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		<title>Get Stream Metadata with Plain Java for Your Android App</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sergei Izvorean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently working with Android API to develop a radio-listening app for Penn State. While streaming music isn't much of a problem with use of MediaPlayer API, getting stream's metadata is little bit of a challenge. Since the SHOUTcast standard isn't open-source there is no clear documentation on how to deal with metadata. One resource was able to explain the protocol. However, many online implementation are using a 3rd party library which isn't suitable to drop-in into your Android project.]]></description>
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<p>When developing for Android streaming music isn&#8217;t much of a problem using <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html">MediaPlayer</a> API, getting stream&#8217;s metadata is little bit of a challenge. Since the SHOUTcast standard isn&#8217;t open-source there is no clear documentation on how to deal with metadata. <a href="http://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html" target="_blank">One resource</a> was able to explain the protocol. However, many online implementation are using a 3rd party library which isn&#8217;t suitable to drop-in into your Android project.</p>
<p>Below is a preliminary Java class written specifically to obtain metadata from a stream URL using only Java API thus suitable for any Android project. The class is based on another great example to <a href="http://nicklothian.com/blog/2009/03/18/random-mp3-metadata-code/">retrieve metadata</a>.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.io.IOException</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.io.InputStream</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.net.URL</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.net.URLConnection</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.util.HashMap</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.util.List</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.util.Map</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.util.regex.Matcher</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #006699;">java.util.regex.Pattern</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
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<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">class</span> IcyStreamMeta <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
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	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> <span style="color: #003399;">URL</span> streamUrl<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">private</span> Map<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String, String<span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> metadata<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">private</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">boolean</span> isError<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
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	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> IcyStreamMeta<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">URL</span> streamUrl<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		setStreamUrl<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>streamUrl<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
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		isError <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">false</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
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	<span style="color: #008000; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">/**
	 * Get artist using stream's title
	 *
	 * @return String
	 * @throws IOException
	 */</span>
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #003399;">String</span> getArtist<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">throws</span> <span style="color: #003399;">IOException</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		Map<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String, String<span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> data <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> getMetadata<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
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		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #339933;">!</span>data.<span style="color: #006633;">containsKey</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;StreamTitle&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;&quot;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
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		<span style="color: #003399;">String</span> streamTitle <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> data.<span style="color: #006633;">get</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;StreamTitle&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #003399;">String</span> title <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> streamTitle.<span style="color: #006633;">substring</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>, streamTitle.<span style="color: #006633;">indexOf</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;-&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> title.<span style="color: #006633;">trim</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
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	<span style="color: #008000; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">/**
	 * Get title using stream's title
	 *
	 * @return String
	 * @throws IOException
	 */</span>
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #003399;">String</span> getTitle<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">throws</span> <span style="color: #003399;">IOException</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		Map<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String, String<span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> data <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> getMetadata<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #339933;">!</span>data.<span style="color: #006633;">containsKey</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;StreamTitle&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;&quot;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #003399;">String</span> streamTitle <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> data.<span style="color: #006633;">get</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;StreamTitle&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #003399;">String</span> artist <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> streamTitle.<span style="color: #006633;">substring</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>streamTitle.<span style="color: #006633;">indexOf</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;-&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">+</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> artist.<span style="color: #006633;">trim</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> Map<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String, String<span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> getMetadata<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">throws</span> <span style="color: #003399;">IOException</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>metadata <span style="color: #339933;">==</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			refreshMeta<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> metadata<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">void</span> refreshMeta<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">throws</span> <span style="color: #003399;">IOException</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		retreiveMetadata<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">private</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">void</span> retreiveMetadata<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">throws</span> <span style="color: #003399;">IOException</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		<span style="color: #003399;">URLConnection</span> con <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> streamUrl.<span style="color: #006633;">openConnection</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		con.<span style="color: #006633;">setRequestProperty</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;Icy-MetaData&quot;</span>, <span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		con.<span style="color: #006633;">setRequestProperty</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;Connection&quot;</span>, <span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;close&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		con.<span style="color: #006633;">setRequestProperty</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;Accept&quot;</span>, <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		con.<span style="color: #006633;">connect</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">int</span> metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		Map<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String, List<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String<span style="color: #339933;">&gt;&gt;</span> headers <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> con.<span style="color: #006633;">getHeaderFields</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #003399;">InputStream</span> stream <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> con.<span style="color: #006633;">getInputStream</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>headers.<span style="color: #006633;">containsKey</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;icy-metaint&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Headers are sent via HTTP</span>
			metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #003399;">Integer</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">parseInt</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>headers.<span style="color: #006633;">get</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;icy-metaint&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">get</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">else</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Headers are sent within a stream</span>
			StringBuilder strHeaders <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">new</span> StringBuilder<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">char</span> c<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">while</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>c <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">char</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>stream.<span style="color: #006633;">read</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #339933;">!=</span> <span style="color: #339933;">-</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
				strHeaders.<span style="color: #006633;">append</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>c<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
				<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>strHeaders.<span style="color: #006633;">length</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">5</span> <span style="color: #339933;">&amp;&amp;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>strHeaders.<span style="color: #006633;">substring</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>strHeaders.<span style="color: #006633;">length</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #339933;">-</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">4</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>, strHeaders.<span style="color: #006633;">length</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">equals</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\r</span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\n</span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\r</span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\n</span>&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
					<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// end of headers</span>
					<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">break</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
				<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
			<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Match headers to get metadata offset within a stream</span>
			Pattern p <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> Pattern.<span style="color: #006633;">compile</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>r<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>n(icy-metaint):<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>s*(.*)<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>r<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>n&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			Matcher m <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> p.<span style="color: #006633;">matcher</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>strHeaders.<span style="color: #006633;">toString</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>m.<span style="color: #006633;">find</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
				metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #003399;">Integer</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">parseInt</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>m.<span style="color: #006633;">group</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">2</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
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		<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// In case no data was sent</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">==</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			isError <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Read metadata</span>
		<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">int</span> b<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">int</span> count <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">int</span> metaDataLength <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">4080</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// 4080 is the max length</span>
		<span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">boolean</span> inData <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">false</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		StringBuilder metaData <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">new</span> StringBuilder<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Stream position should be either at the beginning or right after headers</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">while</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>b <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> stream.<span style="color: #006633;">read</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #339933;">!=</span> <span style="color: #339933;">-</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			count<span style="color: #339933;">++;</span>
&nbsp;
			<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Length of the metadata</span>
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>count <span style="color: #339933;">==</span> metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">+</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
				metaDataLength <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> b <span style="color: #339933;">*</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">16</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>count <span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">+</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span> <span style="color: #339933;">&amp;&amp;</span> count <span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">+</span> metaDataLength<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span> 				
				inData <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">else</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span> 				
				inData <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">false</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> 			
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span> 	 			
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>inData<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span> 				
				<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>b <span style="color: #339933;">!=</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span> 					
					metaData.<span style="color: #006633;">append</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">char</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>b<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> 				
				<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span> 			
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span> 	 			
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>count <span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>metaDataOffset <span style="color: #339933;">+</span> metaDataLength<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
				<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">break</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Set the data</span>
		metadata <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> IcyStreamMeta.<span style="color: #006633;">parseMetadata</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>metaData.<span style="color: #006633;">toString</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// Close</span>
		stream.<span style="color: #006633;">close</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">boolean</span> isError<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> isError<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #003399;">URL</span> getStreamUrl<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> streamUrl<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">void</span> setStreamUrl<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">URL</span> streamUrl<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">this</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">metadata</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">this</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">streamUrl</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> streamUrl<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">this</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">isError</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">false</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">static</span> Map<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String, String<span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> parseMetadata<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">String</span> metaString<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		Map<span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span>String, String<span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> metadata <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">new</span> <span style="color: #003399;">HashMap</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #003399;">String</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#93;</span> metaParts <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> metaString.<span style="color: #006633;">split</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;;&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		Pattern p <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> Pattern.<span style="color: #006633;">compile</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;^([a-zA-Z]+)=<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>'([^<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>']*)<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\\</span>'$&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		Matcher m<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">for</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">int</span> i <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> i <span style="color: #339933;">&lt;</span> metaParts.<span style="color: #006633;">length</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> i<span style="color: #339933;">++</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			m <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> p.<span style="color: #006633;">matcher</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>metaParts<span style="color: #009900;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #009900;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>m.<span style="color: #006633;">find</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
				metadata.<span style="color: #006633;">put</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">String</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>m.<span style="color: #006633;">group</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">String</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>m.<span style="color: #006633;">group</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">2</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> metadata<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span></pre></div></div>

<p>The class is suitable for most cases. You&#8217;ll be able to retrieve some common information like artist and song title. Other metadata is available in the Map returned by getMetadata().</p>
<p>To effectively use the class in your Android application I would suggest using <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html">AsyncTask</a>. This will allow your app to asynchronously get the metadata and properly interact with UI thread. Below is the code I used:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">class</span> MetadataTask <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">extends</span> AsyncTask <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> IcyStreamMeta streamMeta<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
&nbsp;
	@Override
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> IcyStreamMeta doInBackground<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">URL</span>... <span style="color: #006633;">urls</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		streamMeta <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">new</span> IcyStreamMeta<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>urls<span style="color: #009900;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">try</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			streamMeta.<span style="color: #006633;">refreshMeta</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">catch</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">IOException</span> e<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// TODO: Handle</span>
			Log.<span style="color: #006633;">e</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>MetadataTask.<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">class</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">toString</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>, e.<span style="color: #006633;">getMessage</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">return</span> streamMeta<span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
	@Override
	<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">void</span> onPostExecute<span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>IcyStreamMeta result<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
		<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">try</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			txtArtist.<span style="color: #006633;">setText</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>streamMeta.<span style="color: #006633;">getArtist</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
			txtTitle.<span style="color: #006633;">setText</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>streamMeta.<span style="color: #006633;">getTitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">catch</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #003399;">IOException</span> e<span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
			<span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">// TODO: Handle</span>
			Log.<span style="color: #006633;">e</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span>MetadataTask.<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">class</span>.<span style="color: #006633;">toString</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>, e.<span style="color: #006633;">getMessage</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
		<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
	<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
<span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span></pre></div></div>

<p>The code isn&#8217;t final, questions and comments are welcome.</p>
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		<title>How to serve Excel files on Google App Engine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sergei Izvorean</dc:creator>
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<p>Google App Engine is a hosting service for your Python and, lately, Java applications. In this case I&#8217;m going to talk about Python. Since an application cannot save files it might seem hard to serve an Excel file. Thankfully a great library <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator" target="new">pyExcelerator</a> is very flexibile and instead of saving a file you can offer a user to download the dynamically generated Excel file. Here is what you do:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="python" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">from</span> pyExcelerator <span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">import</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">*</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">class</span> MainPage<span style="color: black;">&#40;</span>webapp.<span style="color: black;">RequestHandler</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span>:
    <span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">def</span> get<span style="color: black;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">self</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span>:
        wb = Workbook<span style="color: black;">&#40;</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span>
        ws0 = wb.<span style="color: black;">add_sheet</span><span style="color: black;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #483d8b;">'Sheet 1'</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;"># Rows and columns count starts from 0</span>
        <span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">for</span> x <span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">in</span> <span style="color: #008000;">range</span><span style="color: black;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff4500;">10</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span>:
            <span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">for</span> y <span style="color: #ff7700;font-weight:bold;">in</span> <span style="color: #008000;">range</span><span style="color: black;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff4500;">10</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span>:
                <span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;"># writing to a specific x,y</span>
                ws0.<span style="color: black;">write</span><span style="color: black;">&#40;</span>x, y, <span style="color: #483d8b;">&quot;this is cell %s, %s&quot;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">%</span> <span style="color: black;">&#40;</span>x,y<span style="color: black;">&#41;</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;"># HTTP headers to force file download</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">self</span>.<span style="color: black;">response</span>.<span style="color: black;">headers</span><span style="color: black;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #483d8b;">'Content-Type'</span><span style="color: black;">&#93;</span> = <span style="color: #483d8b;">'application/ms-excel'</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">self</span>.<span style="color: black;">response</span>.<span style="color: black;">headers</span><span style="color: black;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #483d8b;">'Content-Transfer-Encoding'</span><span style="color: black;">&#93;</span> = <span style="color: #483d8b;">'Binary'</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">self</span>.<span style="color: black;">response</span>.<span style="color: black;">headers</span><span style="color: black;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #483d8b;">'Content-disposition'</span><span style="color: black;">&#93;</span> = <span style="color: #483d8b;">'attachment; filename=&quot;workbook.xls&quot;'</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;"># output to user</span>
        wb.<span style="color: black;">save</span><span style="color: black;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">self</span>.<span style="color: black;">response</span>.<span style="color: black;">out</span><span style="color: black;">&#41;</span></pre></div></div>

<p>Happy coding!</p>
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