# List caption styles

URL: https://clippie.ai/developers/docs/list-caption-styles

Lists the burned-in caption styles (font, colours, one word at a time or lines). Pass an id as captionStyleId.

## At a glance

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| REST | `GET https://api.clippie.ai/v1/caption-styles` |
| MCP tool | `list_caption_styles` |
| Scope | `read` |
| Cost | Free. Works with a read-only key. |

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | query | integer | No |  | How many to return, 1-100. Default 25. 1-100. |
| `cursor` | query | string | No |  | `nextCursor` from the previous page. Up to 500 chars. |

## Example

curl:

```bash
curl "https://api.clippie.ai/v1/caption-styles" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLIPPIE_API_KEY"
```

list-caption-styles.mjs:

```js
const auth = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CLIPPIE_API_KEY}` };

const res = await fetch('https://api.clippie.ai/v1/caption-styles', { headers: auth });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error((await res.json()).error.message);
console.log(await res.json());
```

## Response

`200 { data, nextCursor }`. Pass `nextCursor` as `cursor` for the next page. The item shape is in the [OpenAPI spec](https://api.clippie.ai/v1/openapi.json).

## From an MCP client

Your AI calls `list_caption_styles` with the same fields as JSON arguments. See [MCP server](https://clippie.ai/developers/docs.md#mcp) to connect one.

tools/call:

```json
{
  "name": "list_caption_styles",
  "arguments": {}
}
```