Ask a question, get back exactly where it's answered.

The same thing, in code

One call, one JSON answer. This is the request that produced the result above, and the complete response, every mention, exactly as the API returned it.

request

curl -s -X POST https://podmenti.com/api/v1/ai-search/query \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pm_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"transcript_id": "a7c18c255b33d645",
       "topic": "books recommended or referenced by title, with the author if mentioned"}'

response

{
  "transcript_id": "a7c18c255b33d645",
  "topic": "books recommended or referenced by title, with the author if mentioned",
  "found": true,
  "summary": "The podcast transcript references several books by title and author, including works by Elizabeth Gilbert, Anne Lamott, Jerry Seinfeld, Mary Carr, Brandon Sanderson, and Seth Godin.",
  "mentions": [
    {
      "quote": "Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of Eat Pray Love Big magic. And city of girls.",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss introduces Elizabeth Gilbert by mentioning several of her books.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 114.6,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=114"
    },
    {
      "quote": "Anne Lamott is the author of twenty books. Including Bird by bird. Operating instructions. And help. Thanks. Wow.",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss introduces Anne Lamott, listing several of her authored books.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 387.1,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=387"
    },
    {
      "quote": "I'm gonna ask a question that no doubt you've been asked before, but I have to ask What do you think it is about bird by bird? that affected so many people so deeply.",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss asks Anne Lamott about the impact of her book Bird by Bird.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 402.1,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=402"
    },
    {
      "quote": "He he's uh Neil Allen. He wrote Shapes of Truth.",
      "context": "Anne Lamott mentions her husband Neil Allen's book Shapes of Truth while discussing inner critic work.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 654.4,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=654"
    },
    {
      "quote": "Joy Carol Oates has written more than seventy books, including Blonde And we were the Mulvanies. and won the National Book Award for her novel Them.",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss introduces Joyce Carol Oates and references several of her books.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 786.7,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=786"
    },
    {
      "quote": "And wrote Is this anything?",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss mentions Jerry Seinfeld's book Is this anything? during his introduction.",
      "timestamp_seconds": null,
      "listen_url": null
    },
    {
      "quote": "I picked up this book uh by Bill Phillips called Body for Life.",
      "context": "Jerry Seinfeld talks about using Bill Phillips's book Body for Life to help him get in shape.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 1254.8,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=1254"
    },
    {
      "quote": "Mary Carr wrote the best selling memoirs. The Liers Club? Cherry and Lit And her book on writing. The Art of Memoir.",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss introduces Mary Carr and lists her memoirs and her book on writing.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 1589.3,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=1589"
    },
    {
      "quote": "Brandon Sanderson created the Mistborn and Stormlight archive series.",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss introduces Brandon Sanderson, referencing his major series.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 2110.6,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=2110"
    },
    {
      "quote": "I read uh On Writing by Stephen King and How to Write Sci Fi and Fantasy by Orson Scottkard.",
      "context": "Brandon Sanderson discusses reading books by Stephen King and Orson Scott Card while studying writing before breaking in.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 2304.3,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=2304"
    },
    {
      "quote": "Seth Godin has written twenty-one bestsellers published in forty languages, and Including Purple Cow? Lynchpin. And the practice.",
      "context": "Tim Ferriss introduces Seth Godin by listing several of his best-selling books.",
      "timestamp_seconds": 2707.2,
      "listen_url": "https://podmenti.com/t/a7c18c255b33d645#t=2707"
    },
    {
      "quote": "First twenty years ago. I wrote a book called Permission Marketing.",
      "context": "Seth Godin discusses writing his early book Permission Marketing.",
      "timestamp_seconds": null,
      "listen_url": null
    },
    {
      "quote": "And thanks to Malcolm. He sent me he was unknown. He sent me this new book called The Tipping Point.",
      "context": "Seth Godin recounts receiving Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point.",
      "timestamp_seconds": null,
      "listen_url": null
    },
    {
      "quote": "And 10 years later, the same 2010 you're saying. I wrote a book called Lynchpin.",
      "context": "Seth Godin talks about writing his book Lynchpin.",
      "timestamp_seconds": null,
      "listen_url": null
    }
  ],
  "credits": 8
}