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MeowTXT API provides developers with a powerful, enterprise-grade transcription engine. Whether you're building a podcast platform, a video editing tool, or an automated meeting logger, our API scales with your needs. Get high-quality, timestamped transcripts with multi-language support in seconds.

Scalable Infrastructure

Built for high-volume workloads with 99.9% uptime and processing speeds up to 20x faster than real-time.

Secure & Private

Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We never use your content to train our models without permission.

Easy Integration

Restful API with simple Bearer token auth and flexible webhook notifications for seamless developer experience.

Documentation

Simple, powerful endpoints to transcribe your media.

API Reference
Base URL: https://www.meowtxt.com

Authentication

Include your API Key in the Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.

Authorization: Bearer sk_meow_...

POST/api/v1/transcribe

Submit a file URL for transcription. The process is asynchronous.

Request Body
  • file_url (required): Direct URL to audio/video file. Must be publicly accessible.

    • Supported formats: mp3, mp4, wav, m4a, flac, aac, avi, mov, mkv and more.

    • Max file size: 4 GB

    • Max duration: 4 hours

  • webhook_url (optional): URL to receive POST callback.
  • language (optional): 'en', 'es', etc. Default: auto.
Note: We cannot access files behind logins (e.g. Google Drive private links, iCloud). Use a direct public link or storage bucket. Contact us at support@meowtxt.com for more file uploading options.
Response
{
  "id": "task_123...",
  "status": "pending",
  "created_at": "..."
}
Example Request
curl -X POST https://www.meowtxt.com/api/v1/transcribe \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file_url": "https://example.com/audio.mp3",
    "webhook_url": "https://your-site.com/webhook"
  }'

GET/api/v1/tasks/:id

Retrieve the status and results of a specific task.

curl https://www.meowtxt.com/api/v1/tasks/task_123... \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Webhook Payloads

If you provide a webhook_url, we'll POST the result to your server as soon as the processing is complete.

{
  "id": "task_123...",
  "status": "completed", // or "failed"
  "file_url": "...",
  "duration_seconds": 120,
  "output": {
    "text": "Full transcription...",
    "segments": [
      { "start": 0, "end": 2.5, "text": "Hello world" }
    ]
  },
  "error": null
}