Audio To Text
curl --request POST \
--url https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
--form audio='@example-file' \
--form model_id= \
--form return_timestamps=true \
--form 'metadata={}'import requests
url = "https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text"
files = { "audio": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
"model_id": "",
"return_timestamps": "true",
"metadata": "{}"
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const form = new FormData();
form.append('audio', '<string>');
form.append('model_id', '');
form.append('return_timestamps', 'true');
form.append('metadata', '{}');
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
options.body = form;
fetch('https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text"
payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"text": "<string>",
"chunks": [
{
"timestamp": [
"<unknown>"
],
"text": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}AI API Reference
Audio To Text
Transcribe audio files to text.
POST
/
audio-to-text
Audio To Text
curl --request POST \
--url https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
--form audio='@example-file' \
--form model_id= \
--form return_timestamps=true \
--form 'metadata={}'import requests
url = "https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text"
files = { "audio": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
"model_id": "",
"return_timestamps": "true",
"metadata": "{}"
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const form = new FormData();
form.append('audio', '<string>');
form.append('model_id', '');
form.append('return_timestamps', 'true');
form.append('metadata', '{}');
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
options.body = form;
fetch('https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text"
payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://dream-gateway.livepeer.cloud/audio-to-text")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"audio\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"return_timestamps\"\r\n\r\ntrue\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"text": "<string>",
"chunks": [
{
"timestamp": [
"<unknown>"
],
"text": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"detail": {
"msg": "<string>"
}
}The default Gateway used in this guide is the public
Livepeer.cloud Gateway. It is free to use but
not intended for production-ready applications. For production-ready
applications, consider using the Livepeer Studio
Gateway, which requires an API token. Alternatively, you can set up your own
Gateway node or partner with one via the
ai-video channel on
Discord.Please note that the exact parameters, default values, and responses may vary
between models. For more information on model-specific parameters, please
refer to the respective model documentation available in the audio-to-text
pipeline. Not all parameters might be available
for a given model.
Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
multipart/form-data
Uploaded audio file to be transcribed.
Hugging Face model ID used for transcription.
Return timestamps for the transcribed text. Supported values: 'sentence', 'word', or a string boolean ('true' or 'false'). Default is 'true' ('sentence'). 'false' means no timestamps. 'word' means word-based timestamps.
Additional job information to be passed to the pipeline.
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