Kinode API
The Kinode engine, over HTTP.
Transcripts, bulk fetches, playlist expansion, AI insights, and MP3 export as clean REST endpoints, so you can build transcription into your own product.
What it does
Everything the Kinode workspace does is a documented REST endpoint: transcripts, bulk fetches of up to 50 videos per call, playlist and channel expansion, every AI insight, and MP3 export. If you can click it, you can curl it.
Auth is Bearer keys you mint and revoke from your account page. Responses are predictable JSON with meaningful status codes. The transcript cache works for your code the same way it works in the app, so a video any Kinode user has ever fetched returns instantly and doesn't bill you. Quotas are shared with your workspace plan, which means there's no separate API pricing to reason about.
Capabilities
Everything is an endpoint
If the workspace can do it, your code can too.
Bulk built in
Fifty videos per call, with playlist and channel expansion included.
Bearer-key auth
Scoped keys you can mint and revoke from the account page.
Predictable errors
JSON error envelopes and meaningful status codes throughout.
How it works
Get a key
Any paid plan includes API access. Mint a key from the account page.
Call the endpoint
POST a video URL, playlist, or channel, and get transcripts and insights back as JSON.
Build on the cache
Repeat requests are instant cache hits. Batch endpoints handle backfills.
Automate
Drop it into n8n, Zapier, Make, or your own services. Webhook-friendly on Pro.
Use cases
Product features
Add transcribe-this-video to your own app without building a transcription stack.
Data pipelines
Backfill a channel's entire history into your warehouse with bulk calls and playlist expansion.
Automation
New upload, then transcript, then summary, then Slack or Notion, entirely no-code via n8n or Zapier.
Research corpora
Assemble searchable text datasets from thousands of videos, cached and deduplicated.