Release 3.1.0

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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 # AssemblyAI Node.js SDK
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const transcript = await client.transcripts.create({
   poll: true,
   // How frequently the transcript is polled in ms. Defaults to 3000.
   pollingInterval: 1000,
-  // How long to wait in ms until the "Polling timeout" error is thrown. Defaults to 180000.
+  // How long to wait in ms until the "Polling timeout" error is thrown. Defaults to infinite (-1).
   pollingTimeout: 5000,
 })
 ```
@@ -92,9 +92,21 @@ This will return the transcript object in its current state. If the transcript i
 const transcript = await client.transcripts.get(transcript.id)
 ```
 
+If you disabled polling during transcript creation, you can still poll until the transcript `status` is `completed` or `error` using `waitUntilReady`:
+
+```javascript
+const transcript = await client.transcripts.waitUntilReady(transcript.id,
+{
+  // How frequently the transcript is polled in ms. Defaults to 3000.
+  pollingInterval: 1000,
+  // How long to wait in ms until the "Polling timeout" error is thrown. Defaults to infinite (-1).
+  pollingTimeout: 5000,
+})
+```
+
 ## List transcripts
 
-This will return a page of transcripts that you have created.
+This will return a page of transcripts you created.
 
 ```javascript
 const page = await client.transcripts.list()

src/index.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export type * from "./types";
+export * from "./types";
 export * from "./services";

src/services/transcripts/index.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   TranscriptListParameters,
   WordSearchResponse,
   BaseServiceParams,
+  PollingOptions,
 } from "../..";
 import { FileService } from "../files";
 
@@ -52,31 +53,31 @@ export class TranscriptService
     });
 
     if (options?.poll ?? true) {
-      return await this.poll(data.id, options);
+      return await this.waitUntilReady(data.id, options);
     }
 
     return data;
   }
 
-  private async poll(
+  async waitUntilReady(
     transcriptId: string,
-    options?: CreateTranscriptOptions
+    options?: PollingOptions
   ): Promise<Transcript> {
+    const pollingInterval = options?.pollingInterval ?? 3_000;
+    const pollingTimeout = options?.pollingTimeout ?? -1;
     const startTime = Date.now();
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition
     while (true) {
       const transcript = await this.get(transcriptId);
       if (transcript.status === "completed" || transcript.status === "error") {
         return transcript;
       } else if (
-        Date.now() - startTime <
-        (options?.pollingTimeout ?? 180_000)
+        pollingTimeout > 0 &&
+        Date.now() - startTime > pollingTimeout
       ) {
-        await new Promise((resolve) =>
-          setTimeout(resolve, options?.pollingInterval ?? 3_000)
-        );
-      } else {
         throw new Error("Polling timeout");
+      } else {
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, pollingInterval));
       }
     }
   }
@@ -136,8 +137,9 @@ export class TranscriptService
    * @return A promise that resolves to the sentences.
    */
   wordSearch(id: string, words: string[]): Promise<WordSearchResponse> {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({ words: words.join(",") });
     return this.fetchJson<WordSearchResponse>(
-      `/v2/transcript/${id}/word-search?words=${JSON.stringify(words)}`
+      `/v2/transcript/${id}/word-search?${params.toString()}`
     );
   }
 
@@ -165,10 +167,21 @@ export class TranscriptService
    * Retrieve subtitles of a transcript.
    * @param id The identifier of the transcript.
    * @param format The format of the subtitles.
+   * @param chars_per_caption The maximum number of characters per caption.
    * @return A promise that resolves to the subtitles text.
    */
-  async subtitles(id: string, format: SubtitleFormat = "srt"): Promise<string> {
-    const response = await this.fetch(`/v2/transcript/${id}/${format}`);
+  async subtitles(
+    id: string,
+    format: SubtitleFormat = "srt",
+    chars_per_caption?: number
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    let url = `/v2/transcript/${id}/${format}`;
+    if (chars_per_caption) {
+      const params = new URLSearchParams();
+      params.set("chars_per_caption", chars_per_caption.toString());
+      url += `?${params.toString()}`;
+    }
+    const response = await this.fetch(url);
     return await response.text();
   }
 

src/types/asyncapi.generated.ts

@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ type OneOf<T extends any[]> = T extends [infer Only]
   : never;
 
 export type AudioData = {
-  /** @description Raw audio data, base64 encoded. This can be the raw data recorded directly from a microphone or read from an audio file. */
+  /** @description Base64 encoded raw audio data */
   audio_data: string;
 };
 
 export type FinalTranscript = RealtimeBaseTranscript & {
   /**
-   * @description Describes the type of message.
+   * @description Describes the type of message
    * @constant
    */
   message_type: "FinalTranscript";
-  /** @description Whether the text has been punctuated and cased. */
+  /** @description Whether the text is punctuated and cased */
   punctuated: boolean;
-  /** @description Whether the text has been formatted (e.g. Dollar -> $) */
+  /** @description Whether the text is formatted, for example Dollar -> $ */
   text_formatted: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -39,32 +39,35 @@ export type MessageType =
 
 export type PartialTranscript = RealtimeBaseTranscript & {
   /**
-   * @description Describes the type of message.
+   * @description Describes the type of message
    * @constant
    */
   message_type: "PartialTranscript";
 };
 
 export type RealtimeBaseMessage = {
-  /** @description Describes the type of the message. */
+  /** @description Describes the type of the message */
   message_type: MessageType;
 };
 
 export type RealtimeBaseTranscript = {
-  /** @description End time of audio sample relative to session start, in milliseconds. */
+  /** @description End time of audio sample relative to session start, in milliseconds */
   audio_end: number;
-  /** @description Start time of audio sample relative to session start, in milliseconds. */
+  /** @description Start time of audio sample relative to session start, in milliseconds */
   audio_start: number;
   /**
    * Format: double
-   * @description The confidence score of the entire transcription, between 0 and 1.
+   * @description The confidence score of the entire transcription, between 0 and 1
    */
   confidence: number;
-  /** @description The timestamp for the partial transcript. */
+  /** @description The timestamp for the partial transcript */
   created: Date;
-  /** @description The partial transcript for your audio. */
+  /** @description The partial transcript for your audio */
   text: string;
-  /** @description An array of objects, with the information for each word in the transcription text. Includes the start/end time (in milliseconds) of the word, the confidence score of the word, and the text (i.e. the word itself). */
+  /**
+   * @description An array of objects, with the information for each word in the transcription text.
+   * Includes the start and end time of the word in milliseconds, the confidence score of the word, and the text, which is the word itself.
+   */
   words: Word[];
 };
 
@@ -85,27 +88,27 @@ export type RealtimeTranscript = PartialTranscript | FinalTranscript;
 export type RealtimeTranscriptType = "PartialTranscript" | "FinalTranscript";
 
 export type SessionBegins = RealtimeBaseMessage & {
-  /** @description Timestamp when this session will expire. */
+  /** @description Timestamp when this session will expire */
   expires_at: Date;
   /**
-   * @description Describes the type of the message.
+   * @description Describes the type of the message
    * @constant
    */
   message_type: "SessionBegins";
-  /** @description Unique identifier for the established session. */
+  /** @description Unique identifier for the established session */
   session_id: string;
 };
 
 export type SessionTerminated = RealtimeBaseMessage & {
   /**
-   * @description Describes the type of the message.
+   * @description Describes the type of the message
    * @constant
    */
   message_type: "SessionTerminated";
 };
 
 export type TerminateSession = RealtimeBaseMessage & {
-  /** @description A boolean value to communicate that you wish to end your real-time session forever. */
+  /** @description Set to true to end your real-time session forever */
   terminate_session: boolean;
 };
 

src/types/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-export type * from "./files";
-export type * from "./transcripts";
-export type * from "./realtime";
-export type * from "./services";
-export type * from "./asyncapi.generated";
-export type * from "./openapi.generated";
+export * from "./files";
+export * from "./transcripts";
+export * from "./realtime";
+export * from "./services";
+export * from "./asyncapi.generated";
+export * from "./openapi.generated";