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# **File: COMMIT\_08\_VOICE\_TOKEN.md**
## **Commit 8: Real-time Voice: Token API**
### **Objective**
Implement the serverless-friendly Deepgram token generation API. This is the expert-level correction to the user's "WebSocket proxy" plan. A standard Vercel deployment does not support persistent WebSocket backends.22
This architecture (based on the nextjs-live-transcription starter's implications 23) provides a secure, stateless way to use Deepgram's real-time streaming:
1. The client requests a temporary token from our Next.js API.
2. Our Next.js API (server-side) uses
our secret Deepgram API key to generate a temporary, short-lived token.
3. The client receives this temporary token and uses it to connect *directly* to Deepgram's WebSocket endpoint.
### **Implementation Specification**
**1\. Create app/api/voice-token/route.ts**
Create a file at /app/api/voice-token/route.ts:
TypeScript
import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { DeepgramClient, createClient } from '@deepgram/sdk';
/\*\*
\* This API route generates a short-lived, temporary API key
\* for a client to connect directly to Deepgram's WebSocket.
\* This avoids exposing our main API key and bypasses
\* serverless WebSocket limitations.
\*/
export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
const deepgramApiKey \= process.env.DEEPGRAM\_API\_KEY;
if (\!deepgramApiKey) {
return NextResponse.json(
{ error: 'Deepgram API key not configured' },
{ status: 500 }
);
}
const deepgram: DeepgramClient \= createClient(deepgramApiKey);
try {
// Create a new, temporary key with 'member' permissions
// that expires in 1 minute (60 seconds).
const { key, error } \= await deepgram.keys.create(
null, // Let Deepgram generate the key
'Temporary key for Ponderants user',
\['member'\], // Required scope for transcription
{ timeToLive: 60 }
);
if (error) {
throw error;
}
// Send the temporary key back to the client
return NextResponse.json({ key });
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error creating Deepgram key:', error);
return NextResponse.json(
{ error: 'Failed to generate voice token' },
{ status: 500 }
);
}
}
### **Test Specification**
This is an API-only commit. It will be tested by the client implemented in **Commit 09**.