How to send audio data from Java Applet to Rails controller - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have to send the audio data in byte array obtain by recording from java applet at the client side to rails server at the controller in order to save.
So, what encoding parameters at the applet side be used and in what form the audio data be converted like String or byte array so that rails correctly recieve data and then I can save that data at the rails in the file. As currently the audio file made by rails controller is not playing. It is the following ERROR :
LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed
while playing with the mplayer.
Here is the sample Java Code i m using in which i m reading audio data from the audio file:
package networksocket;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager;
import sun.awt.HorizBagLayout;
import sun.awt.VerticalBagLayout;
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
/**
*
* #author mukand
*/
public class Urlconnection extends JApplet implements ActionListener
{
/**
* Initialization method that will be called after the applet is loaded
* into the browser.
*/
public BufferedInputStream in;
public BufferedOutputStream out;
public String line;
public FileOutputStream file;
public int bytesread;
public int toread=1024;
byte b[]= new byte[toread];
public String f="FINISH";
public String match;
public File fileopen;
public JTextArea jTextArea;
public Button refreshButton;
public HttpURLConnection urlConn;
public URL url;
OutputStreamWriter wr;
BufferedReader rd;
#Override
public void init() {
// TODO start asynchronous download of heavy resources
//textField= new TextField("START");
//getContentPane().add(textField);
JPanel p = new JPanel();
jTextArea= new JTextArea(1500,1500);
p.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1, 1,1));
p.add(new JLabel("Server Details"));
p.add(jTextArea);
Container content = getContentPane();
content.setLayout(new GridBagLayout()); // Used to center the panel
content.add(p);
jTextArea.setLineWrap(true);
refreshButton = new java.awt.Button("Refresh");
refreshButton.reshape(287,49,71,23);
refreshButton.setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12));
refreshButton.addActionListener(this);
add(refreshButton);
Properties properties = System.getProperties();
properties.put("http.proxyHost", "netmon.iitb.ac.in");
properties.put("http.proxyPort", "80");
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
try
{
url = new URL("http://localhost:3000/audio/audiorecieve");
urlConn = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
//String login = "mukandagarwal:rammstein$";
//String encodedLogin = new BASE64Encoder().encodeBuffer(login.getBytes());
//urlConn.setRequestProperty("Proxy-Authorization",login);
urlConn.setRequestMethod("POST");
// urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type",
//"application/octet-stream");
//urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","audio/mpeg");//"application/x-www- form-urlencoded");
//urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/x-www- form-urlencoded");
//urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", "" +
// Integer.toString(urlParameters.getBytes().length));
urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Language", "UTF-8");
urlConn.setDoOutput(true);
urlConn.setDoInput(true);
byte bread[]=new byte[2048];
int iread;
char c;
String data=URLEncoder.encode("key1", "UTF-8")+ "=";
//String data="key1=";
FileInputStream fileread= new FileInputStream("//home//mukand//Hellion.ogg");//Dogs.mp3");//Desktop//mausam1.mp3");
while((iread=fileread.read(bread))!=-1)
{
//data+=(new String());
/*for(int i=0;i<iread;i++)
{
//c=(char)bread[i];
System.out.println(bread[i]);
}*/
data+= URLEncoder.encode(new String(bread,iread), "UTF-8");//new String(new String(bread));//
// data+=new String(bread,iread);
}
//urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length",Integer.toString(data.getBytes().length));
System.out.println(data);
//data+=URLEncoder.encode("mukand", "UTF-8");
//data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("key2", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value2", "UTF-8");
//data="key1=";
wr = new OutputStreamWriter(urlConn.getOutputStream());//urlConn.getOutputStream();
//if((iread=fileread.read(bread))!=-1)
// wr.write(bread,0,iread);
wr.write(data);
wr.flush();
fileread.close();
jTextArea.append("Send");
// Get the response
rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConn.getInputStream()));
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
jTextArea.append(line);
}
wr.close();
rd.close();
//jTextArea.append("click");
}
catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Urlconnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Urlconnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
#Override
public void start()
{
}
#Override
public void stop()
{
}
#Override
public void destroy()
{
}
// TODO overwrite start(), stop() and destroy() methods
}
Here is the Rails controller function for recieving:
def audiorecieve
puts "///////////////////////////////////////******RECIEVED*******////"
puts params[:key1]#+" "+params[:key2]
data=params[:key1]
#request.env('RAW_POST_DATA')
file=File.new("audiodata.ogg", 'w')
file.write(data)
file.flush
file.close
puts "////**************DONE***********//////////////////////"
end
Please reply quickly

Answer 1

Base64 encode the data. Send it as a string, receive it on the Rails side and decode it back to the original format.