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# Update

PUT https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Update an existing pronunciation dictionary by uploading a JSON file. You can add new words, change existing pronunciations, or both — entries not included in the uploaded file remain unchanged.

**Limits:** Max 100 words per dictionary, 1 MB file size.

The response includes the `dictionary_id` and the updated pronunciation mappings for verification.

Reference: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference/pronunciation-dictionary/update

## Authentication

- `api-subscription-key` header (required)

## Request

### Query parameters

- `dict_id` (string, required) — ID of the dictionary to update

### Body (multipart/form-data)

- `file` (file, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `dictionary_id` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the updated dictionary.
- `updated_pronunciations` (map from string to map from string to string, required) — The new pronunciation data after the update, organized as `{language_code: {word: pronunciation}}`.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "file": "<file: <file1>>"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "dictionary_id": "p_5cb7faa6",
  "updated_pronunciations": {
    "en-IN": {
      "teting": "testing"
    },
    "hi-IN": {
      "B2B": "business to business"
    }
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript
import { SarvamAIClient } from "sarvamai";
import fs from "fs";

const client = new SarvamAIClient({
  apiSubscriptionKey: process.env.SARVAM_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.pronunciationDictionary.update({
  dict_id: "p_5cb7faa6",
  file: fs.createReadStream("pronunciations.json"),
});

```

```typescript
import { SarvamAIClient } from "sarvamai";

async function main() {
    const client = new SarvamAIClient({
        apiSubscriptionKey: "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
    });
    await client.pronunciationDictionary.update({
        dict_id: "p_5cb7faa6",
    });
}
main();

```

```python
from sarvamai import SarvamAI

client = SarvamAI(
    api_subscription_key="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
)

client.pronunciation_dictionary.update(
    dict_id="p_5cb7faa6",
    file="example_file",
)

```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=p_5cb7faa6"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("api-subscription-key", "<apiSubscriptionKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=p_5cb7faa6")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["api-subscription-key"] = '<apiSubscriptionKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=p_5cb7faa6")
  .header("api-subscription-key", "<apiSubscriptionKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PUT', 'https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=p_5cb7faa6', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'file',
        'filename' => '<file1>',
        'contents' => null
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'api-subscription-key' => '<apiSubscriptionKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=p_5cb7faa6");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("api-subscription-key", "<apiSubscriptionKey>");
request.AddParameter("multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "api-subscription-key": "<apiSubscriptionKey>",
  "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "fileName": "<file1>"
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=p_5cb7faa6")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```