update handler.py

handler.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import torchaudio
 from transformers import WhisperForAudioClassification, WhisperFeatureExtractor
 from transformers.pipelines.audio_utils import ffmpeg_read
 import numpy as np
+import base64
 
 class EndpointHandler():
     """
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ class EndpointHandler():
 
         # step one, get the sampling rate of the audio
         audio = data['audio']
+        # we encoded using base64.b64encode(filebytes).decode('utf-8') to pass to api url
+        audio = base64.b64decode(audio.encode('utf-8'))
+
         
         fs = data['sampling_rate']