api: add support OpenAI REST transcription api

client_openai.py

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+import sys
+import requests
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print("Usage: python transcribe_file.py <path_to_audio_file>")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+audio_file = sys.argv[1]
+
+# Configuration
+host = "localhost"
+port = 8000  # Default REST port; change if you used --rest_port
+url = f"http://{host}:{port}/v1/audio/transcriptions"
+model = "small"  # Or "whisper-1" (mapped to small internally)
+language = "en"  # Or "hi" for Hindi
+response_format = "json"  # Options: "json", "text", "verbose_json", "srt", "vtt"
+
+# Prepare the request
+files = {"file": open(audio_file, "rb")}
+data = {
+    "model": model,
+    "language": language,
+    "response_format": response_format,
+    # Optional: Add "prompt" for style guidance, "temperature" (0-1), etc.
+}
+
+# Send the request
+response = requests.post(url, files=files, data=data)
+
+if response.status_code == 200:
+    if response_format == "json" or response_format == "verbose_json":
+        result = response.json()
+        print("Transcript:", result.get("text", "No text found"))
+        # If you need translation, post-process here (e.g., using another API like Google Translate)
+    else:
+        print("Transcript:", response.text)
+else:
+    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.json().get("error", "Unknown error"))