curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/secrets/secret-id' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "type": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "value": "string"
}'

# PATCH /v1/convai/secrets/{secret_id} (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Update Convai Workspace Secret

## 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 PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/secrets/secret-id' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"type":"string","name":"string","value":"string"}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| secret_id | path | string | Yes | path parameter secret_id. |
| type | body | string | Yes | Request body field type. |
| name | body | string | Yes | Request body field name. |
| value | body | string | Yes | Request body field value. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"type":"string","secret_id":"string","name":"string"}

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PATCH

/v1/convai/secrets/{secret_id}

ElevenLabs API

Update Convai Workspace Secret

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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→ 221 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 PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/secrets/secret-id' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "type": "string",  "name": "string",  "value": "string"}'

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
secret_id	path	string	Yes	path parameter secret_id.
type	body	string	Yes	Request body field type.
name	body	string	Yes	Request body field name.
value	body	string	Yes	Request body field value.

Response 200 OK

{
  "type": "string",
  "secret_id": "string",
  "name": "string"
}