▶️Create from a YouTube Video

This snippet recreates the ▶️ Create from a YouTube Video recipe using C#. Review the C# guide for environment setup before running it.

// Requires .NET 7+ for raw string literals.
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

var token = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN") ?? "YOUR_API_TOKEN";
var endpoint = "https://api.autocontentapi.com/content/Create";

var payloadJson = """
{
  "outputType": "audio",
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "youtube",
      "content": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"
    }
  ],
  "text": "Share the top lessons and include relevant quotes."
}
""";

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, endpoint)
{
    Content = new StringContent(payloadJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
};
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    Console.Error.WriteLine("Request failed: " + (int)response.StatusCode + " " + response.ReasonPhrase);
    Console.Error.WriteLine(body);
    Environment.Exit(1);
}

Console.WriteLine("Request accepted:");
Console.WriteLine(body);

Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN (or set the AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN environment variable) before running the request.

See also

• Scenario overview

• C# guide