer: Timed caption/ASR: array of {text,startMs,endMs}. File-upload video-transcript: segment count. Sponsor endpoints: sponsor segment list.
    - `commentsIncluded` integer: Comments included. Example: 5.
    - `timingSource` string: Always "none" today. "captions" is reserved — do not branch on it; nothing emits it yet.
    - `estimatedReadSeconds` integer: Whole-transcript reading-time estimate at 200 wpm. Not per-segment duration.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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