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Stream Videos with django
import os
import re
import mimetypes
from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper
from django.http.response import StreamingHttpResponse
range_re = re.compile(r'bytes\s*=\s*(\d+)\s*-\s*(\d*)', re.I)
class RangeFileWrapper(object):
def __init__(self, filelike, blksize=8192, offset=0, length=None):
self.filelike = filelike
self.filelike.seek(offset, os.SEEK_SET)
self.remaining = length
self.blksize = blksize
def close(self):
if hasattr(self.filelike, 'close'):
self.filelike.close()
def __iter__(self):
return self
def __next__(self):
if self.remaining is None:
# If remaining is None, we're reading the entire file.
data = self.filelike.read(self.blksize)
if data:
return data
raise StopIteration()
else:
if self.remaining <= 0:
raise StopIteration()
data = self.filelike.read(min(self.remaining, self.blksize))
if not data:
raise StopIteration()
self.remaining -= len(data)
return data
def stream_video(request, path):
range_header = request.META.get('HTTP_RANGE', '').strip()
range_match = range_re.match(range_header)
size = os.path.getsize(path)
content_type, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(path)
content_type = content_type or 'application/octet-stream'
if range_match:
first_byte, last_byte = range_match.groups()
first_byte = int(first_byte) if first_byte else 0
last_byte = int(last_byte) if last_byte else size - 1
if last_byte >= size:
last_byte = size - 1
length = last_byte - first_byte + 1
resp = StreamingHttpResponse(RangeFileWrapper(open(path, 'rb'), offset=first_byte, length=length), status=206, content_type=content_type)
resp['Content-Length'] = str(length)
resp['Content-Range'] = 'bytes %s-%s/%s' % (first_byte, last_byte, size)
else:
resp = StreamingHttpResponse(FileWrapper(open(path, 'rb')), content_type=content_type)
resp['Content-Length'] = str(size)
resp['Accept-Ranges'] = 'bytes'
return resp
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