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# Get video summary

GET https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/{mediaId}/summary

This endpoint retrieves the AI-generated textual summary for an existing media. The response helps you display a quick overview of the video's main topics and key takeaways.

#### How it works

1. Send a `GET` request to this endpoint, replacing `<mediaId>` with the ID of the media.
2. The response includes the job status and the generated summary.

**Use case**: Use this endpoint to retrieve summary for a video or other processed media.

Reference: https://fastpix.com/docs/in-video-ai-api/video-summary/get-media-ai-summary

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — FastPix APIs are secured with Basic Authentication. Use your Access Token ID as the username and Secret Key as the password in the Authorization header of each API request. * Username: Access Token ID * Password: Secret Key Activate your FastPix account to generate your API credentials. See the guide here

## Request

### Path parameters

- `mediaId` (string, required) — The unique identifier assigned to the media when it is created. The value must be a valid UUID.

## Response

### 200

Successfully retrieved media video summary.

- `success` (boolean, optional) — Shows the request status. Returns true for success and false for failure.
- `data` (AiMediaIdSummaryGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, optional)

## Types

### AiMediaIdSummaryGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `status` (string, optional) — Shows the status of the job. Returns COMPLETED if the job is completed.
- `result` (AiSummaryResult, optional)

### AiSummaryResult

- `summary` (string, optional) — Textual summary of the media content.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "result": {
      "summary": "The speaker discusses the similarities between TikTok and Instagram, noting that Instagram is increasingly mimicking TikTok's scroll feature. They express a preference for TikTok but see Instagram as a growing platform worth considering. The speaker mentions wanting to explore YouTube Shorts but hasn't yet. The overall takeaway is the strategic importance of leveraging both TikTok and Instagram for content posting."
    }
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary"

response = requests.get(url, auth=("<username>", "<password>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary';
const credentials = btoa("<username>:<password>");

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<username>", "<password>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<username>", "<password>")

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary")
  .basicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary', [
  'headers' => [
  ],
    'auth' => ['<username>', '<password>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<username>", "<password>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<username>:<password>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = ["Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.fastpix.com/v1/ai/4fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/summary")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```