Operations

GET /orders/{ordernum}

Summary Get detailed information about a specific order
URL /api/v1/orders/{ordernum}
Request Parameters
  • ordernum - the order number of the order to retrieve
Detailed Description

Use this method to retrieve information about an order. The data will be returned as JSON or XML, depending on Accept header or URL extension. See below for an annotated example of a response order entity.

Order Status Description
Complete The order is complete. All attachments are available for download. Notifications will be sent. This is a terminal state.*
*Unless manually re-opened for quality control purposes
Cancelled The order was cancelled. This is a terminal state.

Other order status values are possible. However, only Complete and Cancelled are guaranteed not to change in v1 of the API.

Request Headers
  • Authorization - contains client/user API keys
  • Accept - indicates the format in which the response should be delivered. Must be application/json, application/xml, or text/xml
Response On success, 200 OK.
If the order with given order number is not found or does not belong to the user identified by the Authorization header, 404 Not Found.
Response Headers None
Response Body On success, an <order/> entity with the details about the order. On error, empty.
Error Codes None
Annotated sample transcription order response 
{
    /* Rev assigned order number */
    "order_number": "TC432432",
    /* Client reference order number provided with the order request */
    "client_ref": "6",
    /* PO, Project, or Department provided with the order request */
    "po_number": "sampleponumber",
    /* Total cost of the order */
    "price": 56,
    /* Status of the order */
    "status": "Transcribing",
    /* 
        Total length of the audio in media attachments 
        for the order and additional services.
    */
    "transcription": {
        "total_length_seconds": 300,
        "verbatim": true,
        "timestamps": false
    },
    "attachments": [
        {
            /* attachment kind */
            "kind": "media",
            /* name for the attachment */
            "name": "VoiceRecording.mp3",
            /* id for the attachment */
            "id": "1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0",
            "links": [
                {
                    /* 
                        link with URL of the resource 
                        for getting attachment content
                    */
                    "rel": "content",
                    "href": "https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1C4AA"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            /* attachment kind */
            "kind": "transcript",
            /* name for the attachment */
            "name": "Transcript.docx",
            /* id for the attachment */
            "id": "1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0",
            "audio_length_seconds": 48
            "links": [
                {
                  /* 
                    link with URL of the resource 
                    for getting attachment content 
                  */
                  "rel": "content",
                  "href": "https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1B4AA"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    /* list of comments related to the order */
    "comments": [
        {
            /* who the comment is by */
            "by": "John S.",
            /* when the comment was made, in UTC */
            "timestamp": "2003-04-05T12:20:30.567",
            "text": "Please do it quickly"
        }
    ]
}
                
<order>
    <!-- Rev assigned order number -->
    <order_number>TC432432</order_number>
    <!-- Client reference order number provided with the order request -->
    <client_ref>6</client_ref>
    <!-- PO, Project, or Department provided with the order request -->
    <po_number>sampleponumber</po_number>
    <!-- Total cost of the order -->
    <price>56</price>
    <!-- Status of the order -->
    <status>Transcribing</status>
    <!-- 
        total length of the audio in media attachments 
        for the order and additional services 
    -->
    <transcription>
        <total_length_seconds>300</total_length_seconds>
        <verbatim>true</verbatim>
        <timestamps>false</timestamps>
    </transcription>
    <attachments>
        <attachment>
            <!-- attachment kind -->
            <kind>media</kind>
            <!-- name for the attachment -->
            <name>VoiceRecording.mp3</name>
            <!-- id for the attachment -->
            <id>1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0</id>
            <!-- link with URL of the resource for getting attachment content -->
            <link
               rel="content"
               href="https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1C4A/content"/>
        </attachment>
        <attachment>
            <!-- attachment kind -->
            <kind>transcript</kind>
            <!-- name for the attachment -->
            <name>Transcript.docx</name>
            <!-- id for the attachment -->
            <id>1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0</id>
            <!-- link with URL of the resource for getting attachment content -->
            <link
               rel="content"
               href="https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/234A/content"/>
        </attachment>
    </attachments>
    <!-- list of comments related to the order -->
    <comments>
        <comment>
            <!-- who the comment is by -->
            <by>John S.</by>
            <!-- when the comment was made, in UTC -->
            <timestamp>2003-04-05 12:20:30</timestamp>
            <text>Please do it quickly</text>
        </comment>
    </comments>
</order>
Annotated sample caption order response 
{
    /* Rev assigned order number */
    "order_number": "TC432432",
    /* Client reference order number provided with the order request */
    "client_ref": "6",
    /* PO, Project, or Department provided with the order request */
    "po_number": "sampleponumber",
    /* Total cost of the order */
    "price": 56,
    /* Status of the order */
    "status": "Captioning",
    /* total length of the videos included in the order */
    "caption": {
        "total_length_seconds": 300,
    },
    "attachments": [
        {
            /* attachment kind */
            "kind": "media",
            /* name for the attachment */
            "name": "Video.mp4",
            /* id for the attachment */
            "id": "1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0",
            "links": [
                {
                  /* 
                    link with URL of the resource 
                    for getting attachment content 
                  */
                  "rel": "content",
                  "href": "https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1C4AA"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            /* attachment kind */
            "kind": "caption",
            /* name for the attachment */
            "name": "Caption.srt",
            /* id for the attachment */
            "id": "1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0",
            "links": [
                {
                  /* 
                    link with URL of the resource 
                    for getting attachment content 
                  */
                  "rel": "content",
                  "href": "https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1B4AA"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            /* attachment kind for burned-in caption videos */
            "kind": "burnedin",
            /* name for the attachment */
            "name": "Caption.mp4",
            /* id for the attachment */
            "id": "b~AQKhfR8AkCEGMOtQ2AgbbAFC",
            "links": [
                {
                   /* 
                     link with URL of the resource 
                     for getting attachment content 
                   */
                    "rel": "content",
                    "href": "https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/b~AQKhfR8AkCEGMOtQ2AgbbAFC/content",
                    "content-type": "video/mp4"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    /* list of comments related to the order */
    "comments": [
        {
            /* who the comment is by */
            "by": "John S.",
            /* when the comment was made, in UTC */
            "timestamp": "2003-04-05T12:20:30.123",
            "text": "Please do it quickly"
        }
    ]
}
                
<order>
    <!-- Rev assigned order number -->
    <order_number>TC432432</order_number>
    <!-- Client reference order number provided with the order request -->
    <client_ref>6</client_ref>
    <!-- PO, Project, or Department provided with the order request -->
    <po_number>sampleponumber</po_number>
    <!-- Total cost of the order -->
    <price>56</price>
    <!-- Status of the order -->
    <status>Captioning</status>
    <!-- total length of the videos included in the order -->
    <caption>
        <total_length_seconds>5</total_length_seconds>
    </=caption>
    <attachments>
        <attachment>
            <!-- attachment kind -->
            <kind>media</kind>
            <!-- name for the attachment -->
            <name>Video.mp4</name>
            <!-- id for the attachment -->
            <id>1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0</id>
            <!-- link with URL of the resource for getting attachment content -->
            <link
               rel="content"
               href="https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/1C4A/content"/>
        </attachment>
        <attachment>
            <!-- attachment kind -->
            <kind>caption</kind>
            <!-- name for the attachment -->
            <name>Caption.srt</name>
            <!-- id for the attachment -->
            <id>1C4AA80F4000000001000000F2EED32A3DD4775B1B0</id>
            <!-- link with URL of the resource for getting attachment content -->
            <link
               rel="content"
               href="https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/234A/content"/>
        </attachment>
        <attachment>
            <!-- attachment kind for burned-in caption videos -->
            <kind>burnedin</kind>
            <!-- name for the attachment -->
            <name>Caption.mp4</name>
            <!-- id for the attachment -->
            <id>b~AQKhfR8AkCEGMOtQ2AgbbAFC</id>
            <!-- link with URL of the resource for getting attachment content -->
            <link
               rel="content"
               href="https://api.rev.com/api/v1/attachments/b~AQKhfR8AkCEGMOtQ2AgbbAFC/content" content-type="video/mp4"/>
        </attachment>
    </attachments>
    <!-- list of comments related to the order -->
    <comments>
        <comment>
            <!-- who the comment is by -->
            <by>John S.</by>
            <!-- when the comment was made, in UTC -->
            <timestamp>2003-04-05 12:20:30</timestamp>
            <text>Please do it quickly</text>
        </comment>
    </comments>
</order>