---
title: "Load the original audio for comparison"
method: GET
path: "/v1/dub/jobs/{job_id}/source"
tags: ["Dub"]
---

# Load the original audio for comparison

`GET /v1/dub/jobs/{job_id}/source`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.pyai.com`
- URL: `https://api.pyai.com/v1/dub/jobs/{job_id}/source`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `x-api-key`

Requires dub:render and ownership of the completed job. Returns the original audio for comparison, including extracted audio for video sources. No delivery units are charged. Retention matches the job's media retention.

## Path parameters

- `job_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Original audio.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key (`code: unauthorized`)
- `402`: Billing gate: org out of prepaid credit, per-key budget hit, or plan quota exhausted (`code: credit_exhausted | key_budget_exceeded | insufficient_quota`). Do not retry; add credit or raise the limit. A brand-new key may see this on its first call until the account is funded.
- `403`: The product key lacks dub:render.
- `404`: unknown_job: no matching job in the calling organization.
- `409`: job_not_done: poll the status endpoint before downloading.
- `410`: media_expired.
- `429`: Rate/concurrency limit or dub_busy. Retry with backoff.
- `503`: Dubbing is unavailable. Retry with backoff.

---

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