Play sounds remotely through a rest API.

Home automation is fun, and my morning alarm hasn't been automated yet. So like why not.

The magic of ffmpeg and a few child_process.spawn calls tied to an express server.

Use it by doing yarn start in the project and making sure you have a few .mp3 files in the audio-files/ directory. When ready, try this:

fetch('localhost:8080/player/play', {
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'siren',
  }),
})

Assuming there's a file called siren.mp3 in your audio-files/ directory, you should hear that sweet sound of panic. Great for starting off any morning.

There's also the associated /pause, /resume, and /stop endpoints which do exactly what you'd guess.

Ha!