detectlanguage

Language Detection API Go Client

Detects language of the given text. Returns detected language codes and scores.

Before using Detect Language API client you have to setup your personal API key. You can get it by signing up at https://detectlanguage.com

Installation

go get -u github.com/detectlanguage/detectlanguage-go

Configuration

client := detectlanguage.New("YOUR API KEY")

Usage

Language detection

detections, err := client.Detect("Buenos dias señor")

if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error detecting language:", err)
    os.Exit(1)
    return
}

fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Language:", detections[0].Language)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Reliable:", detections[0].Reliable)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Confidence:", detections[0].Confidence)

Single language code detection

If you need just a language code you can use DetectCode. It returns first detected language code.

language, err := client.DetectCode("Buenos dias señor")

if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error detecting language:", err)
    os.Exit(1)
    return
}

fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Language:", language)

Batch detection

It is possible to detect language of several texts with one request. This method is significantly faster than doing one request per text. To use batch detection just pass multiple texts to DetectBatch method.

texts := []string{"labas rytas", "good morning"}
results, err := client.DetectBatch(texts)

if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error detecting language:", err)
    os.Exit(1)
    return
}

fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "First text language:", detections[0][0].Language)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Second text language:", detections[1][0].Language)

Getting your account status

result, err := client.UserStatus()

if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error getting user status:", err)
    os.Exit(1)
    return
}

fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Status:", result.Status)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Requests sent today:", result.Requests)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Bytes sent today:", result.Bytes)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Plan:", result.Plan)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Plan expires:", result.PlanExpires)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Daily requests limit:", result.DailyRequestsLimit)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Daily bytes limit:", result.DailyBytesLimit)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Date:", result.Date)

Getting list supported languages

languages, err := client.Languages()

if err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error getting languages list:", err)
    os.Exit(1)
    return
}

fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Supported languages:", len(languages))
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "First language code:", languages[0].Code)
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "First language name:", languages[0].Name)

License

Detect Language API Go Client is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the MIT-LICENSE file.