# Workflow Utilities Auto Subtitle API

> Burns word-highlighted, TikTok-style subtitles into a video, with font, color and position controls

Transcribes the speech in a video and burns in subtitles with the currently spoken word highlighted. Style options include any Google Font name, size 20-150, weight, text and highlight colors, stroke, background color and opacity, and top, center or bottom placement with a vertical offset. `words_per_subtitle` ranges from 1 to 12, and a bounce animation can be turned on or off. Also returns the transcription and word timings.

- Model id: `workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle`
- Made by: Utility
- Category: Video to Video
- Output: video
- Price per minute of your input video: $0.03 / minute of input video (cheapest run $0.03 (30 API credits))
- Run: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle`
- Quote: `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle`
- Docs page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle

## Pricing

Price: **$0.03 / minute of input video**. Price per minute of your input video: the input files are measured before the run (length, resolution, frame rate). The quote measures the same files and is exactly what the run charges.

The full example input below costs $0.005 = 5 API credits (0.1667 min input video × $0.03).

Prices are the upstream price in USD, paid from the API balance in API credits (1000 API credits = 1 USD). `POST https://api.doitong.com/v1/quote/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle` with the same JSON body returns the exact price for that input; the quote is exactly what a run charges. Invalid input is never charged and failed or canceled requests are refunded automatically.

## Input parameters

Send either the canonical name or the native field name (not both). Canonical names are the same across models.

| Parameter | Canonical name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `video_url` | `video` | string (video URL) | yes |  |  | Video URL for automatic subtitle addition. |
| `language` |  | string | no | `en` |  | Transcription language identifier, such as 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'de', 'it', 'pt', 'nl', 'ja', 'zh', or 'ko'. A 3-letter ISO identifier such as 'eng', 'spa', or 'fra' is also accepted. |
| `font_name` |  | string | no | `Montserrat` |  | Font name selected from fonts.google.com; any Google Font is accepted, including 'Montserrat', 'Poppins', and 'BBH Sans Hegarty'. |
| `font_size` |  | integer | no | `100` | 20 – 150 | Subtitle font size; TikTok styling uses bigger text. |
| `font_weight` |  | enum (string) | no | `bold` | `normal`, `bold`, `black` | Text weight; typical TikTok styling uses bold or black. |
| `font_color` |  | enum (string) | no | `white` | `white`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `blue`, `yellow`, `orange`, `purple`, `pink`, `brown`, `gray`, `cyan`, `magenta` | Color used for subtitle words that are not active. |
| `highlight_color` |  | enum (string) | no | `purple` | `white`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `blue`, `yellow`, `orange`, `purple`, `pink`, `brown`, `gray`, `cyan`, `magenta` | Karaoke-style highlight color applied to the word being spoken. |
| `stroke_width` |  | integer | no | `3` | 0 – 10 | Width of the text outline or stroke, measured in pixels; 0 disables it. |
| `stroke_color` |  | enum (string) | no | `black` | `black`, `white`, `red`, `green`, `blue`, `yellow`, `orange`, `purple`, `pink`, `brown`, `gray`, `cyan`, `magenta` | Color applied to the text outline or stroke. |
| `background_color` |  | enum (string) | no | `none` | `black`, `white`, `red`, `green`, `blue`, `yellow`, `orange`, `purple`, `pink`, `brown`, `gray`, `cyan`, `magenta`, `none`, `transparent` | Color of the background behind the text; 'none' and 'transparent' both disable the background. |
| `background_opacity` |  | number | no | `0` | 0 – 1 | Opacity of the background, with 0.0 meaning fully transparent and 1.0 meaning fully opaque. |
| `position` |  | enum (string) | no | `bottom` | `top`, `center`, `bottom` | Placement of subtitles along the vertical axis. |
| `y_offset` |  | integer | no | `75` | -200 – 200 | Vertical displacement in pixels; positive values shift downward, while negative values shift upward. |
| `words_per_subtitle` |  | integer | no | `3` | 1 – 12 | Subtitle word-count cap, allowing single-word display at 1, short-phrase display at 2–3, or full-sentence display at 8–12 words per segment. |
| `enable_animation` |  | boolean | no | `true` |  | Enables subtitle animation with a bouncing entrance effect. |

File parameters (`video`) take a public `https://` URL, a `data:` URI up to 10 MB, or the `file_url` of an upload from `POST /files`.

## Example input

Required parameters only:

```json
{
  "video": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
}
```

A fuller example:

```json
{
  "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
}
```

## Run it

Set `DOITONG_API_KEY` to a key from https://doitong.com/developers/dashboard#keys. `?wait=20` returns the finished request in the same call when it is ready within 20 seconds; otherwise poll `GET /requests/{id}` (it also accepts `?wait=`), or pass `webhook_url`.

### curl

```bash
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1";
const headers = {
  "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.DOITONG_API_KEY,
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

// Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
let res = await fetch(API + "/run/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle?wait=20", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
  }),
});
let request = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(request.error.code + ": " + request.error.message);

// Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while (request.status === "queued" || request.status === "running") {
  res = await fetch(API + "/requests/" + request.id + "?wait=20", { headers });
  request = await res.json();
}
if (request.status !== "succeeded") throw new Error(JSON.stringify(request.error));
console.log(request.outputs.map((o) => o.url), request.cost.credits + " API credits ($" + request.cost.usd + ")");
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

API = "https://api.doitong.com/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["DOITONG_API_KEY"]}

payload = {
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4",
}

# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
r = requests.post(API + "/run/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle", params={"wait": 20}, json=payload, headers=headers)
request = r.json()
if not r.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"]["code"] + ": " + request["error"]["message"])

# Not finished yet: long-poll until it is
while request["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    request = requests.get(API + "/requests/" + request["id"], params={"wait": 20}, headers=headers).json()
if request["status"] != "succeeded":
    raise RuntimeError(request["error"])
print([o["url"] for o in request["outputs"]], request["cost"]["credits"], "API credits", "$" + request["cost"]["usd"])
```

### MCP

The MCP server at `https://api.doitong.com/v1/mcp` exposes the tools `search_models`, `get_model`, `quote`, `run`, `get_request`, `cancel_request`, `list_requests`, `create_upload` and `get_account`. A `run` call for this model:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "run",
    "arguments": {
      "model_id": "workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle",
      "input": {
        "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
      },
      "wait_seconds": 20
    }
  }
}
```

## Response

Every call returns a request object. `status` is one of `queued`, `running`, `succeeded`, `failed`, `canceled`. `outputs` lists the generated files with URLs on our storage (kept forever, or 7 days with `?storage=temporary`; `storage` says which); `output` is the model's own result object with the same URLs.

```json
{
  "id": "req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
  "object": "request",
  "model": "workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:02Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:09Z",
  "queue_position": null,
  "cost": {
    "credits": 5,
    "usd": "0.005",
    "charged": 5,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "video_url": "https://content.doitong.com/video/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.mp4"
  },
  "output": {
    "video": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp4",
      "content_type": "video/mp4",
      "file_name": "0-output.mp4",
      "file_size": 1843200
    },
    "transcription": "string",
    "subtitle_count": 1,
    "words": [
      {}
    ],
    "transcription_metadata": {}
  },
  "outputs": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.mp4",
      "content_type": "video/mp4",
      "file_size": 1843200,
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720,
      "duration": 5,
      "stored": true
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metrics": {
    "inference_seconds": 6.8
  },
  "urls": {
    "self": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
```

### Output fields (`output`)

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `video` | object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size} | Video containing automatically generated subtitles. |
| `transcription` | string | Complete text of the transcription. |
| `subtitle_count` | integer | Count of generated subtitle segments. |
| `words` | array of object \| null | Timing data for individual words supplied by the transcription service. |
| `transcription_metadata` | object \| null | Extra metadata supplied by ElevenLabs for the transcription, including language, segments, and other details. |

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## Links

- HTML page: https://doitong.com/developers/models/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle
- All models and guides for AI agents: https://doitong.com/developers/llms.txt
- OpenAPI 3.1 with this model's typed request body: https://doitong.com/developers/openapi.json?model=workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle
- Errors: https://doitong.com/developers/docs/errors
- Model details as JSON: https://api.doitong.com/v1/models/workflow-utilities/auto-subtitle