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Output in http a .mp4 file, issue pulling from database to browser

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I am having a hard time with Mongodb and Gridfs, using it with Go's http package. I am trying to store a .mp4 file into Gridfs, then pull it out into the browser for playback.

Heres what I am doing now. It successfully pulls the file from database, I could even write it correctly to a download location.

// Connect to database
// Session to database

func movie(w http.ResponseWriter r *http.Request) {
    file, err := db.GridFS("fs").Open("movie.mp4")
    if err != nil {
        log.Println(err)
    }
    defer file.Close()

    w.Header.Set("Content-type", "video/mp4")
    if _, err := io.Copy(w, file); err != nil {
    log.Println(err)
    } 
    // I am trying to send it to the browser.
    // I want to achieve same thing as, http://localhost/view/movie.mp4, 
    as if you did that.
}

If the file was on the server, I would just do something like this. But instead I am trying to store it in Mongodb, for all around easier use involving metadata.

func movie(w http.ResponseWriter r *http.Request) {
    http.ServeFile("./uploads/movie.mp4") // Easy
}

The browser is receiving something, but its just malformed or corrupted. Just shows the video player with an error message. Any help would be appreciated, I have only been programming a week.

Here is a picture of the error, no console error messages.

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Unless someone has an alternative to storing video files for playback in browser somewhere other than MongoDB or Amazon S3. Please let me know, thanks.

Solution

  • You may want to check http.ServeContent. It will handle all the mess (content-type, content-length, partial data, cache) automaticlly and save you a lot of time. It takes a ReadSeeker to serve, which GridFile already implented. So your code may simply change to the below.

    func movie(w http.ResponseWriter r *http.Request) {
    file, err := db.GridFS("fs").Open("movie.mp4")
    if err != nil {
        log.Println(err)
    }
    defer file.Close()

    http.ServeContent(w,r,"movie.mp4",file.UploadDate(),file)

}

    If that doesn't work, please use tools like curl or wget to download the served content and compare it to the orignal one (in db).