A proven taxonomy, in the pipeline you already run.

YAHO judges every scene against the Pyler taxonomy, proven on over a billion videos. Send video the way you already store it, get JSON back, and use it across your systems.

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Verdicts from a taxonomy proven on over a billion videos.

The Pyler taxonomy is our own set of categories, used to judge over a billion videos and backed by a dataset labeled to the GARM brand safety framework. YAHO applies it to every scene, in content and ad creatives alike.

1B+videos judged with the Pyler taxonomy
GARMlabeled dataset built to the brand safety framework

Pyler taxonomy

Our own categories, used to judge over a billion YouTube videos, backed by a dataset labeled to the GARM brand safety framework.

Controversy
Hate
Politics
Sexual content
Violence
+ by country

taxonomy: pyler
proven on: 1B+ YouTube videos (video-level)
labels: GARM brand safety framework
applied: every scene, in videos and ad creatives

Policy controls

Start from the Pyler taxonomy and add your own categories and lists.

Custom categories
Allow and block lists
Lists apply in order: global, local, then organization

policy:      nova-tv-v3
categories:  pyler default
custom:      "Disaster & accident"
block list:  1,204 channels
allow list:  312 titles

Verdicts with reasons

Every scene gets one of three outcomes, with a category and a reason. Use them to apply content policies or ad rules.

Allow · block · review
A category and a reason on every verdict
Timecoded, so you act on the exact scene

{
  "scene": 4,
  "start": "01:05", "end": "01:30",
  "verdict": {
    "decision": "review",
    "category": "Disaster & accident (custom)",
    "reason": "Vessel at risk of capsizing"
  }
}

Every verdict sits on scene data you can use too.

Every video is split into scenes, and each scene is described in a structure that people, ad systems and AI agents can read. Use it for search, catalogs and recommendations too.

Scene Detection

Splits every video into scenes and finds what is in each one.

Scene boundaries with timecodes
Objects and people in each scene
On-screen text and captions
Speech and sound events

SC 01  00:00–00:22  harbor · lighthouse
SC 02  00:22–00:41  open water · wind
SC 03  00:41–01:05  storm clouds · waves
SC 04  01:05–01:30  sailboat · breaking waves
audio: wind · rain     text: none

Scene Analysis

Describes each scene and the whole video, mapped to IAB Content Taxonomy 3.0. Ad creatives are analyzed scene by scene too.

Whole-video summary and mood
A description for every scene
IAB Content Taxonomy 3.0 per scene
Ad creatives scene by scene, for matching and blocking
Metadata for catalogs, recommendations and highlights

video:   "A sailing documentary that moves
          from a calm harbor into a storm."
mood:    calm → tense → dramatic
scene 4: "A small vessel tilts hard in
          breaking waves."
iab:     Travel › Sailing

Scene Search

Describe the scene you need in everyday language and search the library.

Search the whole library
Timecoded scenes, ranked
Across every analyzed video

query: "boat in rough sea"

1  open_sea.mp4     01:05–01:30   0.93
2  open_sea.mp4     00:41–01:05   0.88
3  harbor_doc.mp4   12:10–12:34   0.81

Plug it into the pipeline you already run.

Send video the way you already store it and get one standard JSON back. The Console and the API share one quota.

IN
Send what you have
- File upload · URL
- MRSS feed
- Live stream
- Ad creatives
OUT
Get one standard output
- Scenes with timestamps
- Description · IAB 3.0
- Pyler category · verdict · reason
JSON per scene · VOD within 30 minutes
TO
Receive it where you work
- REST APIInto your systems
- Web ConsoleReview results, manage policy

Three calls, from video to verdicts

POST /v1/videos

# 1. Send a video URL (202 Accepted — indexing runs asynchronously)
curl -X POST https://video.pyler.ai/api/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $YAHO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://cdn.example.com/open_sea.mp4", "title": "Open Sea"}'

{ "video_id": "7c1f4a2e-…", "job_id": "9b0d6e51-…", "created": true }

Free trial: up to 120 minutes per video, 5 files per upload, 30 ad creatives.