C++

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

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

#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttp http;

    http.put_Login("apikey");
    http.put_Password("my_apikey");
    http.put_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)
    const char *myBaseUrl = "https://api.us-south.text-to-speech.watson.cloud.ibm.com/instances/31941e96-7b89-4d56-8993-9cd8f18ec2d8";

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

    http.put_Accept("audio/wav");

    CkJsonObject json;
    json.UpdateString("text","When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail.");

    const char *url = sbUrl.getAsString();
    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    std::cout << "response status code = " << respStatusCode << "\r\n";

    if (respStatusCode == 200) {
        success = resp.SaveBodyBinary("qa_output/lobster.wav");
        std::cout << "Success!" << "\r\n";
    }
    else {
        std::cout << resp.bodyStr() << "\r\n";
    }
    }