Video File Summary API
Generate AI-powered summaries from any direct video file URL. Convert MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, MKV, and other video files into structured insights, key points, main topics, quotes, tone, target audience, and timeline data for AI apps, research, content workflows, and automation.
- AI-powered video summaries and key insights
- Main topics, quotes, tone, and target audience
- 1 credit = 1 minute of video summarized
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See It in Action
Getting started is simple and takes just minutes. Explore the interactive examples below to see exactly how the API works before using it in your own workflow.
Pick a video file
Use any direct video file URL from your server, storage bucket, CDN, or media library.
Send the request
Pick the format you'd use in your own stack, then hit Execute.
curl -X GET "https://api.socialkit.dev/video/summarize?access_key=%7B%7Byour_access_key%7D%7D&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.example.com%2Fvideos%2Fproduct-demo.mp4"
Get the summary
Summary, main topics, key points, quotes, tone, audience, and timeline.
Hit Execute above to send the request and see the captured response.
Everything You Need From a Video File Summary API
Analyze direct video file URLs and receive AI-generated summaries, key points, topics, quotes, tone, audience insights, and custom structured responses in clean JSON.
AI-Powered Video Summaries
Generate clear summaries from video files without watching the full video. Quickly understand what a video is about and extract the most important information.
Main Topics and Key Points
Extract the main topics, important ideas, and key takeaways from any video file so your team can review, organize, and reuse video content faster.
Quotes, Tone, and Audience Insights
Identify useful quotes, understand the tone of the video, and see who the content is best suited for — all returned in a structured API response.
Custom Prompt Support
Guide the AI response with your own instructions. Ask for a short summary, a specific language, a technical focus, a marketing angle, or any other custom analysis style.
Custom Response Fields
Define your own output fields such as title, sentiment, category, language, difficulty level, action items, or any custom data your application needs.
Works With Direct Video File URLs
Summarize video files hosted on your server, storage bucket, CDN, or media library. Just pass the direct video file URL to the API.
What developers say
Teams shipping with SocialKit in production.
"It was very easy to set up and get going, and support was superb."
Ziv Erlichson, Founder at Plynn
"Quick, caring and efficient support!"
Thomas Puech, Designer
"Easy to connect - work's smooth and properly!"
Robert Podsiadlo, Founder at PrimeStuff
What Teams Are Building With Video Summary Data
From content research and meeting analysis to education, documentation, moderation, and market research, AI-generated video summaries help teams understand video files faster.
Content Research
Quickly understand video content without watching the full file. Extract summaries, topics, and key points from interviews, tutorials, webinars, and long-form recordings.
Meeting Analysis
Summarize recorded meetings, presentations, and team discussions to extract decisions, key points, action items, and follow-up notes.
Educational Content
Generate study notes, chapter summaries, and lesson recaps from training videos, lectures, webinars, and online course recordings.
Video Management
Organize and categorize large video libraries by extracting summaries, topics, categories, tone, language, and other structured metadata.
Content Moderation
Screen video content for specific themes, topics, risks, or categories before publishing, reviewing, or adding it to a content library.
Documentation & Content Creation
Turn product demos, tutorials, and recorded sessions into documentation, blog outlines, social posts, newsletters, and internal knowledge base content.
Get Started for Free
Extract transcripts, generate summaries, and analyze engagement from YouTube, TikTok, Shorts, Instagram, and Facebook at scale.
Free
- 20Credits
- Perfect for testing
- 40 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Standard
- 12,000Credits
- $2.42 per 1k credits
- 120 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Growth
- 24,000Credits
- $2.04 per 1k credits
- 180 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Ultimate
- 50,000Credits
- $1.90 per 1k credits
- 360 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
- Higher Rate Limits
- Priority Support
Business
- 150,000Credits
- $1.40 per 1k credits
- 600 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
- Higher Rate Limits
- Priority Support
Free
- 20Credits
- Perfect for testing
- 40 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Standard
- 12,000Credits
- $2.42 per 1k credits
- 120 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Growth
- 24,000Credits
- $2.04 per 1k credits
- 180 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
Ultimate
- 50,000Credits
- $1.90 per 1k credits
- 360 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
- Higher Rate Limits
- Priority Support
Business
- 150,000Credits
- $1.40 per 1k credits
- 600 requests / minute
- Includes All APIs
- YouTube APIs
- TikTok APIs
- Instagram APIs
- Facebook APIs
- Video File APIs
- More Coming Soon
- Higher Rate Limits
- Priority Support
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