Important

The 1.3 version of the API includes significant improvements and introduces breaking changes. If you use v1.2, refer to the Migration guide page for a detailed list of changes, migration instructions, and code examples.

The quickstart guides in this section provide concise, step-by-step instructions to help you quickly integrate the TwelveLabs Video Understanding Platform into your application. Each guide focuses on a specific task and uses the official SDKs for a streamlined experience.

Generate text from video

Create embeddings

For more in-depth information on each task, see the guides below:

Interactive notebooks

In addition to the quickstart guides, these interactive notebooks below provide complete, executable code for each task. Hosted on Google Colab, they allow you to experiment with the code directly, making them ideal for hands-on learning and customization.

Capability	Description	Try it
Search	Find specific moments in your videos.
Generate	Create text from your videos.
Embed	Create multimodal embeddings.