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Video Translate
Requests

Get a video translation request

video_translate.requests.retrieve(strid) -> RequestRetrieveResponse
GET/v1/video-translate/requests/{id}

Returns an account-owned request by UUID or exact reference ID (requests of other accounts return 404). Completed artifact URLs are freshly signed on every read; SRT content is never returned.

ParametersExpand Collapse
id: str
minLength1
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class RequestRetrieveResponse: …
id: str
formatuuid
config: Config

The request config as returned by the API. SRT content is replaced by metadata, speaker_voices keys are canonical speaker IDs, and other keys are returned unchanged.

source_srt: Optional[ConfigSourceSrt]

Public description of a supplied SRT. The subtitle content is never returned.

supplied: Literal[true]
file_name: Optional[str]
language: Optional[str]
speaker_voices: Optional[Dict[str, str]]
target_srts: Optional[Dict[str, ConfigTargetSrts]]
supplied: Literal[true]
file_name: Optional[str]
language: Optional[str]
tts_model: Optional[Literal["eleven_v4", "eleven_multilingual_v2"]]

The explicitly selected text-to-speech model. Omitted when the request used the default.

One of the following:
"eleven_v4"
"eleven_multilingual_v2"
created_at: datetime
formatdate-time
disable_background_audio: bool

Whether background audio was disabled for this request.

disable_lip_sync: bool

Whether lip sync was disabled for this request.

formality: bool
model: Literal["expressive", "classic"]

Product speech model selected for the request.

One of the following:
"expressive"
"classic"
status: Literal["queued", "uploading", "processing", 2 more]
One of the following:
"queued"
"uploading"
"processing"
"completed"
"failed"
target_languages: List[str]
error_message: Optional[str]

Present only when failed. A safe, bounded description, for example SRT or speaker validation errors found after the video was processed.

maxLength1001
finished_at: Optional[datetime]
formatdate-time
outputs: Optional[Dict[str, Outputs]]

Present only when completed, keyed by requested target language. URLs are signed on every read.

audio: str
formaturi
srt: str
formaturi
video: str
formaturi
reference_id: Optional[str]
source_language: Optional[str]

Explicit source language, or the detected one once processing starts.

started_at: Optional[datetime]
formatdate-time
webhook_url: Optional[str]

The configured terminal callback URL, when supplied.

formaturi

Get a video translation request

import os
from chamelaion import Chamelaion

client = Chamelaion(
    bearer_token=os.environ.get("CHAMELAION_BEARER_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
request = client.video_translate.requests.retrieve(
    "x",
)
print(request.id)
{
  "id": "4c98dd00-a982-47d9-a8d6-e1f0b35a8944",
  "reference_id": "customer-job-42",
  "source_language": "en",
  "target_languages": [
    "de",
    "fr"
  ],
  "disable_background_audio": false,
  "disable_lip_sync": false,
  "formality": false,
  "config": {
    "source_srt": {
      "file_name": "interview.srt",
      "language": "en",
      "supplied": true
    },
    "target_srts": {
      "de": {
        "file_name": "target-de.srt",
        "language": "de",
        "supplied": true
      }
    },
    "speaker_voices": {
      "0": "21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM",
      "1": "AZnzlk1XvdvUeBnXmlld"
    }
  },
  "status": "completed",
  "created_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:01Z",
  "finished_at": "2026-10-07T12:04:00Z",
  "outputs": {
    "de": {
      "video": "https://storage.example/signed/de.mp4",
      "audio": "https://storage.example/signed/de.wav",
      "srt": "https://storage.example/signed/de.srt"
    },
    "fr": {
      "video": "https://storage.example/signed/fr.mp4",
      "audio": "https://storage.example/signed/fr.wav",
      "srt": "https://storage.example/signed/fr.srt"
    }
  }
}
{
  "id": "9d2b8c7e-0b5f-4f3e-9a51-2a9e3f1c5b77",
  "target_languages": [
    "de"
  ],
  "source_language": "en",
  "disable_background_audio": false,
  "disable_lip_sync": false,
  "formality": false,
  "config": {
    "speaker_voices": {
      "7": "21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM"
    }
  },
  "status": "failed",
  "created_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:01Z",
  "finished_at": "2026-10-07T12:01:10Z",
  "error_message": "speaker_voices references speakers that are not in the source subtitles: 7 (source speakers: 0, 1)"
}
{
  "error": "missing authorization header"
}
{
  "error": "invalid authorization format"
}
{
  "error": "missing token"
}
{
  "error": "invalid token"
}
{
  "error": "unauthorized"
}
{
  "error": "rate limit exceeded"
}
{
  "error": "internal error"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "4c98dd00-a982-47d9-a8d6-e1f0b35a8944",
  "reference_id": "customer-job-42",
  "source_language": "en",
  "target_languages": [
    "de",
    "fr"
  ],
  "disable_background_audio": false,
  "disable_lip_sync": false,
  "formality": false,
  "config": {
    "source_srt": {
      "file_name": "interview.srt",
      "language": "en",
      "supplied": true
    },
    "target_srts": {
      "de": {
        "file_name": "target-de.srt",
        "language": "de",
        "supplied": true
      }
    },
    "speaker_voices": {
      "0": "21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM",
      "1": "AZnzlk1XvdvUeBnXmlld"
    }
  },
  "status": "completed",
  "created_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:01Z",
  "finished_at": "2026-10-07T12:04:00Z",
  "outputs": {
    "de": {
      "video": "https://storage.example/signed/de.mp4",
      "audio": "https://storage.example/signed/de.wav",
      "srt": "https://storage.example/signed/de.srt"
    },
    "fr": {
      "video": "https://storage.example/signed/fr.mp4",
      "audio": "https://storage.example/signed/fr.wav",
      "srt": "https://storage.example/signed/fr.srt"
    }
  }
}
{
  "id": "9d2b8c7e-0b5f-4f3e-9a51-2a9e3f1c5b77",
  "target_languages": [
    "de"
  ],
  "source_language": "en",
  "disable_background_audio": false,
  "disable_lip_sync": false,
  "formality": false,
  "config": {
    "speaker_voices": {
      "7": "21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM"
    }
  },
  "status": "failed",
  "created_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-07T12:00:01Z",
  "finished_at": "2026-10-07T12:01:10Z",
  "error_message": "speaker_voices references speakers that are not in the source subtitles: 7 (source speakers: 0, 1)"
}
{
  "error": "missing authorization header"
}
{
  "error": "invalid authorization format"
}
{
  "error": "missing token"
}
{
  "error": "invalid token"
}
{
  "error": "unauthorized"
}
{
  "error": "rate limit exceeded"
}
{
  "error": "internal error"
}