Fireflies.ai

Fireflies

Access the Fireflies.ai GraphQL API with managed OAuth authentication. Retrieve meeting transcripts, summaries, users, contacts, channels, and use AI-powered meeting analysis with AskFred.

Quick Start

# Get current user
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'query': '{ user { user_id name email is_admin } }'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/fireflies/graphql', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://api.maton.ai/fireflies/graphql

All requests are sent to a single GraphQL endpoint. Maton proxies requests to api.fireflies.ai/graphql and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Fireflies OAuth connections at https://api.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections?app=fireflies&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'fireflies'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "{connection_id}",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-11T00:45:25.802991Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-11T00:46:04.771700Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "fireflies",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Fireflies connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'query': '{ user { user_id name email } }'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/fireflies/graphql', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '{connection_id}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If you have multiple connections, always include this header to ensure requests go to the intended account.

Security & Permissions

• Access is scoped to meeting transcripts, notes, users, and audio recordings within the connected Fireflies account.
• All write operations require explicit user approval. Before executing any create, update, or delete mutation, confirm the target resource and intended effect with the user.

GraphQL API

Fireflies uses GraphQL, which means all requests are POST requests to a single /graphql endpoint with a JSON body containing the query.

Request Format

POST /fireflies/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "query": "{ ... }",
  "variables": { ... }
}

---

Queries

Get Current User

{
  user {
    user_id
    name
    email
    is_admin
    num_transcripts
    minutes_consumed
    recent_transcript
    recent_meeting
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "user_id": "01KH5131Z0W4TS7BBSEP66CV6V",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "email": "john@example.com",
      "is_admin": true,
      "num_transcripts": null,
      "minutes_consumed": 0
    }
  }
}

List Users

{
  users {
    user_id
    name
    email
    is_admin
    num_transcripts
    minutes_consumed
  }
}

List Transcripts

{
  transcripts {
    id
    title
    date
    duration
    host_email
    organizer_email
    privacy
    transcript_url
    audio_url
    video_url
    dateString
    calendar_type
    meeting_link
  }
}

With Variables (filtering):

{
  "query": "query($limit: Int, $skip: Int) { transcripts(limit: $limit, skip: $skip) { id title date duration } }",
  "variables": {
    "limit": 10,
    "skip": 0
  }
}

Get Transcript by ID

query($id: String!) {
  transcript(id: $id) {
    id
    title
    date
    duration
    host_email
    privacy
    transcript_url
    audio_url
    summary {
      overview
      short_summary
      action_items
      outline
      keywords
      meeting_type
    }
    sentences {
      text
      speaker_name
      start_time
      end_time
    }
    participants
    speakers {
      name
    }
  }
}

List Channels

{
  channels {
    id
    title
    created_at
    updated_at
    is_private
    created_by
  }
}

Get Channel by ID

query($id: String!) {
  channel(id: $id) {
    id
    title
    created_at
    is_private
    members
  }
}

List Contacts

{
  contacts {
    email
    name
    picture
    last_meeting_date
  }
}

List User Groups

{
  user_groups {
    id
    name
  }
}

List Bites (Soundbites)

{
  bites {
    id
    name
    transcript_id
    thumbnail
    preview
    status
    summary
    start_time
    end_time
    media_type
    created_at
  }
}

Get Bite by ID

query($id: String!) {
  bite(id: $id) {
    id
    name
    transcript_id
    summary
    start_time
    end_time
    captions
  }
}

List Active Meetings

{
  active_meetings {
    id
    title
    date
  }
}

AskFred Threads

Query meeting content using AI.

List Threads:

{
  askfred_threads {
    id
    title
    created_at
  }
}

Get Thread by ID:

query($id: String!) {
  askfred_thread(id: $id) {
    id
    title
    messages {
      content
      role
    }
  }
}

---

Mutations

Upload Audio

mutation($input: AudioUploadInput!) {
  uploadAudio(input: $input) {
    success
    title
    message
  }
}

Variables:

{
  "input": {
    "url": "https://example.com/audio.mp3",
    "title": "Meeting Recording"
  }
}

Delete Transcript

mutation($id: String!) {
  deleteTranscript(id: $id) {
    success
    message
  }
}

Update Meeting Title

mutation($id: String!, $title: String!) {
  updateMeetingTitle(id: $id, title: $title) {
    success
  }
}

Update Meeting Privacy

mutation($id: String!, $privacy: String!) {
  updateMeetingPrivacy(id: $id, privacy: $privacy) {
    success
  }
}

Update Meeting Channel

mutation($id: String!, $channelId: String!) {
  updateMeetingChannel(id: $id, channelId: $channelId) {
    success
  }
}

Set User Role

mutation($userId: String!, $role: String!) {
  setUserRole(userId: $userId, role: $role) {
    success
  }
}

Create Bite

mutation($input: CreateBiteInput!) {
  createBite(input: $input) {
    id
    name
  }
}

AskFred Mutations

Create Thread:

mutation($input: CreateAskFredThreadInput!) {
  createAskFredThread(input: $input) {
    id
    title
  }
}

Continue Thread:

mutation($id: String!, $question: String!) {
  continueAskFredThread(id: $id, question: $question) {
    id
    messages {
      content
      role
    }
  }
}

Delete Thread:

mutation($id: String!) {
  deleteAskFredThread(id: $id) {
    success
  }
}

Live Meeting Mutations

Update Meeting State (pause/resume):

mutation($id: String!, $state: String!) {
  updateMeetingState(id: $id, state: $state) {
    success
  }
}

Create Live Action Item:

mutation($meetingId: String!, $text: String!) {
  createLiveActionItem(meetingId: $meetingId, text: $text) {
    success
  }
}

Create Live Soundbite:

mutation($meetingId: String!, $name: String!) {
  createLiveSoundbite(meetingId: $meetingId, name: $name) {
    success
  }
}

Add Bot to Live Meeting:

mutation($meetingLink: String!) {
  addToLiveMeeting(meetingLink: $meetingLink) {
    success
  }
}

---

Code Examples

JavaScript

const query = `{
  user {
    user_id
    name
    email
  }
}`;

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.maton.ai/fireflies/graphql',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ query })
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.data.user);

Python

import os
import requests

query = '''
{
  transcripts {
    id
    title
    date
    duration
  }
}
'''

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.maton.ai/fireflies/graphql',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={'query': query}
)
data = response.json()
for transcript in data['data']['transcripts']:
    print(f"{transcript['title']}: {transcript['duration']}s")

Notes

• Fireflies uses GraphQL, not REST - all requests are POST to /graphql
• User IDs are ULIDs (e.g., 01KH5131Z0W4TS7BBSEP66CV6V)
• Timestamps are Unix timestamps (milliseconds)
• The summary field on transcripts contains AI-generated content: overview, action_items, outline, keywords
• AskFred allows natural language queries across meeting transcripts
• Rate limits: 50 API calls/day on free plan, more on Business plan
• IMPORTANT: All GraphQL queries and mutations must be sent as POST requests with Content-Type: application/json
• IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments

Error Handling

GraphQL Errors:

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Cannot query field \"id\" on type \"User\".",
      "code": "GRAPHQL_VALIDATION_FAILED"
    }
  ]
}

Troubleshooting: API Key Issues

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

1. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Troubleshooting: Invalid App Name

1. Ensure your URL path starts with fireflies. For example:

• Correct: https://api.maton.ai/fireflies/graphql
• Incorrect: https://api.maton.ai/graphql

Resources

• Fireflies API Documentation
• Fireflies GraphQL API Reference
• Fireflies Developer Program
• Maton Community
• Maton Support