Cartesia Voices API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Cartesia Agents Voices API
  description: 'The Cartesia REST API for real-time voice AI - text-to-speech and voice-changer generation (single-shot bytes or Server-Sent Events), batch speech-to-text transcription, voice management and cloning, audio infill, custom datasets, pronunciation dictionaries, API keys and scoped access tokens, the Voice Agents platform (agents, calls, call batches, phone numbers, telephony providers, webhooks, deployments, knowledge base documents/folders, and evaluation metrics), and usage reporting. All requests require a `Cartesia-Version` header and an `Authorization: Bearer` API key (`sk_car_...`) or short-lived access token. The lowest-latency, streaming surface for TTS and STT is a separate WebSocket protocol documented in the companion AsyncAPI document at asyncapi/cartesia-ai-asyncapi.yml.'
  version: '2026-03-01'
  contact:
    name: Cartesia
    url: https://cartesia.ai
  license:
    name: API documentation - Cartesia Terms of Service
    url: https://cartesia.ai/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.cartesia.ai
  description: Cartesia production API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Voices
  description: Voice catalog management and voice cloning.
paths:
  /voices:
    get:
      operationId: listVoices
      tags:
      - Voices
      summary: List Voices
      description: Returns a paginated list of voices, with search and filtering.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersion'
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
      - name: starting_after
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: ending_before
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Search voices by name, description, or ID.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: is_owner
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: gender
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - masculine
          - feminine
          - gender_neutral
      - name: language
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: expand[]
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - preview_file_url
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of voices.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetVoicesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /voices/clone:
    post:
      operationId: cloneVoice
      tags:
      - Voices
      summary: Clone Voice
      description: Clones a new voice from an uploaded audio clip.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersion'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - clip
              - name
              - language
              properties:
                clip:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: 'Supported audio formats: flac, mp3, mpeg, mpga, oga, ogg, wav, webm.'
                name:
                  type: string
                description:
                  type: string
                language:
                  type: string
                  description: ISO 639-1 code (en, fr, de, es, ...).
                base_voice_id:
                  type: string
                  description: Derive the cloned voice from an existing voice ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The cloned voice.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceMetadata'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /voices/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/VoiceId'
    get:
      operationId: getVoice
      tags:
      - Voices
      summary: Get Voice
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersion'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested voice.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceMetadata'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updateVoice
      tags:
      - Voices
      summary: Update Voice
      description: Updates voice metadata (name, description).
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersion'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                description:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated voice.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceMetadata'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteVoice
      tags:
      - Voices
      summary: Delete Voice
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersion'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deletion confirmation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /voices/localize:
    post:
      operationId: localizeVoice
      tags:
      - Voices
      summary: Localize Voice
      description: Creates a new voice from an existing voice localized to a new language and dialect.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersion'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - voice_id
              - name
              - language
              properties:
                voice_id:
                  type: string
                name:
                  type: string
                description:
                  type: string
                language:
                  type: string
                original_speaker_gender:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - masculine
                  - feminine
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The localized voice.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceMetadata'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
components:
  parameters:
    VoiceId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the voice.
      schema:
        type: string
    CartesiaVersion:
      name: Cartesia-Version
      in: header
      required: true
      description: API version date, e.g. 2026-03-01.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '2026-03-01'
  schemas:
    DeleteResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        deleted:
          type: boolean
    VoiceMetadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        user_id:
          type: string
        is_owner:
          type: boolean
        is_public:
          type: boolean
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        gender:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        language:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        preview_file_url:
          type: string
          nullable: true
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        error_code:
          type: string
        status_code:
          type: integer
        doc_url:
          type: string
        request_id:
          type: string
    GetVoicesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceMetadata'
        has_more:
          type: boolean
        next_page:
          type: string
          nullable: true
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, invalid, or expired API key / access token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: sk_car_... API key or short-lived access token
      description: 'Cartesia API key (sk_car_...) or a short-lived access token minted via POST /access-token, passed as Authorization: Bearer <token>. Every request also requires the Cartesia-Version header.'