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# Create a transcription job from an uploaded file



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /api/v1/transcription-jobs
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Vook API
  description: >-
    Public transcription API. Authenticate every request with your API key:
    `Authorization: Bearer vk_live_…`.


    ## Transcribe a file (3 calls)


    1. **`POST /api/v1/uploads/init`** → returns an `upload_token`.

    2. **`POST {ingress}/upload`**: upload the whole file to the ingress host
    (`https://ingress.vook.ai`, **a different host from this API**) as
    `multipart/form-data` with a single `chunk` field, authenticated with
    `Authorization: Bearer {upload_token}`. The file is sent as a single chunk;
    no chunk index/count is needed. This step is on the ingress service and is
    not listed below.

    3. **`POST /api/v1/transcription-jobs`**: pass the `upload_token` +
    `file_name` + `language` + `diarize`. Returns a job `id`.


    Then **poll `GET /api/v1/transcription-jobs/{id}`** until `status` is
    `completed` (or `partial`/`failed`). Read each id in `transcription_ids`
    through **`GET /api/v1/transcriptions/{id}`** and its `/transcript` /
    `/export` sub-resources.
  version: v1
  contact: {}
servers:
  - url: https://www.api.vook.ai
    description: Production
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /api/v1/transcription-jobs:
    post:
      tags:
        - Transcription jobs (API v1)
      summary: Create a transcription job from an uploaded file
      operationId: ApiV1TranscriptionJobsController_create
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiCreateTranscriptionJobDto'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Transcription job created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiCreateTranscriptionJobResponseDto'
        '201':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiCreateTranscriptionJobResponseDto'
      security:
        - bearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    ApiCreateTranscriptionJobDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        upload_token:
          type: string
          description: Upload token returned by POST /api/v1/uploads/init
        file_name:
          type: string
          description: Original file name
          example: meeting.mp3
        language:
          type: string
          description: Spoken language code
          example: en
        diarize:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to diarize (separate speakers)
          example: false
        name:
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
          description: Display name for the resulting transcription(s)
          example: Team weekly sync
      required:
        - upload_token
        - file_name
        - language
        - diarize
    ApiCreateTranscriptionJobResponseDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Transcription job ID
          example: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptionJobStatus'
          description: Job lifecycle status
          example: queued
      required:
        - id
        - status
    TranscriptionJobStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - queued
        - processing
        - completed
        - partial
        - failed

````