curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices/pvc' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "string",
  "language": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": {}
}'

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

> Create Pvc Voice

## 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/voices/pvc' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name":"string","language":"string","description":"string","labels":{}}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| name | body | string | Yes | The name that identifies this voice.... |
| language | body | string | Yes | Language used in the samples. |
| description | body | string | No | Description to use for the created vo... |

## Response (200 OK)
{"voice_id":"b38kUX8pkfYO2kHyqfFy"}

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POST

/v1/voices/pvc

ElevenLabs API

Create Pvc Voice

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched

Actions

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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 POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices/pvc' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "string",  "language": "string",  "description": "string",  "labels": {}}'

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
name	body	string	Yes	The name that identifies this voice. This will be displayed in the dropdown of the website.
language	body	string	Yes	Language used in the samples.
description	body	string	No	Description to use for the created voice.
labels	body	object	No	Labels for the voice. Keys can be language, accent, gender, or age.

Response 200 OK

{
  "voice_id": "b38kUX8pkfYO2kHyqfFy"
}