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Create an account

First, create an account on https://app.askvideos.com

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Generate an API key

To generate an API key, select the account icon on the top right of the page and select ‘Settings’. Then, navigate to the ‘API keys’ section on the left sidebar. Then select “Create New Secret Key” and enter a name to generate an API key. The API key can then be shown by clicking the eye icon.

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API key best practices

We recommend the following steps to protect API keys from misuse.
Specifying API keys in place can result in unintentional exposure of keys and could make replacement inconveninent.
# .env file
ASKVIDEOS_API_KEY='example_api_key'
It is good practice to rotate API keys and delete old keys to prevent unintended usage. To do so, navigate to the “API keys” page and click on the trash icon to delete an API key.

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Next steps

Now that we have an API key, we can do some cool things with the index.

Search for moments

Search for specific moments in the video index.

Generate answers

Ask questions and generate answers from video content
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