Objective-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. Objective-C

#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

http.Login = @"apikey";
http.Password = @"my_apikey";
http.BasicAuth = YES;

// 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)
NSString *myBaseUrl = @"https://api.us-south.text-to-speech.watson.cloud.ibm.com/instances/31941e96-7b89-4d56-8993-9cd8f18ec2d8";

CkoStringBuilder *sbUrl = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[sbUrl Append: myBaseUrl];
[sbUrl Append: @"/v1/synthesize?voice=en-US_AllisonV3Voice"];

http.Accept = @"audio/wav";

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"text" value: @"When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail."];

NSString *url = [sbUrl GetAsString];
CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpJson: @"POST" url: url json: json contentType: @"application/json" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = [resp.StatusCode intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code = ",respStatusCode);

if (respStatusCode == 200) {
    success = [resp SaveBodyBinary: @"qa_output/lobster.wav"];
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Success!");
}
else {
    NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);
}