Overview

Use the Captions API to generate, edit, and translate videos at scale to optimize your video production.

Accessing the API

The API is available on our API Dashboard. Here, you can generate an API Key for your account.

Requirements to using the API

To use the Captions API, you must:

  1. Accept the Captions API Terms
  2. Be actively subscribed to Captions Max, Scale, or Enterprise
  3. Have enough credits to complete your request

Understanding API Pricing

Each API consumes a different number of credits per second and you can view your available credits in the API Dashboard.

APICredit Consumption
AI Creator1 credit is equal to 1 second of video generated
AI TwinsAI Twins is free and does not consume credits
AI Translate1 credit is equal to 1 second of translated video
AI Edit2 credits is equal to 1 second of edited video
For example, a 30 second video will consume 30 credits for AI Creator and 30 credits for AI Translate

Rate Limits

To mitigate against misuse and manage capacity on our API, please space out your request. The following rate limits are in place:

APIRate Limit
AI Creator5 requests per minute
AI Twins5 requests per minute
AI Translate5 requests per minute
AI Edit1 requests per minute

Making your first API request

  1. Decide which API you want to use.
  2. Generate your API Key in the API Dashboard
  3. Open your favorite terminal and make your first API call.

Captions Max comes with 1200, and Captions Scale comes with 3600 monthly credits. Once you’ve tested your use case, you can purchase additional credits in the API Dashboard. If you would like to purchase more than the maximum allowed on the dashboard, please send us a message from within the API dashboard. We do not have a test environment.

Get in touch

  • If you have questions about using the API, please navigate to the API Dashboard and send us a message.
  • If you’d like to get in touch about purchasing bulk credits or setting up a recurring purchase, please email hello+api@captions.ai