How to parse binary audio attachment from Alexa directive response?

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NewUser-336fd740-bd6a-4999-b8f6-fe34bc14b4da asked · Aug 01, 2017 at 01:29 AM

How to parse binary audio attachment from Alexa directive response?

I am using node js to develop.

I been able to send a http/2 request now , the request been able to carry the binary audio attachment.

The request is correct , I can confirm from AVS history information.

but the response is string data .

I will binary audio attachment converted into buffer,write a file or pipe the sream to play, All method can not play !

I know binary audio attachment is mp3 and :

16bit Linear PCM
16kHz sample rate
Single channel
Little endian byte order

How to parse binary audio attachment ?

Is not binary encode ?

alexa voice service api node_js

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NewUser-6e59f50e-0c37-45d3-9dd9-515c4717d513 · Dec 17, 2018 at 09:29 AM

had the same problem. I used some code from NET to receive the audio, and it had utf8 encoding

var req = avsClient.request({':method': 'POST',...})
req.setEncoding('utf8') <-- this was wrong, had to simple delete it.
req.write(payload)

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Answer 1 · 2020-09-16T18:06:20Z

NewUser-d9a8ed29-88a9-4cc2-9378-8039b9b58800 answered · Sep 16, 2020 at 06:06 PM

were you able to save the audio attachment as a file? is it playable?

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Answer 2 · 2018-07-27T04:23:31Z

vivek@sasken answered · Jul 27, 2018 at 04:23 AM

how to pase my own audio into binary audio and it to alexa

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Answer 3 · 2017-08-02T17:18:39Z

Jordan@Amazon answered · Aug 02, 2017 at 05:18 PM

Hi @NewUser-336fd740-bd6a-4999-b8f6-fe34bc14b4da,

Are you using a multipart parsing library? In order to obtain the binary audio you will need to read the first parts of the response as JSON content and the audio part as binary content. We do not have an implementation in NodeJS to provide you, so without seeing any code or errors from your code it will be difficult to help you parse the binary audio. I would recommend looking into some multipart parsing libraries that are available that are available on NodeJS and reading the documentation on those for how to read each part of the response. The process of parsing the response should be similar to the process of sending the request.

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Answer 4 · 2017-08-02T03:44:27Z

NewUser-336fd740-bd6a-4999-b8f6-fe34bc14b4da answered · Aug 02, 2017 at 03:44 AM

The answer did not hlep me. I know the page ,but my problem is:How to parse binary audio attachment ?

it is my receive data:

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Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{"directive":{"header":{"namespace":"Speaker","name":"SetMute","messageId":"9ae85c4c-b5c6-48ac-94ea-3312215ce549","dialogRequestId":"SpeechRecognizer-RequestId-20170802114309536"},"payload":{"mute":false}}}
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Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{"directive":{"header":{"namespace":"SpeechSynthesizer","name":"Speak","messageId":"9a0bfccd-80a4-4736-a2e4-506534525c0d","dialogRequestId":"SpeechRecognizer-RequestId-20170802114309536"},"payload":{"url":"cid:KnowledgePrompt.8b380a91-bae5-4035-b438-2daaeff1f5da_1854566336","format":"AUDIO_MPEG","token":"amzn1.as-ct.v1.Domain:Application:Knowledge#ACRI#KnowledgePrompt.8b380a91-bae5-4035-b438-2daaeff1f5da"}}}
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Content-ID: <KnowledgePrompt.8b380a91-bae5-4035-b438-2daaeff1f5da_1854566336>
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

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Answer 5 · 2017-08-01T16:44:56Z

Jordan@Amazon answered · Aug 01, 2017 at 04:44 PM

Hi,

It is difficult to see what the issue is without seeing the code. The response will have a multipart response with one part being JSON for a Speak directive and another part having the attached binary audio. Please take a look a the example responses on this page for more information about how the response is structured. Let us know if you have any additional questions

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