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curl -X POST 'https://api.vizlook.com/search' \
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  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "query": "how to be productive",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "contentOptions": {
      "includeTranscription": true,
      "includeSummary": true
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      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reR_EtTCkW4",
      "title": "Give me 7 minutes and I’ll Make You Dangerously Productive",
      "description": "▸▸ Subscribe to The Martell Method Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3XEBXez\n\n▸▸ Get My New Book (Buy Back Your Time): https://bit.ly/3pCTG78\n\nWorking 18-hour days isn’t productivity; it’s burnout. I’ve built teams and companies generating millions, and it wasn’t from grinding nonstop. It was from building a system that made me unstoppable. In this video, I’ll show you the exact roadmap.",
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        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/reR_EtTCkW4/sddefault.jpg",
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      "author": {
        "name": "Dan Martell",
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      "publishedDate": "2025-08-19T15:01:36.000Z",
      "duration": 444,
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          "visualDescription": "The animated graphic continues, showing the first step: a down arrow and \"Cut The Crap\". The speaker, in a blue t-shirt, is at his desk, talking and gesturing. Text overlay: \"Cut The Crap\". He explains to delete what doesn't matter, focusing on his most important goal.\nThe speaker is framed on the right, with a dark background on the left listing productivity steps. Text overlay: \"CUT THE CRAP\". The list starts with a highlighted bullet point: \"Pick one goal.\". The background on the left shows a piece of paper with \"Goal 1\" to \"Goal 10\" written on it, then \"Goal 3\" is highlighted, and finally, only \"Goal 3\" remains, with a list of tasks underneath: \"- Develop business plan - Conduct market research - Create brand identity - Build website - Launch product\".\nThe speaker continues on the right, with the list expanding on the left. \"Pick one goal.\" is followed by a new highlighted point: \"Pull up your calendar.\". A Google Calendar for August 2025 is shown with numerous appointments. Then, \"Go task by task and ask: 'does this move me closer to my 5-year goal?' -> If yes, circle it green.\" is highlighted, and many calendar entries turn green. The next point is: \"Then ask: 'does it pull me away from my 5-year goal?' -> If yes, circle it red.\". A man plays video games. People clink beer mugs. Several calendar entries turn red. Finally, \"Cut The Red.\" is highlighted, and all red entries disappear from the calendar.\nThe speaker, in a blue t-shirt, is at his desk. He talks about ruthless cutting and the most successful people. The scene cuts to him shaking hands with John C. Maxwell (Bestselling Author, Speaker) in a podcast studio, then to him interviewing Ed Mylett (Global Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author). The speaker then returns to his desk, stating that if something isn't moving you forward, it's holding you back.\nThe speaker is at his desk. He mentions his book \"Buy Back Your Time\". Pages from the book are shown, including sections on \"Step into the Arena\", \"Control of Your Week\", and a weekly calendar template. The book cover, \"BUY BACK YOUR TIME\" by Dan Martell, is prominently displayed. Text overlay: \"LINK IN DESCRIPTION\". He then transitions to the next problem: too many demands on attention.",
          "audioTranscription": "First things first, cut the crap. Forget optimizing. First delete what doesn't matter. If it's not driving towards your most important goals, it's dead weight.\nSo here's how you do it. First off, you pick one goal. I remember listening to this productivity guy and he said, hey, pull out a piece paper, write all your goals on that piece of paper. And pick the one goal, if you got it done, it would make all the other goals come true. And then write that goal on the back side of the paper and then write all the projects and things you could do to make that goal come true. That is your focus.\nPull up your calendar. Look at a full typical week. Then one by one ask yourself, does this move me closer to my 5-year goal? If yes, circle it green. Then ask yourself, does it pull me away from my 5-year goal? This is playing video games, this is hanging out with friends that don't support your goals. If it's a yes, circle it in red. Now cut the red. Ruthlessly.\nThe most successful people I know can say no. They know what they're focused on, they know what they're going to get done, and they don't allow things to distract them from getting it done. If it's not moving you forward, it's holding you back, period.\nNow, I actually go way deeper on this in my book Buy Back Your Time. There's a whole section dedicated to exactly how to spot and cut the stuff that's slowing you down. So once you've got all the BS out of the way, you've got a new problem. Now everyone and everything wants a piece of your freaking attention."
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            "visualDescription": "The speaker in the blue t-shirt continues to speak, gesturing with his hands. The scene transitions to a man working on a laptop at night, with office building lights visible outside the window. Text overlay: \"putting in crazy hours\". Then, a man lies in bed, hands on his head, looking stressed. Text overlay: \"grinding non-stop\". Next, a close-up of an eye reflecting a screen, then a finger tapping a smartphone with text messages. Text overlay: \"checking more boxes\". The speaker reappears, emphasizing his point. Fire particle effects briefly animate over him. Text overlay: \"Burnout with a To-Do list\"."
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            "visualDescription": "The scene shows various software interfaces: ClickUp dashboard, Slack channels, and a product launch dashboard with charts. A hand writes in a physical planner. A close-up of eyes behind glasses reflects screen activity. Text overlays: \"you're still DROWNING IN TASKS barely moving the needle\". The speaker returns to the foreground, animated with a determined expression, gesturing with his hands."
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            "visualDescription": "The speaker is at his desk. A split screen shows a Drake meme with \"doing more\" disliked and \"doing less\" liked, illustrating the concept. The scene shifts to the speaker on stage, back to the audience, then facing the audience at a conference with large red screens displaying \"FORWARD/\". Text overlay: \"I've coached thousands of high performers through this exact shift\"."
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            "visualDescription": "The speaker, in a blue t-shirt, is back at his desk, speaking into the microphone. A montage shows him speaking at various events and in different settings. Logos for 'SPHERIC', 'Flowtown', and 'Clarity' appear. He's seen in a meeting with other men, looking at a laptop, with a whiteboard in the background. A group photo shows him holding a YouTube Play Button award with a team. Text overlay: \"Generated Millions Every Month\". He emphasizes that none of his achievements came from working 18-hour days or daily affirmations."
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            "transcription": "It happened because I learned how to build a system that made me dangerously productive. And it's your lucky day because I'm going to give you the exact road map, so you can use it too. That way you won't just be productive, you'll be f*cking unstoppable.",
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        "overallSummary": "This video, titled \"Give me 7 minutes and I’ll Make You Dangerously Productive,\" challenges common misconceptions about productivity, arguing that true productivity isn't about doing more, but rather doing less and achieving 10 times more. The speaker, Dan Martell, shares a four-step system to achieve \"dangerous productivity\" and avoid burnout. The system focuses on ruthlessly eliminating unimportant tasks, strategically protecting one's time, leveraging automation and delegation to multiply efforts, and winning each day by preparing the night before and prioritizing deep work. Martell emphasizes that by implementing these strategies, individuals can transform their productivity and achieve their full potential.",
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            "title": "Step 1: Cut The Crap - Eliminating Dead Weight Tasks",
            "summary": "The first step to dangerous productivity is to \"cut the crap\" by ruthlessly eliminating tasks that don't contribute to your most important goals. Martell advises identifying your single most important goal and then, using your calendar, categorizing all weekly tasks as either moving you closer (green) or pulling you away (red) from that goal. He stresses the importance of saying \"no\" to distractions and cutting out all \"red\" tasks, suggesting his book \"Buy Back Your Time\" for further guidance on this crucial elimination process."
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x-api-key
string
header
required

API key must be provided via x-api-key header.

Body

application/json
query
string
required

The query string for the search.

Example:

"how to be productive"

category
enum<string>

A video category to focus on. The video category classified by our algorithm.

Available options:
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Ecommerce,
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Example:

"Tech"

startPublishedDate

Start date for results based on video published date in ISO timestamp string or millisecond. Such as '2025-01-01T00:00:00Z' or 1735689600000.

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endPublishedDate

End date for results based on video published date in ISO timestamp string or millisecond. Such as '2025-01-01T00:00:00Z' or 1735689600000.

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"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"

containSpokenText
string

A text string to search for in the video's spoken audio transcription, case-insensitive.

Example:

"work smarter and with more intensity"

containScreenText
string

A text string to search for in the video's on-screen text, case-insensitive.

Example:

"I struggle a lot with like"

maxResults
integer

The maximum number of search results to return. The default value is 10 and the maximum value is 20.

Example:

5

contentOptions
object

Configure what search results include.

Response

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Successful response

results
object[]

A list of search video results containing title, URL, published date, author, highlight clips, transcription, summary.

dollarCost
object

Dollar cost of the request.

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