PHP ActiveX

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. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

$http->Login = 'apikey';
$http->Password = 'my_apikey';
$http->BasicAuth = 1;

// 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 = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbUrl->Append($myBaseUrl);
$sbUrl->Append('/v1/synthesize?voice=en-US_AllisonV3Voice');

$http->Accept = 'audio/wav';

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('text','When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail.');

$url = $sbUrl->getAsString();
$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST',$url,$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'response status code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";

if ($respStatusCode == 200) {
    $success = $resp->SaveBodyBinary('qa_output/lobster.wav');
    print 'Success!' . "\n";
}
else {
    print $resp->BodyStr . "\n";
}


?>