record.py

import pyaudio
import wave

# Code from: https://gist.github.com/mabdrabo/8678538

FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16
CHANNELS = 2
RATE = 44100
CHUNK = 1024
RECORD_SECONDS = 5

def record(s):
    '''
    Records 5 seconds of audio from a microphone, and
    outputs it to a .wav file with name s.
    '''
    
    audio = pyaudio.PyAudio()
 
    # start Recording
    stream = audio.open(format=FORMAT, channels=CHANNELS,
                rate=RATE, input=True,
                frames_per_buffer=CHUNK)
    print("recording...")
    frames = []
 
    for i in range(0, int(RATE / CHUNK * RECORD_SECONDS)):
        data = stream.read(CHUNK)
        frames.append(data)
    print("finished recording")
 
 
    # stop Recording
    stream.stop_stream()
    stream.close()
    audio.terminate()
 
    waveFile = wave.open(s, 'wb')
    waveFile.setnchannels(CHANNELS)
    waveFile.setsampwidth(audio.get_sample_size(FORMAT))
    waveFile.setframerate(RATE)
    waveFile.writeframes(b''.join(frames))
    waveFile.close()