Quickstart

This page helps you complete a real text-to-speech request quickly. Start with synchronous TTS because it returns audio directly and is the easiest path to test.

1. Create an API Key

Create an API key in your FishSpeech account:

Open API settings

The full API key is shown only once. Store it in a server-side environment variable. Do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, or public repositories.

export FISHSPEECH_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

2. Choose a Voice

List voices available to your account:

curl "https://fishaudio.org/api/open/v1/voices" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FISHSPEECH_API_KEY"

Copy the returned voice id and use it as voiceId.

3. Generate Speech

curl -X POST "https://fishaudio.org/api/open/v1/speech/tts" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FISHSPEECH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -o speech.audio \
  -d '{
    "text": "Hello from FishSpeech.",
    "voiceId": "YOUR_VOICE_ID"
  }'

If the request succeeds, speech.audio is saved in your current directory. Use the response Content-Type header to choose the final file extension.

Next Steps