app.py

import os
import shutil
from pathlib import Path

from fastapi import FastAPI, File, HTTPException, UploadFile


WHISPER_MODEL = os.getenv("WHISPER_MODEL", "small")
UPLOAD_DIR = Path("uploads")
UPLOAD_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)

app = FastAPI(title="SignApp Whisper STT")

model = None


def load_model():
    global model
    if model is None:
        import whisper

        model = whisper.load_model(WHISPER_MODEL)


@app.on_event("startup")
def startup():
    load_model()


@app.get("/health")
def health():
    return {"status": "ok", "model": WHISPER_MODEL}


@app.post("/transcribe/")
def transcribe(file: UploadFile = File(...)):
    file_path = UPLOAD_DIR / (file.filename or "recording.webm")

    try:
        with file_path.open("wb") as audio_file:
            shutil.copyfileobj(file.file, audio_file)

        load_model()
        result = model.transcribe(str(file_path), language="en")
        return {
            "text": result.get("text", "").strip(),
            "language": result.get("language", "en"),
        }
    except Exception as exc:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(exc)) from exc
    finally:
        if file_path.exists():
            file_path.unlink()