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Amazon Translate Text

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Demonstrates how to use the AWS Translate service to translate text from one language to another.

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Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoRest
    Variant vAuthAws
    Handle hoAuthAws
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iPort
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Handle hoJson
    Variant vSbRequestBody
    Handle hoSbRequestBody
    Variant vSbResponseBody
    Handle hoSbResponseBody
    Integer iRespStatusCode
    Handle hoJsonResponse
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatAuthAws)) To hoAuthAws
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAuthAws))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoAuthAws
    End
    Set ComAccessKey Of hoAuthAws To "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
    Set ComSecretKey Of hoAuthAws To "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
    Set ComRegion Of hoAuthAws To "us-west-2"
    Set ComServiceName Of hoAuthAws To "translate"
    Get pvComObject of hoAuthAws to vAuthAws
    Get ComSetAuthAws Of hoRest vAuthAws To iSuccess

    // URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    Move True To iBTls
    Move 443 To iPort
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com" iPort iBTls iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComConnectFailReason Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "ConnectFailReason: " iTemp1
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Translate text from English to German
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "SourceLanguageCode" "en" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "TargetLanguageCode" "de" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "Text" "This is the text to be translated" To iSuccess

    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Content-Type" "application/x-amz-json-1.1" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "X-Amz-Target" "AWSShineFrontendService_20170701.TranslateText" To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbRequestBody
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbRequestBody))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbRequestBody
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbRequestBody to vSbRequestBody
    Get ComEmitSb Of hoJson vSbRequestBody To iSuccess
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbResponseBody
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbResponseBody))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbResponseBody
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbRequestBody to vSbRequestBody
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComFullRequestSb Of hoRest "POST" "/" vSbRequestBody vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iRespStatusCode
    If (iRespStatusCode >= 400) Begin
        Showln "Response Status Code = " iRespStatusCode
        Showln "Response Header:"
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln "Response Body:"
        Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbResponseBody To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonResponse
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonResponse))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonResponse
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComLoadSb Of hoJsonResponse vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJsonResponse To False

    Get ComEmit Of hoJsonResponse To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // {
    //   "SourceLanguageCode": "en",
    //   "TargetLanguageCode": "de",
    //   "TranslatedText": "Dies ist der zu �bersetzende Text"
    // }

    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonResponse "TranslatedText" To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1


End_Procedure