Google Cloud Speech API: Qwik Start. Run in cloudshell gcloud compute ssh linux-instance Press y , ENTER > ENTER > ENTER > n, ENTER Get API KEY from Navigation menu > APIs & services > Credentials > Create credentials > API key export API_KEY= cat > request.json <<EOF { "config": { "encoding":"FLAC", "languageCode": "en-US" }, "audio": { "uri":"gs://cloud-samples-tests/speech/brooklyn.flac" } } EOF curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @request.json \ "https://speech.googleapis.com/v1/speech:recognize?key=${API_KEY}" > result.json