---
title: "Retrieve AssemblyAI transcript"
method: GET
path: "/api/assemblyai/v2/transcript/{transcript_id}"
tags: ["multimodal"]
---

# Retrieve AssemblyAI transcript

`GET /api/assemblyai/v2/transcript/{transcript_id}`

Retrieve an AssemblyAI transcript by ID. Proxied through Respan for logging.

## Path parameters

- `transcript_id` string, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required
- `X-Assemblyai-Api-Key` string, required

## Response `200`

Transcript details.

- MultimodalRetrieveAssemblyaiTranscriptResponse200
  - `id` string — Transcript ID.
  - `status` 'queued' | 'processing' | 'completed' | 'error' — Transcript status.
  - `text` string — Transcribed text.
  - `words` ApiAssemblyaiV2TranscriptTranscriptIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaWordsItems[] — Word-level details.
    - `text` string
    - `start` integer — Start time in ms.
    - `end` integer — End time in ms.
    - `confidence` number, double

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-08-13** `4e064cf81dae` — 1 breaking, 6 info
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `X-Assemblyai-Api-Key`
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the optional property `id` to the response with the `200` status
  - …3 more
- **2026-07-31** `c26d550029f8` — 5 warning, 2 info
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `X-Assemblyai-Api-Key`
  - removed the optional property `id` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `status` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `text` from the response with the `200` status
  - …3 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/keywordsai/apis/api-reference/changes/api/assemblyai/v2/transcript/:transcript_id/get.md)

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