PageSum API

Summarize any link or video with one API call.

Send a URL or text. Get back a summary and a TL;DR. Works on articles, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.

One endpoint for articles, text and video
Captions first, speech-to-text when a video has none
Failed requests cost nothing

One request, a few options.

Pick a mode, a length and a language. Everything else is automatic.

{
  "url": "https://example.com/long-read",
  "mode": "detailed",
  "length": "medium",
  "language": "es"
}

# response
{
  "title": "How batteries actually work",
  "summary": "…",
  "tldr": "…",
  "source": { "captions": true },
  "credits": { "charged": 1, "balance": 19 }
}

url: Article, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or X link. Send this or text.
text: Plain text, up to 200,000 characters.
mode: auto, quick, key-points, detailed, eli5, eli10 or one-liner.
length: short, medium or long.
language: Any language code, such as en or es. Default is the content's own language.

Pay for the credits you use.

An article is 1 credit. A short video without captions is 4. Failed requests cost nothing.

Starter

$9 /month

100 credits

$0.090 per credit

60 requests per minute
10 video requests per minute
All summary modes

Builder

$29 /month

400 credits

$0.073 per credit

120 requests per minute
20 video requests per minute
Buy extra credits at the same rate

Scale

$79 /month

1,500 credits

$0.053 per credit

300 requests per minute
40 video requests per minute
Buy extra credits at the same rate

Credits reset each month and do not roll over. Builder and Scale can buy extra credits at their plan rate. Videos without captions cost 4 credits for the first 10 minutes and 2 more for each further 10, up to 25 minutes.

After you subscribe, create your API key on your Account page.

Transcripts are the first step. You need the summary.

Most transcript APIs stop at text. PageSum returns the finished summary in the same call.

Feature	PageSum	Transcript-only API	Do it yourself
Summary and TL;DR in the response	Yes	No, add an LLM call	Build it
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X	Yes	Varies by vendor	One scraper each
Speech-to-text when captions are missing	Included	Varies, often extra	Run your own
Summary modes and languages	7 modes, any language	Not applicable	Prompt it yourself
Failed requests	Cost 0 credits	Varies	You pay for retries

Questions or more credits: [email protected]