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Summary already exists

A summary already exists for the video that you tried adding a summary to.

Sample error response

{
  "type": "https://docs.api.video/reference/summary-already-exists",
  "title": "A summary already exists or is being created on this video.",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "You can delete the existing summary and generate a new one.",
  "name": "videoId"
}

Causes

This error can occur in 3 scenarios:

  • When using POST /summaries on an already uploaded video that has a summary, or where summary generation is in progress
  • When using PATCH /summaries/{summaryId}/source on a video where a summary source is already generated, or where summary generation is in progress
  • When using PATCH /videos/{videoId} on a video where a summary source is already generated, or where summary generation is in progress

The API does not allow updating already generated summaries.

Solution

To recreate or fix an incorrect summary for a video, you first need to delete the existing summary:

curl -s --location --request DELETE 'https://ws.staging.api.video/summaries/summary_1CGHWuXjhxmeH4WiZ51234/source' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic {Your API key}' \

After the API responds with 204 - Deleted, you can repeat your original request to POST or PATCH the summary.

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