Swift

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. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let http = CkoHttp()!

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

    let sbUrl = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbUrl.append(value: myBaseUrl)
    sbUrl.append(value: "/v1/synthesize?voice=en-US_AllisonV3Voice")

    http.accept = "audio/wav"

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "text", value: "When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail.")

    var url: String? = sbUrl.getAsString()
    let resp = CkoHttpResponse()!
    success = http.httpJson(verb: "POST", url: url, json: json, contentType: "application/json", response: resp)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var respStatusCode: Int = resp.statusCode.intValue
    print("response status code = \(respStatusCode)")

    if respStatusCode == 200 {
        success = resp.saveBodyBinary(path: "qa_output/lobster.wav")
        print("Success!")
    }
    else {
        print("\(resp.bodyStr!)")
    }


}