I want to send a audio blob from JS to python script (which runs on server). My JS ajax .. looks something like this. and my python script looks like this. Right now, I am just testing, so it should get me the duration of the audio file. The blob is generated through record.js This is not working, as the

How to send audio blob from javascript to python?

I want to send a audio blob from JS to python script (which runs on server). My JS ajax .. looks something like this.

var fileType = 'audio';
var fileName = 'output.wav';
var formData = new FormData();
formData.append(fileType + '-filename', fileName);
formData.append(fileType + '-blob', blob);
    $.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'http://localhost/python/audio.py',
    data: {audio:formData},
        success: function(response) {
        alert(respose);
    }
   });

and my python script looks like this.

#!/usr/bin/python3
print("Content-Type: text/html")
print()
import ssl
import cgi
import wave
import contextlib
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
fname = form.getvalue("audio", "error")
with contextlib.closing(wave.open(fname,'r')) as f:
    frames = f.getnframes()
    rate = f.getframerate()
    duration = frames / float(rate)
    print(duration)

Right now, I am just testing, so it should get me the duration of the audio file. The blob is generated through record.js

This is not working, as the python is unable to identify the file. Any solutions?

PS: I am using Xampp Server, to run on local host.

In response to Wojtek Marczenko: The error is

[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.537912 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215: Traceback (most recent call last):: /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.537978 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:   File "/home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py", line 10, in <module>: /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538002 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:     with contextlib.closing(wave.open(fname,'r')) as f:: /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538024 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/wave.py", line 499, in open: /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538036 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:     return Wave_read(f): /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538056 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/wave.py", line 163, in __init__: /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538065 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:     self.initfp(f): /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538086 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/wave.py", line 128, in initfp: /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538097 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:     self._file = Chunk(file, bigendian = 0): /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538110 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/chunk.py", line 61, in __init__: /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538119 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215:     self.chunkname = file.read(4): /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html
[Mon Apr 04 18:26:09.538132 2016] [cgi:error] [pid 5330] [client ::1:60802] AH01215: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'read': /home/shashank/project/dutchman/python/audio.py, referer: http://localhost/index.html

Answer

It looks like you’re not properly sending the blob as form field. The proper way to attach blob to FormData would be formData.append(fileType, blob, fileName);. Also you should attach just the formData instead of nesting it in another object:

var formData = new FormData();
formData.append(fileType, blob, fileName);
$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'http://localhost/python/audio.py',
    data: formData,
    processData: false,  // prevent jQuery from converting the data
    contentType: false,  // prevent jQuery from overriding content type
    success: function(response) {
        alert(response);
    }
});

Sources: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData/append http://www.mattlunn.me.uk/blog/2012/05/sending-formdata-with-jquery-ajax/

On the python side, you need to use the CGI module according to the python docs (can’t post more links). I believe the proper way would be like this:

form = cgi.FieldStorage()
fname = form["audio"].filename
print "Got filename:", fname  # in case of problems see if this looks ok

with contextlib.closing(wave.open(fname,'r')) as f:
    ...

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