(Chilkat2-Python) IBM Cloud - Text to Speech - Synthesize Audio (POST)

Synthesizes text to audio that is spoken in the specified voice. Uses a POST which allows for more text to be synthesized.

For more information, see https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/text-to-speech#synthesize-audio

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import sys
import chilkat2

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat2.Http()

http.Login = "apikey"
http.Password = "my_apikey"
http.BasicAuth = True

# Send the following request:

# curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" 
#    --header "Content-Type: application/json" 
#    --header "Accept: audio/wav" 
#    --data "{\"text\":\"When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail.\"}" 
#    --output lobster.wav "{url}/v1/synthesize?voice=en-US_AllisonV3Voice"

# Use your base URL shown in the credentials web page (below your apikey)
myBaseUrl = "https://api.us-south.text-to-speech.watson.cloud.ibm.com/instances/31941e96-7b89-4d56-8993-9cd8f18ec2d8"

sbUrl = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
sbUrl.Append(myBaseUrl)
sbUrl.Append("/v1/synthesize?voice=en-US_AllisonV3Voice")

http.Accept = "audio/wav"

json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.UpdateString("text","When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail.")

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3(sbUrl.GetAsString(),"application/json",json)
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
print("response status code = " + str(respStatusCode))

if (respStatusCode == 200):
    success = resp.SaveBodyBinary("qa_output/lobster.wav")
    print("Success!")
else:
    print(resp.BodyStr)