> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.captioncraft.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get usage

> Check prepaid balances and available job capacity.

Requires `usage:read`. All values are scoped to your account and shared across its API keys.

Read [Usage and credits](/usage-and-credits) for reservation and billing examples, or [Rate limits](/rate-limits) for request and concurrency limits.


## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi.json GET /v1/usage
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: CaptionCraft API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Create captioned MP4 videos from a video URL. Jobs are asynchronous. Poll
    every 5 seconds. Media is retained for 24 hours; request a fresh job
    response to retrieve result URLs. All word timestamps use seconds.
servers:
  - url: https://api.captioncraft.studio
security: []
paths:
  /v1/usage:
    get:
      summary: Read prepaid usage in seconds
      operationId: getUsage
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  available_seconds:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
                  reserved_seconds:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
                  consumed_seconds:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
                  active_jobs:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
                  concurrency_limit:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
              example:
                available_seconds: 300
                reserved_seconds: 60
                consumed_seconds: 24
                active_jobs: 1
                concurrency_limit: 2
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Missing key scope or disabled account
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate or concurrency limit exceeded; honor Retry-After
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              description: Minimum retry delay in seconds.
              schema:
                type: integer
                example: 5
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - request_id
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: cc_ API key

````