script to read the time on an audio file code example

Example: script to read the time on an audio file

// Create a non-dom allocated Audio element
var audio = document.createElement('audio');

// Add a change event listener to the file input
document.getElementById("fileinput").addEventListener('change', function(event){
    var target = event.currentTarget;
    var file = target.files[0];
    var reader = new FileReader();
  
    if (target.files && file) {
        var reader = new FileReader();

        reader.onload = function (e) {
            audio.src = e.target.result;
            audio.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', function(){
                // Obtain the duration in seconds of the audio file (with milliseconds as well, a float value)
                var duration = audio.duration;
            
                // example 12.3234 seconds
                console.log("The duration of the song is of: " + duration + " seconds");
                // Alternatively, just display the integer value with
                // parseInt(duration)
                // 12 seconds
            },false);
        };

        reader.readAsDataURL(file);
    }
}, false);