Rime API

Generated message definitions for Rime text-to-speech. Python and JavaScript packages use the same schema and release version.

Python

uv add rime-api

from rime_api import text_to_speech_pb2 as proto

request = proto.WebSocketRequest(context_id='turn-42', text='Hello.')
encoded = request.SerializeToString()

Python 3.10 or newer is required. The package includes type stubs. Its only runtime dependency is protobuf. It does not require gRPC.

JavaScript and TypeScript

npm install @rimelabs/api @bufbuild/protobuf@^2.11.0

import { create, toBinary } from "@bufbuild/protobuf";
import { WebSocketRequestSchema } from "@rimelabs/api";
import type { WebSocketRequest } from "@rimelabs/api";

const request: WebSocketRequest = create(WebSocketRequestSchema, {
  contextId: "turn-42",
  payload: { case: "text", value: "Hello." },
});
const encoded = toBinary(WebSocketRequestSchema, request);

The package supports ESM and CommonJS and includes TypeScript declarations. Consumers that import @bufbuild/protobuf directly should declare it as a direct dependency too. Use its fromJson and toJson functions for the Rime JSON protocol. JSON.stringify does not implement the protobuf JSON mapping.

Scope and compatibility

These packages contain the full public TTS schema, including synthesis, normalization, language and speaker queries, and WebSocket envelopes. Framework adapters own connections, authentication, cancellation, and audio I/O. Service descriptors are included; gRPC client stubs are not included.

The protobuf package remains rime. The Python generator uses a virtual source path, rime_api/text_to_speech.proto, to obtain the Python import name. This changes the Python descriptor's file name, but preserves message names, service names, field numbers, and both wire formats. Do not load independently generated definitions of these same rime messages in one Python process.

The Python wheel, source archive, and npm archive include the exact Protobuf and AsyncAPI definitions and their SHA-256 hashes in SOURCE.json. In the wheel, the definitions are under rime_api/schema/. The other archives use schema/. Generated code is part of the distribution; installation requires no protobuf compiler or access to the Rime repository.

License

Copyright 2026 Rime. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE and NOTICE included in each distribution.

This license covers the public Protobuf and AsyncAPI definitions and the Rime-owned generated code and documentation in these distributions. It does not apply to other Rime monorepo components. Dependencies retain their own licenses.