curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices/settings/default' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

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

> Get Default Voice Settings.

## 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/voices/settings/default' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

## Response (200 OK)
{"similarity_boost":1,"speed":1,"stability":1,"style":0,"use_speaker_boost":true}

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GET

/v1/voices/settings/default

ElevenLabs API

Get Default Voice Settings.

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03 · 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/voices/settings/default' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

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Parameters

No parameters.

Response 200 OK

{
  "similarity_boost": 1,
  "speed": 1,
  "stability": 1,
  "style": 0,
  "use_speaker_boost": true
}