Amazon Polly Polly Operations API

The Polly Operations API from Amazon Polly — 1 operation(s) for polly operations.

Business capability
Speech & Voice AE-110.30

Operations 1

POST /v1/synthesisStream Start Speech Synthesis Stream #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-polly-operations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Amazon Polly Operations API
  version: '2016-06-10'
  description: Generated from AWS's published Smithy model for Amazon Polly. 1 operation(s).
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://polly.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
security:
- sigv4: []
paths:
  /v1/synthesisStream:
    post:
      operationId: StartSpeechSynthesisStream
      summary: Start Speech Synthesis Stream
      description: 'Synthesizes UTF-8 input, plain text, or SSML over a bidirectional streaming connection. Specify synthesis
        parameters in HTTP/2 headers, send text incrementally as events on the input stream, and receive synthesized audio
        as it becomes available. This operation serves as a bidirectional counterpart to SynthesizeSpeech: SynthesizeSpeech'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartSpeechSynthesisStreamOutput'
        '500':
          description: ServiceFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceFailureException'
        '402':
          description: ServiceQuotaExceededException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceQuotaExceededException'
        '400':
          description: ThrottlingException; ValidationException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartSpeechSynthesisStreamInput'
      tags:
      - Operations
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header carries an AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical
        request, with X-Amz-Date (and X-Amz-Security-Token for temporary credentials). Not a bearer token.
      x-aws-sigv4:
        signingName: polly
  schemas:
    AudioEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        AudioChunk:
          type: string
          format: byte
          description: A chunk of synthesized audio data encoded in the format specified by the OutputFormat parameter.
    CloseStreamEvent:
      type: object
      properties: {}
    FlushStreamConfiguration:
      type: object
      properties:
        Force:
          type: boolean
          description: Specifies whether to force the synthesis engine to immediately write buffered audio data to the output
            stream.
    ServiceFailureException:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    ServiceQuotaExceededException:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        quotaCode:
          type: string
          enum:
          - input-stream-inbound-event-timeout
          - input-stream-timeout
          description: The quota code identifying the specific quota.
        serviceCode:
          type: string
          enum:
          - polly
          description: The service code identifying the originating service.
      required:
      - message
      - quotaCode
      - serviceCode
    StartSpeechSynthesisStreamActionStream:
      type: object
      properties:
        TextEvent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextEvent'
        CloseStreamEvent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloseStreamEvent'
      description: Exactly one member is set.
    StartSpeechSynthesisStreamEventStream:
      type: object
      properties:
        AudioEvent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudioEvent'
        StreamClosedEvent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StreamClosedEvent'
        ValidationException:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationException'
        ServiceQuotaExceededException:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceQuotaExceededException'
        ServiceFailureException:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceFailureException'
        ThrottlingException:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
      description: Exactly one member is set.
    StartSpeechSynthesisStreamInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        Engine:
          type: string
          enum:
          - standard
          - neural
          - long-form
          - generative
          description: Specifies the engine for Amazon Polly to use when processing input text for speech synthesis. Currently,
            only the generative engine is supported. If you specify a voice that the selected engine doesn't support, Amazon
            Polly returns an error.
        LanguageCode:
          type: string
          enum:
          - arb
          - cmn-CN
          - cy-GB
          - da-DK
          - de-DE
          - en-AU
          - en-GB
          - en-GB-WLS
          - en-IN
          - en-US
          - es-ES
          - es-MX
          - es-US
          - fr-CA
          - fr-FR
          - is-IS
          - it-IT
          - ja-JP
          - hi-IN
          - ko-KR
          - nb-NO
          - nl-NL
          - pl-PL
          - pt-BR
          - pt-PT
          - ro-RO
          - ru-RU
          - sv-SE
          - tr-TR
          - en-NZ
          - en-ZA
          - ca-ES
          - de-AT
          - yue-CN
          - ar-AE
          - fi-FI
          - en-IE
          - nl-BE
          - fr-BE
          - cs-CZ
          - de-CH
          - en-SG
          description: An optional parameter that sets the language code for the speech synthesis request. Specify this parameter
            only when using a bilingual voice. If a bilingual voice is used and no language code is specified, Amazon Polly
            uses the default language of the bilingual voice.
        LexiconNames:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The names of one or more pronunciation lexicons for the service to apply during synthesis. Amazon Polly
            applies lexicons only when the lexicon language matches the voice language.
        OutputFormat:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - mp3
          - ogg_opus
          - ogg_vorbis
          - pcm
          - mulaw
          - alaw
          description: The audio format for the synthesized speech. Currently, Amazon Polly does not support JSON speech marks.
        SampleRate:
          type: string
          description: The audio frequency, specified in Hz.
        VoiceId:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Aditi
          - Amy
          - Astrid
          - Bianca
          - Brian
          - Camila
          - Carla
          - Carmen
          - Celine
          - Chantal
          - Conchita
          - Cristiano
          - Dora
          - Emma
          - Enrique
          - Ewa
          - Filiz
          - Gabrielle
          - Geraint
          - Giorgio
          - Gwyneth
          - Hans
          - Ines
          - Ivy
          - Jacek
          - Jan
          - Joanna
          - Joey
          - Justin
          - Karl
          - Kendra
          - Kevin
          - Kimberly
          - Lea
          - Liv
          - Lotte
          - Lucia
          - Lupe
          - Mads
          - Maja
          - Marlene
          - Mathieu
          - Matthew
          - Maxim
          - Mia
          - Miguel
          - Mizuki
          - Naja
          - Nicole
          - Olivia
          - Penelope
          - Raveena
          - Ricardo
          - Ruben
          - Russell
          - Salli
          - Seoyeon
          - Takumi
          - Tatyana
          - Vicki
          - Vitoria
          - Zeina
          - Zhiyu
          - Aria
          - Ayanda
          - Arlet
          - Hannah
          - Arthur
          - Daniel
          - Liam
          - Pedro
          - Kajal
          - Hiujin
          - Laura
          - Elin
          - Ida
          - Suvi
          - Ola
          - Hala
          - Andres
          - Sergio
          - Remi
          - Adriano
          - Thiago
          - Ruth
          - Stephen
          - Kazuha
          - Tomoko
          - Niamh
          - Sofie
          - Lisa
          - Isabelle
          - Zayd
          - Danielle
          - Gregory
          - Burcu
          - Jitka
          - Sabrina
          - Jasmine
          - Jihye
          - Ambre
          - Beatrice
          - Florian
          - Lennart
          - Lorenzo
          - Tiffany
          - Arjun
          - Carlos
          - Carolina
          - Curtis
          - Hyunduk
          - Kenneth
          - Kiara
          - Leo
          - Nate
          - Tina
          description: The voice to use in synthesis. To get a list of available voice IDs, use the DescribeVoices operation.
        ActionStream:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartSpeechSynthesisStreamActionStream'
      required:
      - Engine
      - OutputFormat
      - VoiceId
    StartSpeechSynthesisStreamOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        EventStream:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartSpeechSynthesisStreamEventStream'
    StreamClosedEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        RequestCharacters:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of characters synthesized during the streaming session.
    TextEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        Text:
          type: string
          description: The text content to synthesize. If you specify ssml as the TextType, follow the SSML format for the
            input text.
        TextType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ssml
          - text
          description: 'Specifies whether the input text is plain text or SSML. Default: plain text.'
        FlushStreamConfiguration:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlushStreamConfiguration'
      required:
      - Text
    ThrottlingException:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        throttlingReasons:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingReason'
          description: A list of reasons explaining why the request was throttled.
    ThrottlingReason:
      type: object
      properties:
        reason:
          type: string
          description: The reason code explaining why the request was throttled.
        resource:
          type: string
          description: The resource that caused the throttling.
    ValidationException:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        reason:
          type: string
          enum:
          - unsupportedOperation
          - fieldValidationFailed
          - other
          - invalidInboundEvent
          description: The reason the request failed validation.
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationExceptionField'
          description: The fields that caused the validation error.
      required:
      - message
      - reason
    ValidationExceptionField:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the field that failed validation.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A message describing why the field failed validation.
      required:
      - name
      - message
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Amazon Web Services
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/api-models-aws/582e55931c45b944739742a2c1620b6026dd2d13/models/polly/service/2016-06-10/polly-2016-06-10.json
  note: converted by smithy-to-openapi.py from AWS's Smithy model (roadmap#1001)