POST
/v1/studio/projects/{project_id}/content
ElevenLabs APIUpdate Studio Project Content
- Base URL
- https://api.elevenlabs.io
- Auth
- xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
- Last verified
- 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched
Actions
Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 216 tokens · Vary: Accept
→ 216 tokens · Vary: Accept
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/studio/projects/project-id/content' \ -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \ -F 'from_url=string' \ -F 'from_document=@sample.bin' \ -F 'from_content_json=string' \ -F 'auto_convert=false'Get a free ElevenLabs API key → sponsored
Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| project_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the Studio project. |
| from_url | body | string | No | An optional URL from which we will extract content to initialize the Studio project. If this is set, 'from_url' and 'from_content' must be null. If neither 'from_url', 'from_document', 'from_content' are provided we will initialize the Studio project as blank. |
| from_document | body | string | No | An optional .epub, .pdf, .txt or similar file can be provided. If provided, we will initialize the Studio project with its content. If this is set, 'from_url' and 'from_content' must be null. If neither 'from_url', 'from_document', 'from_content' are provided we will initialize the Studio project as blank. |
| from_content_json | body | string | No | An optional content to initialize the Studio project with. If this is set, 'from_url' and 'from_document' must be null. If neither 'from_url', 'from_document', 'from_content' are provided we will initialize the Studio project as blank. Example: [{"name": "Chapter A", "blocks": [{"sub_type": "p", "nodes": [{"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT0", "text": "A", "type": "tts_node"}, {"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT1", "text": "B", "type": "tts_node"}]}, {"sub_type": "h1", "nodes": [{"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT0", "text": "C", "type": "tts_node"}, {"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT1", "text": "D", "type": "tts_node"}]}]}, {"name": "Chapter B", "blocks": [{"sub_type": "p", "nodes": [{"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT0", "text": "E", "type": "tts_node"}, {"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT1", "text": "F", "type": "tts_node"}]}, {"sub_type": "h2", "nodes": [{"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT0", "text": "G", "type": "tts_node"}, {"voice_id": "6lCwbsX1yVjD49QmpkT1", "text": "H", "type": "tts_node"}]}]}] |
| auto_convert | body | boolean | No | Whether to auto convert the Studio project to audio or not. |
Response 200 OK
{
"project": {
"access_level": "viewer",
"author": "John Doe",
"can_be_downloaded": true,
"content_type": "Novel",
"cover_image_url": "https://example.com/cover.jpg",
"create_date_unix": 1714204800,
"created_by_user_id": "Vbtgl3bRdj6lk79rYAgx",
"creation_meta": {
"creation_progress": 0.5,
"status": "pending",
"type": "blank"
},
"default_model_id": "eleven_multilingual_v2",
"default_paragraph_voice_id": "JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
"default_paragraph_voice_ref_id": "JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
"default_title_voice_id": "JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
"default_title_voice_ref_id": "JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
"description": "This is a description of my project.",
"fiction": "fiction",
"genres": [
"Novel",
"Short Story"
],
"isbn_number": "978-90-274-3964-2",
"language": "en",
"last_conversion_date_unix": 1714204800,
"mature_content": false,
"name": "My Project",
"original_publication_date": "2025-01-01",
"project_id": "aw1NgEzBg83R7vgmiJt6",
"public_share_id": "abc123def456789",
"quality_check_on": false,
"quality_check_on_when_bulk_convert": false,
"state": "default",
"target_audience": "young adult",
"title": "My Project",
"volume_normalization": true
}
}