# POST /v1/dubbing (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Dub A Video Or An Audio File

## 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 POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -F 'file=@sample.bin' \
  -F 'csv_file=@sample.bin'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| file | body | string | No | A list of file paths to audio recordi... |
| csv_file | body | string | No | CSV file containing transcription/tra... |
| foreground_audio_file | body | string | No | For use only with csv input |

## Response (200 OK)
{"dubbing_id":"21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM","expected_duration_sec":127.5}

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