This endpoint retrieves the text summary of a video, provided the summary has already been generated - either during the upload process or by explicitly calling the Generate video summary endpoint. Summaries are generated using FastPix’s AI engine, which processes the full content of the video and outputs a concise, human-readable description. These summaries can help power in-app previews, recommendation engines, accessibility tools, or editorial workflows.
How it works
- Pass the
mediaIdof the video you want to retrieve the summary for. - If a summary exists for the video, the API responds with a structured JSON object containing the summary under the
datafield. - If no summary has been generated for that media yet, the API will return a 400 bad request.
Example
Suppose you're building a video CMS where editors want to quickly understand what a video is about without watching the entire content. After a video is uploaded and processed, you can call this endpoint using its mediaId. If a summary has already been generated, the API returns a concise text description - ready to display in dashboards, search results, or content metadata panels.
Related guide: Generate summary for a video