bidclub_get_episode
Get episode content
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Read one section of an episode. Long sections page deterministically: when the result says truncated: true, call again with offset set to next_offset and concatenate content_md until next_offset is null. Prefer tldr or digest — a transcript can exceed 100,000 characters and is rarely worth paging in full. lang selects the OUTPUT edition, not a catalogue filter; transcripts exist only in the episode's source language, so requesting a different lang for section=transcript always returns the source with lang_fallback: true.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | yes | Episode slug from a list or search result. |
| section | string | no | meta returns the row with no long markdown at all; tldr is the bullet summary; digest is the structured writeup; transcript is the full text. |
| lang | string | no | Output edition. A translated summary is served only when both the TL;DR and the digest translations are complete; otherwise the source edition comes back with lang_fallback: true. |
| offset | integer | no | Code-point offset into the section. Use the previous next_offset. |
| max_chars | integer | no | Code points per window. Defaults to 20000 for Latin text and 14000 for Chinese or Japanese text, which cost about one token per character. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,158}[a-z0-9])?$",
"description": "Episode slug from a list or search result."
},
"section": {
"default": "digest",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"meta",
"tldr",
"digest",
"transcript"
],
"description": "meta returns the row with no long markdown at all; tldr is the bullet summary; digest is the structured writeup; transcript is the full text."
},
"lang": {
"default": "EN",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"EN",
"ZH"
],
"description": "Output edition. A translated summary is served only when both the TL;DR and the digest translations are complete; otherwise the source edition comes back with lang_fallback: true."
},
"offset": {
"default": 0,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"description": "Code-point offset into the section. Use the previous next_offset."
},
"max_chars": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1000,
"maximum": 50000,
"description": "Code points per window. Defaults to 20000 for Latin text and 14000 for Chinese or Japanese text, which cost about one token per character."
}
},
"required": [
"slug"
]
}