---
title: "List text tracks"
method: GET
path: "/v2/sites/{site_id}/media/{media_id}/text_tracks/"
tags: ["text tracks"]
---

# List text tracks

`GET /v2/sites/{site_id}/media/{media_id}/text_tracks/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.jwplayer.com`
- URL: `https://api.jwplayer.com/v2/sites/{site_id}/media/{media_id}/text_tracks/`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

## Path parameters

- `site_id` string, required: Unique identifier for a resource
- `media_id` string, required: Unique identifier for a resource

## Query parameters

- `q` string
- `sort` string

## Response `200`

Resources successfully retrieved

- TextTrackResourcesRead
  - `page` integer: Offset for returned resources
  - `page_length` integer: Maximum number of resources to return
  - `total` integer: Number of resources available before pagination
  - `text_tracks` TextTrackResourceRead[]
    - `schema` string
    - `id` string: Unique identifier for a resource
    - `created` string: Date and time at which the resource was created
    - `last_modified` string: Date and time at which the resource was most recently modified
    - `type` string: Name of the type of resource.
    - `relationships` object: Ancilliary resources associated to the primary resource being read
    - `metadata` TextTrackMetadata
      - `label` string: Label of the text track A maximum of 50 characters is permitted. For `captions` and `subtitles` tracks, this property is the display name in the JWX player settings menu. For `chapters`, `descriptions`, and `metadata` tracks, this property serves as a name for the track. **NOTE**: This label cannot be named `default`.
      - `position` integer: (Captions and subtitles only) Determines the location of a track in two contexts: - Location in a media’s list of tracks in the Delivery API. - Location in the captions settings menu of the JWX player. The value of `position` cannot exceed the highest index of all subtitles and captions associated to the media.
      - `source_type` string: (Captions and subtitles only) Source of text track. Possible values include: - `auto_generated` - Auto-generated captions from AI transcription service. - `extracted` - Text tracks extracted from the original VOD media or live-to-VOD conversion. - `manual` - Caption files uploaded via the dashboard or API, or captions created in the dashboard after ingest. source_type for all text tracks created before Mar 3, 2026 will appear as `manual`
      - `srclang` string: Language of the text track data A maximum of 32 characters is permitted. Primarily applicable for `captions` and `subtitles`, this value corresponds to the `srclang` attribute of the `<track>` element.
    - `delivery_url` string: URL to access the text track This URL is only returned when the text track status is `ready` or `draft`.
    - `error_message` string: A human-readable error message for describing upload failures
    - `track_kind` 'captions' | 'chapters' | 'descriptions' | 'metadata' | 'subtitles': Kind of text track This corresponds with the HTML `<track>` element `kind` attribute.
    - `upload_link` string: Presigned S3 link for uploading a track

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid JSON request body
- `404`: Resource with ID supplied does not exist in account and object namespace

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `9fad6bd5872e`: 2 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `400`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/jwplayer/apis/management-api-v2/changes/v2/sites/:site_id/media/:media_id/text_tracks/get.md)

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