diff --git a/src/api/core/operators/detect_audio_fingerprint.py b/src/api/core/operators/detect_audio_fingerprint.py
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+import numpy as np
+import logging
+from scipy import signal
+from scipy.io import wavfile
+from pydub import AudioSegment
+import os
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+def convert(infile):
+    """convert mp3 to wav
+    Param: infile(str): a mp3 file, like "music.mp3"
+    Export: outfile: a wav file with the same name, like "music.wav"
+    """
+    try:
+        # format outfile name
+        filename = os.path.basename(infile)
+        outdir = os.path.dirname(infile)
+        outfile = os.path.join(outdir, filename[:-3] + "wav")
+        # export wav
+        sound = AudioSegment.from_mp3(infile)
+        sound.export(outfile, format="wav")
+    except OSError:
+        log.Error("expected an mp3 file in the directory")
+
+def spectrogram(pathfile):
+    """read a wav file and return its spectrogram"""
+    if not pathfile.endswith(".wav"):
+        log.error("audio file must be in wav format")
+    else:
+        framerate, series = wavfile.read(pathfile)
+        log.info("wav file processed")
+        # series[:,0] -> left channel
+        # series[:,1] -> right channel
+        # take mean to get one-channel series
+        series = np.mean(series, axis=1)
+        log.info("series converted to one-channel")
+
+        f, t, spect = signal.spectrogram(
+            series,
+            fs=framerate,
+            nperseg=10*framerate,
+            noverlap=(10-1)*framerate,
+            window="hamming"
+        )
+        log.info("spectrogram computed")
+
+        return framerate, f, t, spect
+    
+def fingerprint(f, spect):
+    """compute fingerprint (ver.1) from spectrogram
+
+    Option 4 in the instruction:
+    find a list of (positive) frequencies f (scaled to [0, 1])
+    at which the local periodogram has a peak
+    """
+    max_f = max(f)
+    peaks = np.argmax(spect, axis=0)
+    fingerprints = f[peaks] / max_f
+    log.info("fingerprint (ver.1) computed")
+
+    return np.array(fingerprints)
+
+def fingerprint2(f, spect, framerate):
+    """compute fingerprint (ver.2) from spectrogram
+
+    Option 5 in the instruction:
+    find the maximum power per octave in local periodograms
+    """
+    # m = number of octaves
+    # must have m>5 to cover middleC
+    # larger m -> better precision
+    m = 8
+    min_f = int((2**-(m+1))*(framerate/2))
+    fingerprints = []
+
+    log.info("start to iterate through the spectrogram")
+
+    # iterate through all octaves
+    for k in range(m):
+        start = min_f*(2**k)*10
+        end = min_f*(2**(k+1))*10
+        # take subset of spectrogram, slice each octave
+        sub_f = f[start:end]
+        sub_spect = spect[start:end]
+        # compute fingerprint of each subset
+        sub_fingerprint = fingerprint(sub_f, sub_spect)
+        fingerprints.append(sub_fingerprint)
+    # transpose to get fingerprint for each window
+    fingerprints = np.array(fingerprints).T
+
+    log.info("fingerprint (ver.2) computed")
+
+    return fingerprints
+    
+# if __name__ == "__main__":
+#     convert(r'sample_data/audio.mp3')
+#     audio_file = r'sample_data/audio.wav'
+#     framerate_v, f_v, t_v, spect_v = spectrogram(audio_file)
+#     print('Frame rate - ', framerate_v, 'F - ', f_v, 'T - ', t_v, 'spect - ', spect_v)
+#     fingerprint_v = fingerprint(f_v, spect_v)
+#     print('Fingerprint - ', fingerprint_v)
+#     fingerprint2_v = fingerprint2(f_v, spect_v, framerate_v)
+#     print('Fingerprint2 - ', fingerprint2_v)
+
diff --git a/src/api/core/operators/sample_data/audio.mp3 b/src/api/core/operators/sample_data/audio.mp3
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diff --git a/src/api/core/operators/test_detect_audio_fingerprint.py b/src/api/core/operators/test_detect_audio_fingerprint.py
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+import unittest
+from detect_audio_fingerprint import convert, spectrogram, fingerprint
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        # initialize operator
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        # delete config files
+        pass
+
+    def test_sample_audio_from_disk(self):
+        convert(r'sample_data/audio.mp3')
+        audio_file = r'sample_data/audio.wav'
+        _, f_v, _, spect_v = spectrogram(audio_file)
+        fingerprint_v = fingerprint(f_v, spect_v)
+        self.assertEqual(len(fingerprint_v), 2)
+