Example
curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";
const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY
const res = await client.reddit.transcript.get({ url: "https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);const params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript",
params={"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"os"
)
func main() {
q := url.Values{}
q.Set("url", "https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript?"+q.Encode(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()
var body struct {
Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"`
Error *struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Message string `json:"message"`
} `json:"error"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if body.Error != nil {
log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
}
fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}<?php
$query = http_build_query([
'url' => 'https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String query = "url=" + encode("https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript?" + query))
.header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
.GET()
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
static String encode(String value) {
return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
}using System.Text.Json;
using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));
var query = string.Join("&",
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
.get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/transcript")
.query(&[("url", "https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/")])
.header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
.send()?;
let ok = res.status().is_success();
let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
if !ok {
return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
}
println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
Ok(())
}{
"data": {
"available_languages": [
"en"
],
"duration_ms": 94000,
"id": "t3_1xkav20",
"is_auto_generated": true,
"language": "en",
"platform": "reddit",
"platform_specific": {
"reddit": {
"caption_url": "https://v.redd.it/4xartwq86tyh1/wh_ben_en.vtt",
"video_id": "4xartwq86tyh1"
}
},
"segments": [
{
"end_ms": 15020,
"start_ms": 0,
"text": "He's going to be safe after some life. Oh, it's a little bit old. It's a little"
},
{
"end_ms": 29980,
"start_ms": 15020,
"text": "bit old. It's a little"
},
{
"end_ms": 29980,
"start_ms": 29980,
"text": "bit old."
}
],
"source": "captions",
"text": "He's going to be safe after some life. Oh, it's a little bit old. It's a little bit old. It's a little bit old. A little bit old. It's a little bit old. There's a question. Good, good, bye, bye. Good bye, bye, bye.",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "reddit",
"source": "captions",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 2591,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "post",
"id": "t3_1xkav20",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/"
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"client_request_id": null,
"warnings": []
}
}Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.
Reddit video post URL: a post's page on any reddit.com host (www, old, new, np, m, sh), with or without its subreddit or slug, a comment's permalink (its post is transcribed), a redd.it short link, an app share link (/r/<subreddit>/s/<code>), a v.redd.it video link or a link to one of its files, or the post's ID (t3_ prefix optional). A crosspost of a video and a text post with a video in its body are transcribed too.
Examplehttps://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1xkav20/guy_saving_the_deer/
Preferred language: a BCP-47 tag such as en or pt-BR (case-insensitive; _ is read as -). The spoken language. Without lang or with English (en, en-GB…), Reddit's own captions, which are English only, whatever is spoken. Any other language is transcribed by speech-to-text in it instead (meta.source = asr, priced per minute). For a video Reddit has no captions for, speech-to-text runs either way, detecting the language without lang.
Exampleen
url takes Reddit post links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with invalid_input. Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests).
Parameters every endpoint accepts
Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent.
fieldsstringReturn only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments[].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole.
Response
200
{data, meta}. data is a transcript object; meta describes the request (meta). Fields only Reddit has are under platform_specific.reddit.
platformstringPlatform the media is hosted on.
idstringPlatform-native ID of the post (equals post.id); of an ad library entry, its library ID (equals ad.id).
urlstring uriCanonical URL of the post (of an ad library entry, its library page).
languagestringnullableBCP-47 language of the returned transcript; null when unknown.
sourcestringcaptions = platform caption track; asr = speech-to-text on the audio. New values may be added.
One ofcaptionsasr
is_auto_generatedbooleanTrue when the track was machine-generated (platform auto-captions or ASR).
available_languagesstring[]BCP-47 caption languages the platform offers for this post; [] if none or not listed.
duration_msintegernullableMedia duration in milliseconds; null when unknown.
segmentsobject[]Timed cues in order; never empty on success.
ShowHide 3 child fields
start_msintegerStart time in milliseconds from the beginning of the media.
end_msintegerEnd time in milliseconds from the beginning of the media.
textstringCue text, whitespace-normalized.
textstringFull transcript: segment texts joined with single spaces.
platform_specificobjectFields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.
ShowHide 1 child field
redditobjectnullableA Reddit transcript's own fields.
ShowHide 2 child fields
video_idstringnullableThe video's ID on Reddit's video host (v.redd.it/<video_id>); null when unknown.
caption_urlstring urinullableThe WebVTT file of Reddit's caption track used (public, unsigned); null for speech-to-text.
not_found, private_or_unavailable and no_transcript are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.
400
400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
invalid_inputNo retryA parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.
Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.
401
401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
unauthorizedNo retryThe x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired.
Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url.
402
402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.
insufficient_creditsNo retryThe account does not have enough credits for this request.
Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically.
spend_limit_reachedNo retryThe API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits.
Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically.
403
403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.
forbiddenNo retryThe API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code.
Act on details.reason. suspended: contact support. scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP.
404
404 Not Found: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.
not_foundNo retryThe item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).
Check the link or ID. Do not retry.
no_transcriptNo retryThe video or audio exists but has no transcript: no caption track and no speech to transcribe.
Do not retry. If the platform offers other languages, try one with lang.
429
429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
rate_limitedYes, laterThe account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it.
Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask support to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.
500
500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
internalYes, laterAn unexpected error on SocialTap's side.
Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.
502
502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
upstream_errorYes, laterThe platform failed, or answered with something we could not read.
Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free.
503
503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.
upstream_blockedYes, laterThe platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.
Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.
overloadedYes, laterSocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged.
Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free.
From 1 credit per request, up to 122 credits. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source; sources are tried cheapest first: Captions → Speech-to-text.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
Captions captions | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
Speech-to-text asr | 2 credits + 2 per started minute of media up to 122 credits (60 started minutes of media) | $1.50–$3.93 + $1.50–$3.93 per started minute of media |
Example: a result from Speech-to-text asr with 3 started minutes of media costs 2 + 2 × 3 = 8 credits.
Balance, sources and what you were charged
Your balance must be at least 1 credit to start a request; with less, it is refused with insufficient_credits (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. One request costs at most 122 credits, but that amount is never locked up in advance: right before costlier work, SocialTap sets aside more of your balance, the exact price when the number of started minutes of media is known beforehand, otherwise as much as your balance allows (and the work is limited to what that pays for). It then charges the actual price and releases the rest. If the result would cost more than your balance covers, the request is refused with insufficient_credits as well, and costs nothing.
| meta.source | Source | What it means |
|---|---|---|
captions | Captions | The platform's own caption track (uploaded or auto-generated). |
asr | Speech-to-text | Transcribed by SocialTap from the media's audio when the platform has no captions. |
meta.credits_charged and the x-credits-charged header show what you paid. How credits work · Packs
Endpoint ID reddit.transcript · operationId reddit.transcript.get · Product overview