curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/speech-engine?page_size=30&search=example-search&sort_direction=asc&sort_by=name&cursor=example-cursor' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

# GET /v1/speech-engine (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List Speech Engines

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/speech-engine?page_size=30&search=example-search&sort_direction=asc&sort_by=name&cursor=example-cursor' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| page_size | query | integer | No | How many Speech Engines to return at... |
| search | query | string | No | Search term to filter Speech Engines... |
| sort_direction | query | string | No | The direction to sort the results |
Other params: sort_by, cursor

## Response (200 OK)
{"has_more":false,"speech_engines":[{}]}

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GET

GET /v1/speech-engine — ElevenLabs API

ElevenLabs API

List Speech Engines

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/speech-engine?page_size=30&search=example-search&sort_direction=asc&sort_by=name&cursor=example-cursor' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
page_size	query	integer	No	How many Speech Engines to return at maximum. Can not exceed 100, defaults to 30.
search	query	string	No	Search term to filter Speech Engines by name
sort_direction	query	string	No	The direction to sort the results
sort_by	query	string	No	The field to sort the results by
cursor	query	string	No	Used for fetching next page. Cursor is returned in the response.

Response 200 OK

{
  "has_more": false,
  "speech_engines": [
    {
      "access_info": {
        "creator_email": "[email protected]",
        "creator_name": "John Doe",
        "is_creator": true,
        "role": "admin"
      },
      "created_at_unix_secs": 1714000000,
      "name": "My Speech Engine",
      "speech_engine_id": "seng_3701k3ttaq12ewp8b7qv5rfyszkz",
      "tags": [
        "production",
        "v1"
      ],
      "updated_at_unix_secs": 1714086400,
      "voice_id": "UCaNsl8F6Xh4GALkVMLS"
    }
  ]
}

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