An episode's transcript

Method: GET
Path: /v1/me/episodes/{episode_id}/transcript
Operation ID: getEpisodeTranscript
Tags: Episodes

Segments with speaker names, up to 100 a page. Links carrying a token are removed from the text. Without permission to control transcript access (episodes.transcript_settings), you can read a transcript only when the episode shares it through its Co-host access setting.

Scope: transcripts:read.

Make a request

Set these environment variables before running a sample. Each language reads the same values; no identifier needs replacing inside the code.

Variable	Value to supply
`SHOWFM_API_KEY`	Your API key. Keep it on your server.
`EPISODE_ID`	An episode UUID returned by your episode list, or the public episode list for a public request.

Samples run on your server: curl 7.76+, Node.js 22+ (TypeScript via your TypeScript runner), Python 3, or PHP 8 with the cURL extension. Never put your API key in browser code.

bash

: "${SHOWFM_API_KEY:?Set SHOWFM_API_KEY in your environment}"
: "${EPISODE_ID:?Set EPISODE_ID in your environment}"

curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --get \
  "https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/${EPISODE_ID}/transcript" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${SHOWFM_API_KEY}" \
  --data-urlencode "limit=20"

function env(name: string): string {
  const value = process.env[name];
  if (!value) throw new Error(`Set ${name} in your environment`);
  return value;
}

async function main() {
  const url = new URL(`https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/${encodeURIComponent(env("EPISODE_ID"))}/transcript`);
  url.searchParams.set("limit", "20");

  const response = await fetch(url, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env("SHOWFM_API_KEY")}` },
    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000)
  });
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
  }
  console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.json(), null, 2));
}

main().catch(error => {
  console.error(error);
  process.exitCode = 1;
});

function env(name) {
  const value = process.env[name];
  if (!value) throw new Error(`Set ${name} in your environment`);
  return value;
}

async function main() {
  const url = new URL(`https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/${encodeURIComponent(env("EPISODE_ID"))}/transcript`);
  url.searchParams.set("limit", "20");

  const response = await fetch(url, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env("SHOWFM_API_KEY")}` },
    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000)
  });
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
  }
  console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.json(), null, 2));
}

main().catch(error => {
  console.error(error);
  process.exitCode = 1;
});

python

import os
import json
from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import HTTPError

url = f'https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/{quote(os.environ["EPISODE_ID"], safe="")}/transcript'
url += "?" + urlencode({
    "limit": "20",
})
request = Request(url, headers={
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SHOWFM_API_KEY"]
})
try:
    with urlopen(request, timeout=30) as response:
        print(json.dumps(json.load(response), indent=2))
except HTTPError as error:
    raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {error.code}: {error.read().decode()}") from error

php

<?php
function requiredEnv(string $name): string {
    $value = getenv($name);
    if ($value === false || $value === '') {
        throw new RuntimeException("Set $name in your environment");
    }
    return $value;
}

$url = "https://api.show.fm" . "/v1/me/episodes/" . rawurlencode(requiredEnv("EPISODE_ID")) . "/transcript";
$url .= '?' . http_build_query([
    "limit" => "20",
], '', '&', PHP_QUERY_RFC3986);
$curl = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer " . requiredEnv("SHOWFM_API_KEY")],
]);
$body = curl_exec($curl);
if ($body === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($curl));
}
$status = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status < 200 || $status >= 300) {
    throw new RuntimeException("HTTP $status: $body");
}
echo json_encode(json_decode($body, false, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR) . PHP_EOL;

Base URL

https://api.show.fm

Authentication

apiKey: HTTP bearer
An API key from Settings → API keys. showfm_live_ in production.

Path parameters

episode_id (required): string, format: uuid
The episode id (UUID).

Query parameters

limit: integer, default: 20, minimum: 1, maximum: 100
Page size, 1 to 100. Default 20.
cursor: string
The pagination.next_cursor value from the previous page.

Responses

Browse the documented response statuses, headers and body fields.

200 OK

Response headers

RateLimit-Policy
The bucket that applied, e.g. "account";q=60;w=60.
string
RateLimit
Requests left and seconds to reset, e.g. "account";r=59;t=42.
string
ETag
string

Response body

Content type: application/json

no additional properties

data (required): TranscriptPage
pagination (required): Pagination
Opaque keyset cursor; pass it back as cursor.

Example response

Illustrative data; your identifiers and figures will differ.

json

{
  "data": {
    "episode_id": "223e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174001",
    "language": "en",
    "word_count": 5,
    "duration_seconds": 3,
    "total_segments": 1,
    "segments": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "start": 0,
        "end": 3,
        "speaker": "Example Host",
        "text": "Welcome to our first episode."
      }
    ]
  },
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": null
  }
}

304 Not modified (matching `If-None-Match`).

This response has no body.

400, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503

400 invalid_request: a bad parameter, or a key sent in the URL.
401 unauthorized (no Bearer key) or invalid_api_key.
403 insufficient_scope, forbidden (role or team-key setting) or plan_upgrade_required.
404 not_found: the key cannot reach this resource.
500 internal_error. Retry; quote X-Request-Id if it persists.
503 service_unavailable. Retry shortly.

Response body

Content type: application/json

schema: Error, no additional properties

error (required): object, no additional properties
- code (required): string, possible values: "invalid_request", "not_found", "unavailable", "unauthorized", "invalid_api_key", "insufficient_scope", "forbidden", "plan_upgrade_required", "rate_limited", "service_unavailable", "internal_error", "not_implemented"
- message (required): string
- details: array
  Items:
  no additional properties
  - field (required): string
  - message (required): string
  - reason: string
    A stable reason a client may branch on, for example outside_retention.
- docs_url: string
- request_id: string

429 `rate_limited`. Wait for `Retry-After` seconds.

Response headers

Retry-After
integer
RateLimit-Policy
The bucket that applied, e.g. "account";q=60;w=60.
string
RateLimit
Requests left and seconds to reset, e.g. "account";r=59;t=42.
string

Response body

Content type: application/json

Uses the shared Error schema. View response fields.

An episode's transcript ​

Make a request ​

Base URL ​

Authentication ​

Path parameters ​

Query parameters ​

Responses ​

200 OK ​

Response headers ​

Response body ​

Example response ​

304 Not modified (matching If-None-Match). ​

400, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503 ​

Response body ​

429 rate_limited. Wait for Retry-After seconds. ​

Response headers ​

Response body ​

An episode's transcript

Make a request

Base URL

Authentication

Path parameters

Query parameters

Responses

200 OK

Response headers

Response body

Example response

304 Not modified (matching `If-None-Match`).

400, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503

Response body

429 `rate_limited`. Wait for `Retry-After` seconds.

Response headers

Response body