From ea3cbde33c24dde5f2d9463b0319a9611e286309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Constantine Nathanson <constantine@cloudinary.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:51:31 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add auto_transcription to upload params

Fixes #437
---
 cloudinary/utils.py   |  4 +++-
 test/test_uploader.py | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cloudinary/utils.py b/cloudinary/utils.py
index dd895370..d0bd9613 100644
--- a/cloudinary/utils.py
+++ b/cloudinary/utils.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
     "responsive_breakpoints",
     "access_control",
     "metadata",
+    "auto_transcription",
 ]
 
 upload_params = __SIMPLE_UPLOAD_PARAMS + __SERIALIZED_UPLOAD_PARAMS
@@ -1173,7 +1174,8 @@ def build_upload_params(**options):
         "auto_tagging": options.get("auto_tagging") and str(options.get("auto_tagging")),
         "responsive_breakpoints": generate_responsive_breakpoints_string(options.get("responsive_breakpoints")),
         "access_control": options.get("access_control") and json_encode(
-            build_list_of_dicts(options.get("access_control")))
+            build_list_of_dicts(options.get("access_control"))),
+        "auto_transcription": json_encode(options.get("auto_transcription")),
     }
 
     # make sure that we are in-sync with __SERIALIZED_UPLOAD_PARAMS which are in use by other methods
diff --git a/test/test_uploader.py b/test/test_uploader.py
index be233087..3bfe27ac 100644
--- a/test/test_uploader.py
+++ b/test/test_uploader.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import io
+import json
 import os
 import tempfile
 import unittest
@@ -460,6 +461,20 @@ def test_explicit_error_handling_not_found(self):
         self.assertTrue(not_found_res["error"]["message"].startswith("Resource not found"))
 
 
+    @patch(URLLIB3_REQUEST)
+    @unittest.skipUnless(cloudinary.config().api_secret, "requires api_key/api_secret")
+    def test_explicit_auto_transcription(self, mocker):
+        """Should pass auto_transcription to the API via explicit"""
+        mocker.return_value = MOCK_RESPONSE
+
+        uploader.explicit("test_id", type="upload", resource_type="video", auto_transcription=True)
+        self.assertEqual(get_param(mocker, "auto_transcription"), "true")
+
+        uploader.explicit("test_id", type="upload", resource_type="video",
+                          auto_transcription={"translate": ["pl-PL", "he-IL"]})
+        result = json.loads(get_param(mocker, "auto_transcription"))
+        self.assertEqual(result, {"translate": ["pl-PL", "he-IL"]})
+
     @unittest.skipUnless(cloudinary.config().api_secret, "requires api_key/api_secret")
     def test_update_metadata(self):
         metadata = {METADATA_FIELD_UNIQUE_EXTERNAL_ID: "test"}
@@ -960,7 +975,8 @@ def test_various_upload_parameters(self, request_mock):
             'media_metadata': True,
             'visual_search': True,
             'on_success': ON_SUCCESS_STR,
-            'regions': {"box_1": [[1, 2], [3, 4]], "box_2": [[5, 6], [7, 8]]}
+            'regions': {"box_1": [[1, 2], [3, 4]], "box_2": [[5, 6], [7, 8]]},
+            'auto_transcription': True,
         }
 
         uploader.upload(TEST_IMAGE, **options)

From 9554f87d484718c8902b2ff3007bca0c8ea77f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Constantine Nathanson <constantine@cloudinary.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:09:41 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add auto_chaptering to upload params

---
 cloudinary/utils.py   | 1 +
 test/test_uploader.py | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cloudinary/utils.py b/cloudinary/utils.py
index d0bd9613..87914ee3 100644
--- a/cloudinary/utils.py
+++ b/cloudinary/utils.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     "async",
     "cinemagraph_analysis",
     "accessibility_analysis",
+    "auto_chaptering",
 ]
 
 __SERIALIZED_UPLOAD_PARAMS = [
diff --git a/test/test_uploader.py b/test/test_uploader.py
index 3bfe27ac..b9e1d395 100644
--- a/test/test_uploader.py
+++ b/test/test_uploader.py
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ def test_various_upload_parameters(self, request_mock):
             'on_success': ON_SUCCESS_STR,
             'regions': {"box_1": [[1, 2], [3, 4]], "box_2": [[5, 6], [7, 8]]},
             'auto_transcription': True,
+            'auto_chaptering': True,
         }
 
         uploader.upload(TEST_IMAGE, **options)