This section shows a simple Linux Bash shell script that demonstrates using the /transcribe API to upload a file for transcription, and using the /request to monitor the status of processing that file and retrieve results once transcription has completed.

#!/bin/bash
#
# Sample script for using the transcribe and request APIs together
#

echo "TEST: Running API tests for transcribe/result mode..."
echo ""

#
if [ $# != 2 ] ; then
    echo "Usage: $0 host token"
    exit
fi

SERVER=$1
TOKEN=$2

# Uncomment the value of FILE that you want to test with: the
# "standard" version with a file extension, the "guess what kind of
# file" version without a file extension, the standard audio file
# without an extension, or a 7z file. If you're trying something
# without an extension, you'll also have to uncomment the appropriate
# "cp" line.
#
# wvh 03-May-2017
#
# cp ../SAMPLES/CallTEST.mp3 ../SAMPLES/CallTEST
# cp ../SAMPLES/CallTEST.zip ../SAMPLES/CallTEST
# cp ../SAMPLES/CallTEST.7z ../SAMPLES/CallTEST
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/CallTEST
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/CallTEST.7z
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/CallTEST.mp3
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/audio-and-metadata.zip
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/spanish.zip
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/CallTEST.zip
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/PERMANENT-FILE.ZIP
# SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/FOO.zip


SAMPLEFILE=../SAMPLES/audio-and-metadata.zip

# SAMPLEFILE=DocTestCo-DocTesting-Test01-Fixed.zip

if [ ! -f $SAMPLEFILE ] ; then
    echo "  Specified upload ($SAMPLEFILE) does not exist!"
    exit
fi

SHORTORG=DocTestCo-DocTesting
FOLDER=Test01

DEBUG="--trace-ascii debug.out"

echo -n "Type of file to upload is: "
file $SAMPLEFILE

echo ""
echo "Submitting $SAMPLEFILE for transcription:"

CMD="curl -s -F token=$TOKEN -F \"file=@$SAMPLEFILE;type=application/zip\" -X POST $SERVER:3000/transcribe/$SHORTORG/$FOLDER $DEBUG"

echo "CMD is $CMD"
echo ""

echo "  SUMMARY: Uploading $SAMPLEFILE for transcription at approximately $(date)"

REQUESTID=`curl -s -F token=$TOKEN \
     -F "file=@$SAMPLEFILE;type=application/zip" \
     -X POST $SERVER:3000/transcribe/$SHORTORG/$FOLDER $DEBUG`

# REQUESTID=`$CMD`

echo ""

if [[ ${REQUESTID} =~ ^[0-9a-zA-Z]{8}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{12} ]] ; then
    echo "  SUMMARY: Upload successful - requestID is \"${REQUESTID}\"..."
else
    echo "  SUMMARY: RequestID is \"${REQUESTID}\", which is not a valid request ID.."
    echo "  SUMMARY: Cannot transcribe..."
    exit
fi

STATUS=""
# number of second to sleep between retries of status into
SLEEP=10
TOTALWAIT=0

echo "Retrieving status for item submitted via transcribe API..."
echo "  Calling curl with \"$SERVER:3000/request/$SHORTORG/status?requestid=$REQUESTID&token=$TOKEN\""

STATUS=`curl -s "$SERVER:3000/request/$SHORTORG/status?requestid=$REQUESTID&token=$TOKEN"`

while [ "x$STATUS" != "xdone" ] ; do
    echo "  STATUS is \"$STATUS\" - trying again in $SLEEP seconds ($TOTALWAIT so far)..."
    sleep $SLEEP
    TOTALWAIT=$(($TOTALWAIT + $SLEEP))
    STATUS=`curl -s "$SERVER:3000/request/$SHORTORG/status?requestid=$REQUESTID&token=$TOKEN"`
#    ((RETRY+=1))
#    if [ "x$RETRY" = "x$MAXTRIES" ] ; then
#        echo "  Quitting due to limit of $MAXTRIES retries..."
#        exit 1
#    fi
done

echo $REQUESTID > .REQUESTID

echo "  SUMMARY: Transcription completed successfully at $(date)"