Video API, gRPC: SubtitleService.Create

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Updated at April 24, 2025

gRPC request
CreateSubtitleRequest
SubtitleUploadParams
operation.Operation
CreateSubtitleMetadata
Subtitle

Create a new subtitle.

gRPC request

rpc Create (CreateSubtitleRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

CreateSubtitleRequest

{
  "language": "string",
  "label": "string",
  // Includes only one of the fields `video_id`
  "video_id": "string",
  // end of the list of possible fields
  // Includes only one of the fields `upload`
  "upload": {
    "filename": "string"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

Field	Description
language	string Subtitle language in any of the following formats: three-letter code according to ISO 639-2/T, ISO 639-2/B, or ISO 639-3 two-letter code according to ISO 639-1
label	string Contains the subtitle label (or title) that will be displayed on screen during video playback. Should provide a concise and accurate representation of the spoken content. If not provided, it will be auto-generated based on the specified language.
video_id	string ID of the video. Includes only one of the fields `video_id`.
upload	SubtitleUploadParams Upload subtitle. Includes only one of the fields `upload`. Source type.

SubtitleUploadParams

Field

Description

filename

string

Required field.

operation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": {
    "subtitle_id": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "language": "string",
    "label": "string",
    "status": "SubtitleStatus",
    "source_type": "SubtitleSourceType",
    "filename": "string",
    "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "updated_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    // Includes only one of the fields `video_id`
    "video_id": "string"
    // end of the list of possible fields
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field	Description
id	string ID of the operation.
description	string Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.
created_at	google.protobuf.Timestamp Creation timestamp.
created_by	string ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.
modified_at	google.protobuf.Timestamp The time when the Operation resource was last modified.
done	bool If the value is `false`, it means the operation is still in progress. If `true`, the operation is completed, and either `error` or `response` is available.
metadata	CreateSubtitleMetadata Service-specific metadata associated with the operation. It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.
error	google.rpc.Status The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation. Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`. The operation result. If `done == false` and there was no failure detected, neither `error` nor `response` is set. If `done == false` and there was a failure detected, `error` is set. If `done == true`, exactly one of `error` or `response` is set.
response	Subtitle The normal response of the operation in case of success. If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete, the response is google.protobuf.Empty. If the original method is the standard Create/Update, the response should be the target resource of the operation. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any. Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`. The operation result. If `done == false` and there was no failure detected, neither `error` nor `response` is set. If `done == false` and there was a failure detected, `error` is set. If `done == true`, exactly one of `error` or `response` is set.

CreateSubtitleMetadata

Field

Description

subtitle_id

string

ID of the subtitle.

Subtitle

Field	Description
id	string ID of the subtitle.
language	string Subtitle language in any of the following formats: three-letter code according to ISO 639-2/T, ISO 639-2/B, or ISO 639-3 two-letter code according to ISO 639-1
label	string Subtitle caption to be displayed on screen during video playback.
status	enum SubtitleStatus Subtitle status. `SUBTITLE_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED`: Subtitle status unspecified. `WAIT_UPLOADING`: Waiting for all the bytes to be loaded. `UPLOADED`: Uploading is complete.
source_type	enum SubtitleSourceType Source type. `SUBTITLE_SOURCE_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED`: Subtitle source type unspecified. `MANUAL`: Manually uploaded subtitle. `GENERATED`: Automatically generated subtitle.
filename	string Subtitle filename.
created_at	google.protobuf.Timestamp Time when subtitle was created.
updated_at	google.protobuf.Timestamp Time of last subtitle update.
video_id	string ID of the video. Includes only one of the fields `video_id`.

Video API, gRPC: SubtitleService.Create

gRPC request

CreateSubtitleRequest

SubtitleUploadParams

operation.Operation

CreateSubtitleMetadata

Subtitle

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