Media Tags Reader (ID3, MP4)
npm install jsmediatagsThe next version of https://github.com/aadsm/JavaScript-ID3-Reader.
* File Readers
* NodeJS
* XMLHttpRequest
* Blob
* File
* Buffers/Arrays
* React Native
* Tag Readers
* ID3v1
* ID3v2 (with unsynchronisation support!)
* MP4
* FLAC
Run npm install jsmediatags --save to install.
``javascript
// Simple API - will fetch all tags
var jsmediatags = require("jsmediatags");
jsmediatags.read("./music-file.mp3", {
onSuccess: function(tag) {
console.log(tag);
},
onError: function(error) {
console.log(':(', error.type, error.info);
}
});
`
`javascript
// Advanced API
var jsmediatags = require("jsmediatags");
new jsmediatags.Reader("http://www.example.com/music-file.mp3")
.setTagsToRead(["title", "artist"])
.read({
onSuccess: function(tag) {
console.log(tag);
},
onError: function(error) {
console.log(':(', error.type, error.info);
}
});
`
Copy the dist/jsmediatags.min.js file into your web application directory and include it with a script tag.
This library is also available on cdnjs at https://cdnjs.com/libraries/jsmediatags.
UMD will give you multiple usage options to use it:
`javascript`
// As a global Object
var jsmediatags = window.jsmediatags;javascript`
// As a CommonJS Module
var jsmediatags = require("jsmediatags");
It supports loading files from remote hosts, Blob and File objects:
`javascript`
// From remote host
jsmediatags.read("http://www.example.com/music-file.mp3", {
onSuccess: function(tag) {
console.log(tag);
},
onError: function(error) {
console.log(error);
}
});
Note that the URI has to include the scheme (e.g.: https://), as relative URIs are not supported.
`javascript`
// From Blob
jsmediatags.read(blob, ...);javascript`
// From File
inputTypeFile.addEventListener("change", function(event) {
var file = event.target.files[0];
jsmediatags.read(file, ...);
}, false);
You can find more about UMD usage options here.
React Native support requires some additional dependencies:
`bash`
npm install --save jsmediatags buffer react-native-fs
With these dependencies installed, usage with React Native should remain the
same:
`js
const jsmediatags = require('jsmediatags');
new jsmediatags.Reader('/path/to/song.mp3')
.read({
onSuccess: (tag) => {
console.log('Success!');
console.log(tag);
},
onError: (error) => {
console.log('Error');
console.log(error);
}
});
// Or wrap it with a promise
new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
new jsmediatags.Reader('/path/to/song.mp3')
.read({
onSuccess: (tag) => {
console.log('Success!');
resolve(tag);
},
onError: (error) => {
console.log('Error');
reject(error);
}
});
})
.then(tagInfo => {
// handle the onSuccess return
})
.catch(error => {
// handle errors
});
`
* Cordova : lire les metadatas des mp3s avec jsmediatags
's onSuccess callback.#### ID3v2
`javascript
{
type: "ID3",
version: "2.4.0",
major: 4,
revision: 0,
tags: {
artist: "Sam, The Kid",
album: "Pratica(mente)",
track: "12",
TPE1: {
id: "TPE1",
size: 14,
description: "Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)",
data: "Sam, The Kid"
},
TALB: {
id: "TALB",
size: 16,
description: "Album/Movie/Show title",
data: "Pratica(mente)"
},
TRCK: {
id: "TRCK",
size: 3,
description: "Track number/Position in set",
data: "12",
}
},
size: 34423,
flags: {
unsynchronisation: false,
extended_header: false,
experimental_indicator: false,
footer_present: false
}
}
`#### MP4
javascript
{
type: "MP4",
ftyp: "M4A",
version: 0,
tags: {
"©too": {
id: "©too",
size: 35,
description: 'Encoding Tool',
data: 'Lavf53.24.2'
}
}
}
`#### FLAC
javascript
{
type: "FLAC",
version: "1",
tags: {
title: "16/12/95",
artist: "Sam, The Kid",
album: "Pratica(mente)",
track: "12",
picture: ...
}
}
`The
property includes all tags that were found or specified to be read.
Since each tag type (e.g.: ID3, MP4) uses different tag names for the same type of data (e.g.: the artist name) the most common tags are also available under human readable names (aka shortcuts). In this example, artist will point to TPE1.data, album to TALB.data and so forth.The expected tag object depends on the type of tag read (ID3, MP4, etc.) but they all share a common structure:
`
{
type:
tags: {
:
: {
id: ,
data:
}
}
}
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These are the supported shortcuts.
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The
tag contains an array buffer of all the bytes of the album artwork image as well as the content type of the image. The data can be converted and displayed as an image using:`javascript
const { data, format } = result.tags.picture;
let base64String = "";
for (const i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
base64String += String.fromCharCode(data[i]);
}
img.src = data:${data.format};base64,${window.btoa(base64String)};
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When using HTTP CORS requests you need to make sure that the server is configured to receive
and Range headers with the request.
This can be configured by returning the Access-Control-Allow-Headers HTTP header with the OPTIONS request response.Similarly, you should also allow for the browser to read the
Content-Length and Content-Range headers. This can be configured by returning the Access-Control-Expose-Headers HTTP header.In short, the following headers are expected:
`
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: If-Modified-Since, Range
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Length, Content-Range
This library still works without these options configured on the server. However it will download the entire file instead of only the necessary bytes for reading the tags.
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This library uses file readers (MediaFileReader API) to read the file itself and media tag readers (MediaTagReader API) to parse the tags in the file.
By default the library will automatically pick the most appropriate file reader depending on the file location. In the common case this will be the URL or local path where the file is located.
A similar approach is taken for the tag reader. The most appropriate tag reader will be selected depending on the tag signature found in the file.
However, you can specify exactly which file reader or tag reader to use using the advanced API.
New file and tag readers can be implemented by extending the MediaFileReader and MediaTagReader classes. Check the
section down bellow for more information.$3
*
jsmediatags.Reader
* - Specify which tags to read
* setFileReader(fileReader: typeof MediaFileReader) - Use this particular file reader
* setTagReader(tagReader: typeof MediaTagReader) - Use this particular tag reader
* read({onSuccess, onError}) - Read the tags.*
jsmediatags.Config
* - Add a new file reader to the automatic detection system.
* addTagReader(tagReader: typeof MediaTagReader) - Add a new tag reader to the automatic detection system.
* setDisallowedXhrHeaders(disallowedXhrHeaders: Array - Prevent the library from using specific http headers. This can be useful when dealing with CORS enabled servers you don't control.
* setXhrTimeoutInSec(timeoutInSec: number) - Sets the timeout time for http requests. Set it to 0 for no timeout at all. It defaults to 30s.Development
Source code uses Flow for type checking meaning that a compilation step is needed to remove all type annotations.
When using this library with NodeJS you can use the runtime compilation that is supported by babel. It will be slightly slower but no compilation step is required.
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`javascript
require('babel-core/register');var NodeFileReader = require('./src/NodeFileReader');
var ID3v2TagReader = require('./src/ID3v2TagReader');
...
`$3
Run
to generate proper JavaScript code into the build2 directory.`javascript
var NodeFileReader = require('./build2/NodeFileReader');
var ID3v2TagReader = require('./build2/ID3v2TagReader');
...
`Run
to automatically recompile the source code whenever a file is changed.$3
Run
npm run dist to generate a UMD version of this library that is ready to be used in a browser.Two packages are created for the browser:
dist/jsmediatags.min.js and dist/jsmediatags.js. One is a minimized version that is meant to be used in production and the other a regular version meant to be used for debugging.Run
npm run dist-watch to recompile and browserify the source code whenever a file is changed. This will only regenerate the dist/jsmediatags.js file.$3
Extend the
MediaFileReader class to implement a new file reader. Methods to implement are:* init
* loadRange
* getBytesLoaded
* getByteAt
Current Implementations:
* NodeFileReader (NodeJS)
* XhrFileReader (Browser and NodeJS)
* BlobFileReader (Blob and File)
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Extend the
MediaTagReader class to implement a new tag reader. Methods to implement are:* getTagIdentifierByteRange
* canReadTagFormat
* \_loadData
* \_parseData
Current Implementations:
* ID3v1TagReader
* ID3v2TagReader
* MP4TagReader
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Jest is the framework used. Run
npm test to execute all the tests.JavaScript-ID3-Reader
If you want to migrate your project from JavaScript-ID3-Reader to jsmediatags use the following guiding examples:$3
JavaScript-ID3-Reader:
`javascript
ID3.loadTags("filename.mp3", function() {
var tags = ID3.getAllTags("filename.mp3");
alert(tags.artist + " - " + tags.title + ", " + tags.album);
});
`
jsmediatags:
javascript
jsmediatags.read("filename.mp3", {
onSuccess: function(tag) {
var tags = tag.tags;
alert(tags.artist + " - " + tags.title + ", " + tags.album);
}
});
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JavaScript-ID3-Reader:
javascript
ID3.loadTags("filename.mp3", function() {
var tags = ID3.getAllTags("filename.mp3");
alert(tags.COMM.data + " - " + tags.TCON.data + ", " + tags.WXXX.data);
},
{tags: ["COMM", "TCON", "WXXX"]});
`
jsmediatags:
javascript
new jsmediatags.Reader("filename.mp3")
.setTagsToRead(["COMM", "TCON", "WXXX"])
.read({
onSuccess: function(tag) {
var tags = tag.tags;
alert(tags.COMM.data + " - " + tags.TCON.data + ", " + tags.WXXX.data);
}
});
`
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JavaScript-ID3-Reader:
javascript
ID3.loadTags("http://localhost/filename.mp3", function() {
var tags = ID3.getAllTags("http://localhost/filename.mp3");
alert(tags.comment + " - " + tags.track + ", " + tags.lyrics);
},
{
tags: ["comment", "track", "lyrics"],
onError: function(reason) {
if (reason.error === "xhr") {
console.log("There was a network error: ", reason.xhr);
}
}
});
`
jsmediatags:
javascript
new jsmediatags.Reader("filename.mp3")
.setTagsToRead(["comment", "track", "lyrics"])
.read({
onSuccess: function(tag) {
var tags = tag.tags;
alert(tags.comment + " - " + tags.track + ", " + tags.lyrics);
},
onError: function(error) {
if (error.type === "xhr") {
console.log("There was a network error: ", error.xhr);
}
}
});
``* Improve the API of JavaScript-ID3-Reader
* Improve the source code with readable code and Flow annotated types
* Have unit tests
* Support NodeJS