# Encode without line wrapping: wrapped base64 breaks the JSON string.
AUDIO=$(base64 < meeting.m4a | tr -d '\n')
# --max-time covers an hour-long recording; curl defaults to no limit.
curl -X POST https://api.paxalabs.com/v1/stt \
--max-time 300 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PAXA_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"audio\": \"$AUDIO\", \"model\": \"paxa-stt-lite-v1-preview\"}"
import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
const audio = (await readFile("meeting.m4a")).toString("base64");
const response = await fetch("https://api.paxalabs.com/v1/stt", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.PAXA_API_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({ audio, model: "paxa-stt-lite-v1-preview" }),
// A long recording can run for minutes; give it room.
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(300_000),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Transcription failed: ${response.status}`);
const { text, usage } = await response.json();
console.log(text, `${usage.credits} credits`);
import base64
import os
import requests
with open("meeting.m4a", "rb") as file:
audio = base64.b64encode(file.read()).decode()
response = requests.post(
"https://api.paxalabs.com/v1/stt",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PAXA_API_KEY']}"},
json={"audio": audio, "model": "paxa-stt-lite-v1-preview"},
# A long recording can run for minutes; give it room.
timeout=300,
)
response.raise_for_status()
body = response.json()
print(body["text"], body["usage"]["credits"], "credits")