ariessa / melofy-api

An API in Python for generating melody from supplied audio file link.

Melofy API

An API in Python for generating melody from supplied audio file link.

Prerequisites

In order to run this API, you need to install the following software first:

• Anaconda
• Git
• Ngrok

API Endpoints

• /

  A route to the homepage

  
  

  Example using curl command to send GET request in Windows CMD

  curl http://melofyapi.ap.ngrok.io
  

  
  

• /generate

  A route to generate melody from supplied audio file link

  
  

  Example using curl command to send POST request in Windows CMD

  curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d "{\"audio_file_link\": \"https://melofyapi.blob.core.windows.net/melofy-api-input/twinkle_twinkle_little_star.wav\" }" http://melofyapi.ap.ngrok.io/generate
  

Deploy

Deploy Flask app locally

1. Clone GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/ariessa/melofy-api.git

2. Create new conda environment named snakes that contains Python 3.7

conda create -n snakes python=3.7

3. Activate new environment

conda activate snakes

4. Use pip to install packages

pip install audio-to-midi azure-storage-blob flask google-cloud-storage gunicorn magenta timidity

5. Run flask app

flask run

Congratulations, you just run the Flask app locally!

Expose Local Flask App to the Internet

1. Enable incoming traffic for port 5000. This is done by navigating to Control Panel> System and Security > Windows Defender Firewall > Advanced Settings

2. In Advanced Settings, click on Inbound Rules

3. After clicking Inbound Rules, click on New Rules in the Action column

4. In New Inbound Rule Wizard, select Rule Type as Port and click Next

5. In New Inbound Rule Wizard, apply rule to TCP and set specific local port to 5000 and click Next

6. In New Inbound Rule Wizard, specify action to Allow the connection and click Next

7. In New Inbound Rule Wizard, specify profile for which rule applies to Private

8. Still in New Inbound Rule Wizard, specify name to Melofy API Port 500 and description to Allow inbound connection to local port 5000 using private connection and click Finish

9. Check New Inbound Rule in the list of Inbound Rules

Congratulations, you just exposed local port 5000 to the Internet!

Start Ngrok

Basic Command

Expose a web server on port 5000 of your local machine to the Internet

ngrok http 5000

Advanced Commands

Expose a web server on port 5000 of your local machine to the Internet, set region to Asia Pasific, and subdomain to melofyapi

ngrok http -region=ap -hostname=melofyapi.ap.ngrok.io 5000

Congratulations, you can now access the API at http://melofyapi.ap.ngrok.io!

Examples of Azure Blob Storage Usage