deepgram-sdk 3.0.0

The official Python SDK for the Deepgram automated speech recognition platform.

Deepgram Python SDK

Official Python SDK for Deepgram. Power your apps with world-class speech and Language AI models.

This SDK only supports hosted usage of api.deepgram.com.

• Deepgram Python SDK
• Documentation
• Getting an API Key
• Requirements
• Installation
• Quickstarts
  • PreRecorded Audio Transcription Quickstart
  • Live Audio Transcription Quickstart
• Examples
• Development and Contributing
• Getting Help

Documentation

You can learn more about the Deepgram API at developers.deepgram.com.

Getting an API Key

🔑 To access the Deepgram API you will need a free Deepgram API Key.

Requirements

Python (version ^3.10)

NOTE: Althought many older versions should work.

Installation

pip install deepgram-sdk

Quickstarts

This SDK aims to reduce complexity and abtract/hide some internal Deepgram details that clients shouldn't need to know about. However you can still tweak options and settings if you need.

PreRecorded Audio Transcription Quickstart

You can find a walkthrough on our documentation site. Transcribing Pre-Recorded Audio can be done using the following sample code:

AUDIO_URL = {
    "url": "https://static.deepgram.com/examples/Bueller-Life-moves-pretty-fast.wav"
}

# STEP 1 Create a Deepgram client using the API key from environment variables
deepgram = DeepgramClient()

# STEP 2 Call the transcribe_url method on the prerecorded class
options = PrerecordedOptions(
    model="nova",
    smart_format=True,
    summarize="v2",
)
url_response = deepgram.listen.prerecorded.v("1").transcribe_url(AUDIO_URL, options)
print(url_response)

Live Audio Transcription Quickstart

You can find a walkthrough on our documentation site. Transcribing Live Audio can be done using the following sample code:

deepgram = DeepgramClient()

# Create a websocket connection to Deepgram
options = LiveOptions(
    punctuate=True,
    language="en-US",
    encoding="linear16",
    channels=1,
    sample_rate=16000,
)

def on_message(result=None):
    if result is None:
        return
    sentence = result.channel.alternatives[0].transcript
    if len(sentence) == 0:
        return
    print(f"speaker: {sentence}")

def on_metadata(metadata=None):
    if metadata is None:
        return
    print(f"\n{metadata}\n")


def on_error(error=None):
    if error is None:
        return
    print(f"\n{error}\n")

dg_connection = deepgram.listen.live.v("1")
dg_connection.start(options)

dg_connection.on(LiveTranscriptionEvents.Transcript, on_message)
dg_connection.on(LiveTranscriptionEvents.Metadata, on_metadata)
dg_connection.on(LiveTranscriptionEvents.Error, on_error)

# create microphone
microphone = Microphone(dg_connection.send)

# start microphone
microphone.start()

# wait until finished
input("Press Enter to stop recording...\n\n")

# Wait for the microphone to close
microphone.finish()

# Indicate that we've finished
dg_connection.finish()

print("Finished")

Examples

There are examples for every API call in this SDK. You can find all of these examples in the examples folder at the root of this repo.

These examples provide:

• PreRecorded Audio Transcription:

  • From an Audio File - examples/prerecorded/file
  • From an URL - examples/prerecorded/url

• Live Audio Transcription:

  • From a Microphone - examples/streaming/microphone
  • From an HTTP Endpoint - examples/streaming/http

• Management API exercise the full CRUD operations for:

  • Balances - examples/manage/balances
  • Invitations - examples/manage/invitations
  • Keys - examples/manage/keys
  • Members - examples/manage/members
  • Projects - examples/manage/projects
  • Scopes - examples/manage/scopes
  • Usage - examples/manage/usage

To run each example set the DEEPGRAM_API_KEY as an environment variable, then cd into each example folder and execute the example: go run main.py.

Development and Contributing

Interested in contributing? We ❤️ pull requests!

To make sure our community is safe for all, be sure to review and agree to our Code of Conduct. Then see the Contribution guidelines for more information.

Getting Help

We love to hear from you so if you have questions, comments or find a bug in the project, let us know! You can either:

• Open an issue in this repository
• Join the Deepgram Github Discussions Community
• Join the Deepgram Discord Community