ElevenLabs Speech History API

Accesses your speech history. Your speech history is a list of all your created audio including its metadata using our text-to-speech and speech-to-speech models.

Operations 5

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GET /v1/history Browse my generated audio history · List Generated Items #
Ask an LLM
“Where can I find all the audio I've generated before?”
“Can I filter my generation history by voice or date range?”
Tell an agent
List my generated audio history.
Show history items made with voice {voice_id} after {date_after_unix}.
GET /v1/history/{history_item_id} Get one history item's details · Get History Item #
Ask an LLM
“What text, voice and settings were used for a past generation?”
“Can I look up a single history item by its ID?”
Tell an agent
Get history item {history_item_id}.
Show the metadata for past generation {history_item_id}.
DELETE /v1/history/{history_item_id} Delete a history item · Delete History Item #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a generation from my history?”
“Is deleting a history item permanent?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete history item {history_item_id}.
Remove generation {history_item_id} from my history.
GET /v1/history/{history_item_id}/audio Play back audio from a history item · Get Audio From History Item #
Ask an LLM
“Can I re-download the audio of something I generated earlier?”
“How do I get the audio file of one history item?”
Tell an agent
Get the audio of history item {history_item_id}.
Play back past generation {history_item_id}.
POST /v1/history/download Download several history items as files · Download History Items #
Ask an LLM
“Can I download multiple past generations in one zip file?”
“Is it possible to transcode downloaded history audio to WAV?”
Tell an agent
Download history items {history_item_ids}.
Zip up {history_item_ids} as {output_format}.

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elevenlabs-speech-history-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ElevenLabs API Documentation Speech History API
  description: This is the documentation for the ElevenLabs API. You can use this API to use our service programmatically, this is done by using your API key. You can find your API key in the dashboard at https://elevenlabs.io/app/settings/api-keys.
  version: '1.0'
tags:
- name: speech-history
  description: Accesses your speech history. Your speech history is a list of all your created audio including its metadata using our text-to-speech and speech-to-speech models.
paths:
  /v1/history:
    get:
      tags:
      - speech-history
      summary: List Generated Items
      description: Returns a list of your generated audio (e.g. text to speech, speech to speech, Studio, dubbing). Music and SFX generations are not included and cannot currently be retrieved via the API.
      operationId: get_speech_history
      parameters:
      - name: page_size
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          description: How many history items to return at maximum. Can not exceed 1000, defaults to 100.
          default: 100
          title: Page Size
        description: How many history items to return at maximum. Can not exceed 1000, defaults to 100.
      - name: start_after_history_item_id
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: After which ID to start fetching, use this parameter to paginate across a large collection of history items. In case this parameter is not provided history items will be fetched starting from the most recently created one ordered descending by their creation date.
          title: Start After History Item Id
        description: After which ID to start fetching, use this parameter to paginate across a large collection of history items. In case this parameter is not provided history items will be fetched starting from the most recently created one ordered descending by their creation date.
      - name: voice_id
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Voice ID to be filtered for, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices to receive a list of voices and their IDs.
          title: Voice Id
        description: Voice ID to be filtered for, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices to receive a list of voices and their IDs.
      - name: model_id
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Model ID to filter history items by.
          examples:
          - eleven_turbo_v2
          - eleven_multilingual_v2
          title: Model Id
        description: Model ID to filter history items by.
      - name: date_before_unix
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: integer
          - type: 'null'
          description: Unix timestamp to filter history items before this date (exclusive).
          examples:
          - 1640995200
          title: Date Before Unix
        description: Unix timestamp to filter history items before this date (exclusive).
      - name: date_after_unix
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: integer
          - type: 'null'
          description: Unix timestamp to filter history items after this date (inclusive).
          examples:
          - 1640995200
          title: Date After Unix
        description: Unix timestamp to filter history items after this date (inclusive).
      - name: sort_direction
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - enum:
            - asc
            - desc
            type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Sort direction for the results.
          examples:
          - desc
          - asc
          default: desc
          title: Sort Direction
        description: Sort direction for the results.
      - name: search
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: search term used for filtering
          examples:
          - In the land far far away
          title: Search
        description: search term used for filtering
      - name: source
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - enum:
            - TTS
            - STS
            - Flows
            type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Source of the generated history item
          examples:
          - TTS
          title: Source
        description: Source of the generated history item
      - name: xi-api-key
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
          title: Xi-Api-Key
        description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetSpeechHistoryResponseModel'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      x-fern-sdk-group-name: history
      x-fern-sdk-method-name: list
  /v1/history/{history_item_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - speech-history
      summary: Get History Item
      description: Retrieves a history item.
      operationId: get_speech_history_item_by_id
      parameters:
      - name: history_item_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: History item ID to be used, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/history to receive a list of history items and their IDs.
          examples:
          - VW7YKqPnjY4h39yTbx2L
          title: History Item Id
        description: History item ID to be used, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/history to receive a list of history items and their IDs.
      - name: xi-api-key
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
          title: Xi-Api-Key
        description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpeechHistoryItemResponseModel'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      x-fern-sdk-group-name: history
      x-fern-sdk-method-name: get
    delete:
      tags:
      - speech-history
      summary: Delete History Item
      description: Delete a history item by its ID
      operationId: delete_speech_history_item
      parameters:
      - name: history_item_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: History item ID to be used, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/history to receive a list of history items and their IDs.
          examples:
          - VW7YKqPnjY4h39yTbx2L
          title: History Item Id
        description: History item ID to be used, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/history to receive a list of history items and their IDs.
      - name: xi-api-key
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
          title: Xi-Api-Key
        description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteHistoryItemResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      x-fern-sdk-group-name: history
      x-fern-sdk-method-name: delete
  /v1/history/{history_item_id}/audio:
    get:
      tags:
      - speech-history
      summary: Get Audio From History Item
      description: Returns the audio of an history item.
      operationId: get_audio_full_from_speech_history_item
      parameters:
      - name: history_item_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: History item ID to be used, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/history to receive a list of history items and their IDs.
          examples:
          - VW7YKqPnjY4h39yTbx2L
          title: History Item Id
        description: History item ID to be used, you can use GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/history to receive a list of history items and their IDs.
      - name: xi-api-key
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
          title: Xi-Api-Key
        description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The audio file of the history item.
          content:
            audio/mpeg:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      x-fern-sdk-group-name: history
      x-fern-sdk-method-name: get_audio
  /v1/history/download:
    post:
      tags:
      - speech-history
      summary: Download History Items
      description: Download one or more history items. If one history item ID is provided, we will return a single audio file. If more than one history item IDs are provided, we will provide the history items packed into a .zip file.
      operationId: download_speech_history_items
      parameters:
      - name: xi-api-key
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
          title: Xi-Api-Key
        description: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Body_Download_history_items_v1_history_download_post'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested audio file, or a zip file containing multiple audio files when multiple history items are requested.
          content:
            application/zip:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
              example:
                error: invalid_output_format
                message: output_format must be wav or none
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      x-fern-sdk-group-name: history
      x-fern-sdk-method-name: download
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    SpeechHistoryItemResponseModel:
      properties:
        history_item_id:
          type: string
          title: History Item Id
          description: The ID of the history item.
        request_id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Request Id
          description: The ID of the request.
        voice_id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Voice Id
          description: The ID of the voice used.
        model_id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Model Id
          description: The ID of the model.
        voice_name:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Voice Name
          description: The name of the voice.
        voice_category:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            enum:
            - premade
            - cloned
            - generated
            - professional
          - type: 'null'
          title: Voice Category
          description: The category of the voice. Either 'premade', 'cloned', 'generated' or 'professional'.
        text:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Text
          description: The text used to generate the audio item.
        date_unix:
          type: integer
          title: Date Unix
          description: Unix timestamp of when the item was created.
        character_count_change_from:
          type: integer
          title: Character Count Change From
          description: The character count change from.
        character_count_change_to:
          type: integer
          title: Character Count Change To
          description: The character count change to.
        content_type:
          type: string
          title: Content Type
          description: The content type of the generated item.
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
          - created
          - deleted
          - processing
          title: State
          description: The state of the history item.
        settings:
          anyOf:
          - additionalProperties: true
            type: object
          - type: 'null'
          title: Settings
          description: The settings of the history item.
        share_link_id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Share Link Id
          description: The ID of the share link.
        source:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
            enum:
            - TTS
            - STS
            - Projects
            - PD
            - AN
            - Dubbing
            - PlayAPI
            - ConvAI
            - VoiceGeneration
            - InVPC
            - Flows
          - type: 'null'
          title: Source
          description: The source of the history item. Either TTS (text to speech), STS (speech to text), AN (audio native), Projects, Dubbing, PlayAPI, PD (pronunciation dictionary) or ConvAI (Agents Platform).
        alignments:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoryAlignmentsResponseModel'
          - type: 'null'
          description: The alignments of the history item.
        dialogue:
          anyOf:
          - items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DialogueInputResponseModel'
            type: array
          - type: 'null'
          title: Dialogue
          description: The dialogue (voice and text pairs) used to generate the audio item. If this is set then the top level `text` and `voice_id` fields will be empty.
        output_format:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Output Format
          description: The output format the audio was originally generated in.
      type: object
      required:
      - history_item_id
      - date_unix
      - character_count_change_from
      - character_count_change_to
      - content_type
      - state
      title: SpeechHistoryItemResponseModel
      example:
        character_count_change_from: 17189
        character_count_change_to: 17231
        content_type: audio/mpeg
        date_unix: 1714650306
        history_item_id: ja9xsmfGhxYcymxGcOGB
        model_id: eleven_multilingual_v2
        request_id: BF0BZg4IwLGBlaVjv9Im
        settings:
          similarity_boost: 0.5
          stability: 0.71
          style: 0
          use_speaker_boost: true
        source: TTS
        state: created
        text: Hello, world!
        voice_category: premade
        voice_id: 21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM
        voice_name: Rachel
    DialogueInputResponseModel:
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          title: Text
          description: The text of the dialogue input line.
        voice_id:
          type: string
          title: Voice Id
          description: The ID of the voice used for this dialogue input line.
        voice_name:
          type: string
          title: Voice Name
          description: The name of the voice used for this dialogue input line.
      type: object
      required:
      - text
      - voice_id
      - voice_name
      title: DialogueInputResponseModel
    DeleteHistoryItemResponse:
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          title: Status
          description: The status of the deletion request. If the request was successful, the status will be 'ok'. Otherwise an error message with http code 500 will be returned.
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      title: DeleteHistoryItemResponse
      example:
        status: ok
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
    GetSpeechHistoryResponseModel:
      properties:
        history:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpeechHistoryItemResponseModel'
          type: array
          title: History
          description: A list of speech history items.
        last_history_item_id:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Last History Item Id
          description: The ID of the last history item.
        has_more:
          type: boolean
          title: Has More
          description: Whether there are more history items to fetch.
        scanned_until:
          anyOf:
          - type: integer
          - type: 'null'
          title: Scanned Until
          description: The timestamp of the last history item.
      type: object
      required:
      - history
      - has_more
      title: GetSpeechHistoryResponseModel
      example:
        has_more: true
        history:
        - character_count_change_from: 17189
          character_count_change_to: 17231
          content_type: audio/mpeg
          date_unix: 1714650306
          history_item_id: ja9xsmfGhxYcymxGcOGB
          model_id: eleven_multilingual_v2
          request_id: BF0BZg4IwLGBlaVjv9Im
          settings:
            similarity_boost: 0.5
            stability: 0.71
            style: 0
            use_speaker_boost: true
          source: TTS
          state: created
          text: Hello, world!
          voice_category: premade
          voice_id: 21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM
          voice_name: Rachel
        last_history_item_id: ja9xsmfGhxYcymxGcOGB
        scanned_until: 1714650306
    HistoryAlignmentResponseModel:
      properties:
        characters:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Characters
          description: The characters in the alignment.
        character_start_times_seconds:
          items:
            type: number
          type: array
          title: Character Start Times Seconds
          description: The start times of the characters in seconds.
        character_end_times_seconds:
          items:
            type: number
          type: array
          title: Character End Times Seconds
          description: The end times of the characters in seconds.
      type: object
      required:
      - characters
      - character_start_times_seconds
      - character_end_times_seconds
      title: HistoryAlignmentResponseModel
    HistoryAlignmentsResponseModel:
      properties:
        alignment:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoryAlignmentResponseModel'
          description: The alignment of the text.
        normalized_alignment:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoryAlignmentResponseModel'
          description: The normalized alignment of the text.
      type: object
      required:
      - alignment
      - normalized_alignment
      title: HistoryAlignmentsResponseModel
    Body_Download_history_items_v1_history_download_post:
      properties:
        history_item_ids:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: History Item Ids
          description: A list of history items to download, you can get IDs of history items and other metadata using the GET https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/history endpoint.
        output_format:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Output Format
          description: Output format to transcode the audio file, can be wav or default.
      type: object
      required:
      - history_item_ids
      title: Body_Download_history_items_v1_history_download_post