> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://developers.meshapi.ai/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://developers.meshapi.ai/_mcp/server. # Create Transcription POST https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions Content-Type: multipart/form-data Transcribe an audio file to text. Provider is resolved automatically from the model name via model_pricing. `file` is optional for providers that accept `source_url` or `cloud_storage_url`. `additional_formats` is a JSON-encoded string (ElevenLabs-specific, ignored by others). Returns `{"text": "..."}`. Reference: https://developers.meshapi.ai/api-reference/mesh-api/audio/create-transcription-v-1-audio-transcriptions-post ## OpenAPI Specification ```yaml openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: openapi version: 1.0.0 paths: /v1/audio/transcriptions: post: operationId: create-transcription-v-1-audio-transcriptions-post summary: Create Transcription description: >- Transcribe an audio file to text. Provider is resolved automatically from the model name via model_pricing. `file` is optional for providers that accept `source_url` or `cloud_storage_url`. `additional_formats` is a JSON-encoded string (ElevenLabs-specific, ignored by others). Returns `{"text": "..."}`. tags: - subpackage_audio parameters: - name: enable_logging in: query required: false schema: type: boolean default: true - name: Authorization in: header description: Bearer authentication required: true schema: type: string responses: '200': description: Successful Response content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptionResponse' '422': description: Validation Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError' requestBody: content: multipart/form-data: schema: type: object properties: model: type: string file: type: string format: binary language_code: type: - string - 'null' tag_audio_events: type: - boolean - 'null' num_speakers: type: - integer - 'null' timestamps_granularity: type: - string - 'null' diarize: type: - boolean - 'null' diarization_threshold: type: - number - 'null' format: double additional_formats: type: - string - 'null' file_format: type: - string - 'null' cloud_storage_url: type: - string - 'null' source_url: type: - string - 'null' webhook: type: - boolean - 'null' webhook_id: type: - string - 'null' temperature: type: - number - 'null' format: double seed: type: - integer - 'null' use_multi_channel: type: - boolean - 'null' webhook_metadata: type: - string - 'null' entity_detection: type: - string - 'null' no_verbatim: type: - boolean - 'null' detect_speaker_roles: type: - boolean - 'null' entity_redaction: type: - string - 'null' entity_redaction_mode: type: - string - 'null' keyterms: type: - array - 'null' items: type: string with_timestamps: type: - boolean - 'null' debug_mode: type: - boolean - 'null' required: - model servers: - url: https://api.meshapi.ai description: Production Server components: schemas: TranscriptionResponse: type: object properties: text: type: string required: - text title: TranscriptionResponse ValidationErrorLocItems: oneOf: - type: string - type: integer title: ValidationErrorLocItems ValidationErrorCtx: type: object properties: {} title: ValidationErrorCtx ValidationError: type: object properties: loc: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorLocItems' msg: type: string type: type: string input: description: Any type ctx: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorCtx' required: - loc - msg - type title: ValidationError HTTPValidationError: type: object properties: detail: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' title: HTTPValidationError securitySchemes: HTTPBearer: type: http scheme: bearer ``` ## Examples **Request** ```json { "model": "string", "file": ">" } ``` **Response** ```json { "text": "string" } ``` **SDK Code** ```python import requests url = "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions" files = { "file": "open('', 'rb')" } payload = { "model": "string", "language_code": , "tag_audio_events": , "num_speakers": , "timestamps_granularity": , "diarize": , "diarization_threshold": , "additional_formats": , "file_format": , "cloud_storage_url": , "source_url": , "webhook": , "webhook_id": , "temperature": , "seed": , "use_multi_channel": , "webhook_metadata": , "entity_detection": , "no_verbatim": , "detect_speaker_roles": , "entity_redaction": , "entity_redaction_mode": , "keyterms": , "with_timestamps": , "debug_mode": } headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer "} response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ``` ```javascript const url = 'https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions'; const form = new FormData(); form.append('model', 'string'); form.append('file', ''); form.append('language_code', ''); form.append('tag_audio_events', ''); form.append('num_speakers', ''); form.append('timestamps_granularity', ''); form.append('diarize', ''); form.append('diarization_threshold', ''); form.append('additional_formats', ''); form.append('file_format', ''); form.append('cloud_storage_url', ''); form.append('source_url', ''); form.append('webhook', ''); form.append('webhook_id', ''); form.append('temperature', ''); form.append('seed', ''); form.append('use_multi_channel', ''); form.append('webhook_metadata', ''); form.append('entity_detection', ''); form.append('no_verbatim', ''); form.append('detect_speaker_roles', ''); form.append('entity_redaction', ''); form.append('entity_redaction_mode', ''); form.append('keyterms', ''); form.append('with_timestamps', ''); form.append('debug_mode', ''); const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer '}}; options.body = form; try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } ``` ```go package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions" payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\nstring\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language_code\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tag_audio_events\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"num_speakers\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"timestamps_granularity\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarize\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarization_threshold\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"additional_formats\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file_format\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"cloud_storage_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"seed\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"use_multi_channel\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_metadata\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_detection\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"no_verbatim\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"detect_speaker_roles\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"keyterms\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"with_timestamps\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"debug_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n") req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer ") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' url = URI("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer ' request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\nstring\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language_code\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tag_audio_events\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"num_speakers\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"timestamps_granularity\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarize\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarization_threshold\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"additional_formats\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file_format\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"cloud_storage_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"seed\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"use_multi_channel\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_metadata\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_detection\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"no_verbatim\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"detect_speaker_roles\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"keyterms\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"with_timestamps\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"debug_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```java import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse; import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions") .header("Authorization", "Bearer ") .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\nstring\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language_code\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tag_audio_events\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"num_speakers\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"timestamps_granularity\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarize\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarization_threshold\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"additional_formats\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file_format\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"cloud_storage_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"seed\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"use_multi_channel\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_metadata\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_detection\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"no_verbatim\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"detect_speaker_roles\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"keyterms\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"with_timestamps\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"debug_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n") .asString(); ``` ```php request('POST', 'https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions', [ 'multipart' => [ [ 'name' => 'model', 'contents' => 'string' ], [ 'name' => 'file', 'filename' => '', 'contents' => null ] ] 'headers' => [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ', ], ]); echo $response->getBody(); ``` ```csharp using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "); request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"model\"\r\n\r\nstring\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"language_code\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"tag_audio_events\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"num_speakers\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"timestamps_granularity\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarize\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"diarization_threshold\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"additional_formats\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file_format\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"cloud_storage_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source_url\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_id\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"temperature\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"seed\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"use_multi_channel\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"webhook_metadata\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_detection\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"no_verbatim\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"detect_speaker_roles\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"entity_redaction_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"keyterms\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"with_timestamps\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"debug_mode\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```swift import Foundation let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer "] let parameters = [ [ "name": "model", "value": "string" ], [ "name": "file", "fileName": "" ], [ "name": "language_code", "value": ], [ "name": "tag_audio_events", "value": ], [ "name": "num_speakers", "value": ], [ "name": "timestamps_granularity", "value": ], [ "name": "diarize", "value": ], [ "name": "diarization_threshold", "value": ], [ "name": "additional_formats", "value": ], [ "name": "file_format", "value": ], [ "name": "cloud_storage_url", "value": ], [ "name": "source_url", "value": ], [ "name": "webhook", "value": ], [ "name": "webhook_id", "value": ], [ "name": "temperature", "value": ], [ "name": "seed", "value": ], [ "name": "use_multi_channel", "value": ], [ "name": "webhook_metadata", "value": ], [ "name": "entity_detection", "value": ], [ "name": "no_verbatim", "value": ], [ "name": "detect_speaker_roles", "value": ], [ "name": "entity_redaction", "value": ], [ "name": "entity_redaction_mode", "value": ], [ "name": "keyterms", "value": ], [ "name": "with_timestamps", "value": ], [ "name": "debug_mode", "value": ] ] let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001" var body = "" var error: NSError? = nil for param in parameters { let paramName = param["name"]! body += "--\(boundary)\r\n" body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\"" if let filename = param["fileName"] { let contentType = param["content-type"]! let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) if (error != nil) { print(error as Any) } body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n" body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n" body += fileContent } else if let paramValue = param["value"] { body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)" } } let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error as Any) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume() ```