Text to Speech

curl -X POST https://api.x.ai/v1/tts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "Hello! Welcome to the xAI Text to Speech API.",
    "voice_id": "eve",
    "language": "en"
  }' \
  --output hello.mp3

import fs from "fs";

const response = await fetch("https://api.x.ai/v1/tts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.XAI_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    text: "Hello! Welcome to the xAI Text to Speech API.",
    voice_id: "eve",
    language: "en",
  }),
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`TTS error ${response.status}`);

const buffer = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());
fs.writeFileSync("hello.mp3", buffer);
console.log(`Saved ${buffer.length.toLocaleString()} bytes to hello.mp3`);

import Foundation

let apiKey = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["XAI_API_KEY"]!
let url = URL(string: "https://api.x.ai/v1/tts")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("Bearer \(apiKey)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: [
    "text": "Hello! Welcome to the xAI Text to Speech API.",
    "voice_id": "eve",
    "language": "en",
])

let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
let fileURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "hello.mp3")
try data.write(to: fileURL)

print("Saved \(data.count) bytes to hello.mp3")

curl -s https://api.x.ai/v1/tts/voices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XAI_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch("https://api.x.ai/v1/tts/voices", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.XAI_API_KEY}` },
});
const { voices } = await response.json();
voices.forEach((v) => console.log(`${v.voice_id}  ${v.name}`));

import Foundation

let apiKey = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["XAI_API_KEY"]!
let url = URL(string: "https://api.x.ai/v1/tts/voices")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("Bearer \(apiKey)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as! [String: Any]
let voices = json["voices"] as! [[String: Any]]
for voice in voices {
    print("\(voice["voice_id"]!)  \(voice["name"]!)")
}

# Inline tags
curl -X POST https://api.x.ai/v1/tts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "So I walked in and [pause] there it was. [laugh] I honestly could not believe it!",
    "voice_id": "eve",
    "language": "en"
  }' \
  --output expressive.mp3

# Wrapping tags
curl -X POST https://api.x.ai/v1/tts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "I need to tell you something. <whisper>It is a secret.</whisper> Pretty cool, right?",
    "voice_id": "eve",
    "language": "en"
  }' \
  --output whisper.mp3

// Inline tags
const response = await fetch("https://api.x.ai/v1/tts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.XAI_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    text: "So I walked in and [pause] there it was. [laugh] I honestly could not believe it!",
    voice_id: "eve",
    language: "en",
  }),
});

// Wrapping tags
const whisperResponse = await fetch("https://api.x.ai/v1/tts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.XAI_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    text: "I need to tell you something. <whisper>It is a secret.</whisper> Pretty cool, right?",
    voice_id: "eve",
    language: "en",
  }),
});

import Foundation

let apiKey = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["XAI_API_KEY"]!
let url = URL(string: "https://api.x.ai/v1/tts")!

// Inline tags
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("Bearer \(apiKey)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: [
    "text": "So I walked in and [pause] there it was. [laugh] I honestly could not believe it!",
    "voice_id": "eve",
    "language": "en",
])

let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
try data.write(to: URL(fileURLWithPath: "expressive.mp3"))

// Wrapping tags
request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: [
    "text": "I need to tell you something. <whisper>It is a secret.</whisper> Pretty cool, right?",
    "voice_id": "eve",
    "language": "en",
])

let (whisperData, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
try whisperData.write(to: URL(fileURLWithPath: "whisper.mp3"))

async function generateSpeech(text, language = "en", voiceId = "eve", maxRetries = 3) {
  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < maxRetries; attempt++) {
    const response = await fetch("https://api.x.ai/v1/tts", {
      method: "POST",
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.XAI_API_KEY}`,
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({ text, language, voice_id: voiceId }),
    });

    if (response.ok) return Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());

    if ([429, 500, 503].includes(response.status)) {
      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2 ** attempt * 1000));
      continue;
    }
    throw new Error(`TTS error ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
  }
  throw new Error("Max retries exceeded");
}

import Foundation

func generateSpeech(text: String, language: String = "en", voiceId: String = "eve", maxRetries: Int = 3) async throws -> Data {
    let apiKey = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["XAI_API_KEY"]!
    let url = URL(string: "https://api.x.ai/v1/tts")!

    for attempt in 0..<maxRetries {
        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
        request.httpMethod = "POST"
        request.setValue("Bearer \(apiKey)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
        request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
        request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: [
            "text": text, "language": language, "voice_id": voiceId,
        ])

        let (data, response) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
        let status = (response as! HTTPURLResponse).statusCode
        if status == 200 { return data }
        if [429, 500, 503].contains(status) {
            try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: UInt64(pow(2.0, Double(attempt))) * 1_000_000_000)
            continue
        }
        throw URLError(.badServerResponse)
    }
    throw URLError(.timedOut)
}

// npm install ws
// Node.js 22+ has a built-in WebSocket global — you can skip
// the "ws" package and remove this import if you're on v22+.
import WebSocket from "ws";

const apiKey = process.env.XAI_API_KEY;
const language = "en";
const voice = "eve";
const codec = "mp3";
const uri = `wss://api.x.ai/v1/tts?language=${language}&voice=${voice}&codec=${codec}`;

const ws = new WebSocket(uri, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}` },
});

let turn = 1;
let audioChunks = [];

ws.on("open", () => {
  // Start turn 1
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "text.delta", delta: "Hello from turn one." }));
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "text.done" }));
});

ws.on("message", (data) => {
  const event = JSON.parse(data);

  if (event.type === "audio.delta") {
    audioChunks.push(Buffer.from(event.delta, "base64"));
  } else if (event.type === "audio.done") {
    const audio = Buffer.concat(audioChunks);
    console.log(`Turn ${turn}: ${audio.length.toLocaleString()} bytes`);
    audioChunks = [];

    if (turn === 1) {
      // Connection still open — send turn 2
      turn = 2;
      ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "text.delta", delta: "And hello from turn two." }));
      ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "text.done" }));
    } else {
      ws.close();
    }
  } else if (event.type === "error") {
    console.error("Error:", event.message);
    ws.close();
  }
});

import Foundation

let apiKey = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["XAI_API_KEY"]!
let language = "en"
let voice = "eve"
let codec = "mp3"
let url = URL(string: "wss://api.x.ai/v1/tts?language=\(language)&voice=\(voice)&codec=\(codec)")!

var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("Bearer \(apiKey)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let task = URLSession.shared.webSocketTask(with: request)
task.resume()

// Turn 1
try await task.send(.string("{\"type\":\"text.delta\",\"delta\":\"Hello from turn one.\"}"))
try await task.send(.string("{\"type\":\"text.done\"}"))

var turn1Audio = Data()
while true {
    let message = try await task.receive()
    guard case .string(let text) = message,
          let json = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: Data(text.utf8)) as? [String: Any],
          let type = json["type"] as? String else { continue }

    if type == "audio.delta", let delta = json["delta"] as? String,
       let chunk = Data(base64Encoded: delta) {
        turn1Audio.append(chunk)
    } else if type == "audio.done" {
        print("Turn 1: \(turn1Audio.count) bytes")
        break
    } else if type == "error" {
        print("Error: \(json["message"] ?? "unknown")")
        break
    }
}

// Connection still open — send turn 2
try await task.send(.string("{\"type\":\"text.delta\",\"delta\":\"And hello from turn two.\"}"))
try await task.send(.string("{\"type\":\"text.done\"}"))

var turn2Audio = Data()
while true {
    let message = try await task.receive()
    guard case .string(let text) = message,
          let json = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: Data(text.utf8)) as? [String: Any],
          let type = json["type"] as? String else { continue }

    if type == "audio.delta", let delta = json["delta"] as? String,
       let chunk = Data(base64Encoded: delta) {
        turn2Audio.append(chunk)
    } else if type == "audio.done" {
        print("Turn 2: \(turn2Audio.count) bytes")
        break
    } else if type == "error" {
        print("Error: \(json["message"] ?? "unknown")")
        break
    }
}

task.cancel(with: .normalClosure, reason: nil)