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# Add highlight

> Highlight a passage of a transcript, or remove an existing highlight. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/otter/add_highlight

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Highlight a passage of a transcript, or remove an existing highlight.

Otter.ai API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/otter.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/otter/conversations/{conversation_id}/highlights`

Access: write.

Finds the passage in the transcript and highlights it. If the text is not found or appears more than once, the call fails and lists the matches, so nothing is highlighted by guess. Set remove to true to remove the highlight again. People the conversation is shared with, and anyone with a public link, can see highlights, so keep notes for yourself out of them. add_highlight runs without asking first: it sends nothing to anyone and is undone with one call.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `conversation_id` | string | yes | Conversation ID from list_conversations or search_transcripts. |
| `text` | string | yes | The passage exactly as it appears in the transcript. |
| `remove` | boolean | no | true removes the highlight. Default: false. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/otter/conversations/cv_7f3a91/highlights \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"We decided to go with the flat-rate option for the pilot."}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("otter", "add_highlight", {"conversation_id":"cv_7f3a91","text":"We decided to go with the flat-rate option for the pilot."})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('otter', 'add_highlight', {"conversation_id":"cv_7f3a91","text":"We decided to go with the flat-rate option for the pilot."});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call otter add_highlight --data '{"conversation_id":"cv_7f3a91","text":"We decided to go with the flat-rate option for the pilot."}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "conversation_id": "cv_7f3a91",
  "highlight_id": "hl_31",
  "timestamp": "12:41",
  "text": "We decided to go with the flat-rate option for the pilot.",
  "removed": false
}
```

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1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

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