Step 7. Create the main plugin code file

Create a file in the src folder with the main plugin code. This file is required.

Refer to the documentation of a third-party service to write this code.

Let's see how the AssemblyAI.ts file is organized in detail:

Define the AssemblyAI class with all the necessary variables and methods:

Variables and their description:

apiURL - defines the API URL.
```
apiURL = "";
```
currentFileId - defines the current file ID.
```
currentFileId: null | number = null;
```
apiToken - defines the API token.
```
apiToken = "";
```

Methods and their description:

createAPIUrl - creates the API URL.

createAPIUrl = () => {
    const api = plugin.getAPI();

    this.apiURL = api.origin.replace(/\/+$/, "");

    const params = [api.proxy, api.prefix];

    if (this.apiURL) {
        params.forEach((part) => {
            if (!part) return;
            const newPart = part.trim().replace(/^\/+/, "");
            this.apiURL += newPart
                ? this.apiURL.length > 0 &&
                    this.apiURL[this.apiURL.length - 1] === "/"
                    ? newPart
                    : `/${newPart}`
                : "";
        });
    }
}

setAPIUrl - sets the API URL.

setAPIUrl = (url: string) => {
    this.apiURL = url;
};

getAPIUrl - retuns the API URL.

getAPIUrl = () => {
    return this.apiURL;
};

setAPIToken - sets the API token.

setAPIToken = (apiToken: string) => {
    this.apiToken = apiToken;
};

getAPIToken - returns the API token.

getAPIToken = () => {
    return this.apiToken;
};

fetchAPIToken - fetches the API token.

fetchAPIToken = async () => {
    const apiToken = localStorage.getItem("speech-to-text-api-token");

    if (!apiToken) return;

    this.setAPIToken(apiToken);
    plugin.updateStatus(PluginStatus.active);
};

saveAPIToken - saves the API token.

saveAPIToken = (apiToken: string) => {
    localStorage.setItem("speech-to-text-api-token", apiToken);

    plugin.updateStatus(!!apiToken ? PluginStatus.active : PluginStatus.hide);
};

setCurrentFileId - sets the ID to the current file.

setCurrentFileId = (id: number | null) => {
    this.currentFileId = id;
};

uploadFile - uploads a file which will be transcribed.

uploadFile = async (api_token: string, path: string, data: Blob) => {
    console.log(`Uploading file: ${path}`);

    const url = "https://api.assemblyai.com/v2/upload";

    try {
        const response = await fetch(url, {
            method: "POST",
            body: data,
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
                Authorization: api_token,
            },
        });

        if (response.status === 200) {
            const responseData = await response.json();
            return responseData["upload_url"];
        } else {
            console.error(`Error: ${response.status} - ${response.statusText}`);
            return null;
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(`Error: ${error}`);
        return null;
    }
};

transcribeAudio - transcribes the audio file.

transcribeAudio = async (api_token: string, audio_url: string) => {
    console.log("Transcribing audio... This might take a moment.");

    const headers = {
        authorization: api_token,
        "content-type": "application/json",
    };

    const response = await fetch("https://api.assemblyai.com/v2/transcript", {
        method: "POST",
        body: JSON.stringify({ audio_url }),
        headers,
    });

    const responseData = await response.json();
    const transcriptId = responseData.id;

    const pollingEndpoint = `https://api.assemblyai.com/v2/transcript/${transcriptId}`;

    while (true) {
        const pollingResponse = await fetch(pollingEndpoint, { headers });
        const transcriptionResult = await pollingResponse.json();

        if (transcriptionResult.status === "completed") {
            return transcriptionResult;
        }
        else if (transcriptionResult.status === "error") {
            throw new Error(`Transcription failed: ${transcriptionResult.error}`);
        }
        else {
            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 3000));
        }
    }
};

speechToText - implements the plugin work.

speechToText = async (id: number) => {
    if (!this.apiToken) return;

    this.setCurrentFileId(null);

    if (!this.apiURL) this.createAPIUrl();

    const { viewUrl, title, folderId, fileExst } = (
        await (await fetch(`${this.apiURL}/files/file/${id}`)).json()
    ).response;

    const file = await fetch(viewUrl);

    const fileBlob = await file.blob();

    const upload_url = await this.uploadFile(this.apiToken, viewUrl, fileBlob);

    const transcript = await this.transcribeAudio(this.apiToken, upload_url);

    const blob = new Blob([transcript.text], {
        type: "text/plain;charset=UTF-8",
    });

    const newFile = new File([blob], `blob`, {
        type: "",
        lastModified: new Date().getTime(),
    });

    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("file", newFile);

    const newTitle = `${title.replaceAll(fileExst, "")} text`;

    try {
        const sessionRes = await fetch(
            `${this.apiURL}/files/${folderId}/upload/create_session`,
            {
                method: "POST",
                headers: {
                    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=utf-8",
                },
                body: JSON.stringify({
                    createOn: new Date(),
                    fileName: `${newTitle}.txt`,
                    fileSize: newFile.size,
                    relativePath: "",
                }),
            }
        );

        const sessionData = (await sessionRes.json()).response.data;

        const data = await fetch(`${sessionData.location}`, {
            method: "POST",
            body: formData,
        });

        const { id: fileId } = (await data.json()).data;

        return fileId;
    } catch (e) {
        console.log(e);
    }

    return {
        actions: [Actions.showToast],
        toastProps: [{ type: ToastType.success, title: "" }],
    } as IMessage;
};

Declare the AssemblyAI class instance:
```
const assemblyAI = new AssemblyAI();
```
Export the created plugin instance:
```
export default assemblyAI;
```

Step 7. Create the main plugin code file

Variables and their description:

Methods and their description:

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