# Return multiple summaries using Inference API

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/return-multiple-summaries-using-inference-api/11282>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [November 2, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/return-multiple-summaries-using-inference-api/11282 "2021-11-02T11:30:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/return-multiple-summaries-using-inference-api/11282/1 "2021-11-02T11:30:43Z")

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Hi All,

Im wondering if it’s possible to use the `num_return_sequences` parameter with the HF inference API in order to get back multiple outputs from a single input i.e multiple summaries from the same piece of text. I’ve tried setting `num_return_sequences` to 10 and calling the API but I get back the same response with just one output although interestingly it takes much longer to do so.

Before diving into this further I wanted to check wether this functionality is even live using the API?

Many thanks,

Karim Foda