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POST

/audio/transcriptions

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Transcribes audio into the input language.

Request

Authorization

Bearer Token

Provide your bearer token in the

Authorization

header when making requests to protected resources.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer ********************

Body Params multipart/form-data

Responses

🟢200OK

application/json

Body

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--form 'file=@""' \
--form 'model="whisper-1"' \
--form 'prompt="eiusmod nulla"' \
--form 'response_format="json"' \
--form 'temperature="0"' \
--form 'language=""'

Response Example

{
  "text": "Imagine the wildest idea that you've ever had, and you're curious about how it might scale to something that's a 100, a 1,000 times bigger. This is a place where you can get to do that.",
  "usage": {
    "type": "tokens",
    "input_tokens": 14,
    "input_token_details": {
      "text_tokens": 0,
      "audio_tokens": 14
    },
    "output_tokens": 45,
    "total_tokens": 59
  }
}

Modified at 2025-09-17 08:02:19

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