POST /v1/nlp/summarize-extractive
Summarise
The handful of sentences that carry the document, selected from the original — nothing invented.
Cut text down to its main points now No key, no code — 3 credits either way.
curl -X POST "$DOATHING_API/v1/nlp/summarize-extractive" \
-H "x-api-key: $DOATHING_KEY" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"text": "Ada Lovelace worked in London for Charles Babbage. She wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine. Her notes described a general-purpose computer a century before one was built.", "options": {"sentences": 2}}'
The handful of sentences that carry the document, selected from the original — nothing invented.
Select the most representative sentences using TextRank or LexRank, preserving original wording.
Input
Send either a text string or a file object. A file is decoded as UTF-8 and must be one of text/plain, text/markdown, text/html, text/csv.
Response
The result carries your remaining balance alongside it, so you can track spend without a second call.
{
"summary": "Ada Lovelace worked in London for Charles Babbage. Her notes described a general-purpose computer…",
"sentence_count": 2,
"source_sentences": 3,
"method": "textrank",
"compression": 0.62,
"request_id": "37f01edb-0163-42a1-ac51-0acaef979800",
"credits_remaining": 96
}
Cost
3 credits per call, whether it is run from the site or from the API — the credential differs, the price does not. A new account starts with 20 credits.
A rejected request still costs a credit: the authorizer decrements before the tool validates. A call rejected for a missing or invalid key is free.
Parameters
Generated from the endpoint’s own validation, so this is exactly what it accepts. A body field goes at the top level; an option goes inside options.
| Name | In | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| method | options | string | "textrank" | textrank, lexrank or lsa. one of textrank, lexrank, lsa |
| sentences | options | integer | 3 | How many sentences to keep, up to 50. 1 to 50 |