Upload a meeting recording

POST/v1/meetings/{id}/recordings

A recording is one session of the meeting: its transcript and, when there is one, its audio or video. Recordings come from the Lightfield notetaker, Gong, Granola, or an upload. Only uploaded recordings can be created or given media through the API. Creates an uploaded recording from files already uploaded through POST /v1/files: a transcript (purpose meeting_transcript, required) and optionally its audio or video (purpose meeting_recording). Both files attach in one write, so a failed request attaches neither. Media can also be added later by updating the recording. Sending a transcript file that is already on the meeting returns that recording. Only meeting participants and workspace owners may upload.

Supports idempotency via the Idempotency-Key header.

Required scope: meetings:update

Rate limit category: Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

id: string

Unique identifier of the meeting.

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

transcriptFileId: string

File ID of a completed upload with purpose meeting_transcript.

isCanonical: optional boolean

Pin this as the meeting’s primary recording. Defaults to true. false attaches it without pinning; on a meeting with no pinned recording, the primary is chosen by source (notetaker, Gong, Granola, then uploads) and then recency, so a newer upload can still become primary.

mediaFileId: optional string

File ID of a completed upload with purpose meeting_recording. Can also be added later by updating the recording.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

MeetingCreateRecordingResponse object { id, isCanonical, media, 4 more }

id: string

Unique identifier of the recording.

isCanonical: boolean

Whether this is the meeting’s primary recording, the one summaries and $transcript use.

media: object { mimeType, url }

Playable audio or video. Null when the recording has none, such as a Granola note, a private Gong call, a failed notetaker recording or an upload without media.

mimeType: string

MIME type of the media, when known.

url: string

Short-lived download URL for the audio or video. Anyone with the URL can download it until it expires, so fetch it again when needed rather than storing it.

provider: "RECALL" or "GONG" or "GRANOLA" or "UPLOAD"

Where the recording came from: RECALL (Lightfield notetaker), GONG, GRANOLA, or UPLOAD.

One of the following:

"RECALL"

"GONG"

"GRANOLA"

"UPLOAD"

recordedAt: string

When the provider recorded it, in ISO 8601. Null if unknown.

recordedBy: string

Display name of who recorded or uploaded it. Not a member reference.

transcript: object { fileId }

The transcript text file. Null for older notetaker recordings.

fileId: string

File ID of the transcript. Read its text through GET /v1/files/{id}/url.

Upload a meeting recording

curl https://api.lightfield.app/v1/meetings/$ID/recordings \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Lightfield-Version: 2026-03-01' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "transcriptFileId": "transcriptFileId"
        }'

{
  "id": "id",
  "isCanonical": true,
  "media": {
    "mimeType": "mimeType",
    "url": "url"
  },
  "provider": "RECALL",
  "recordedAt": "recordedAt",
  "recordedBy": "recordedBy",
  "transcript": {
    "fileId": "fileId"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "isCanonical": true,
  "media": {
    "mimeType": "mimeType",
    "url": "url"
  },
  "provider": "RECALL",
  "recordedAt": "recordedAt",
  "recordedBy": "recordedBy",
  "transcript": {
    "fileId": "fileId"
  }
}