(Go) Amazon Translate Text

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

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

    rest := chilkat.NewRest()
    var success bool

    authAws := chilkat.NewAuthAws()
    authAws.SetAccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
    authAws.SetSecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY")
    authAws.SetRegion("us-west-2")
    authAws.SetServiceName("translate")
    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

    // URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    bTls := true
    port := 443
    bAutoReconnect := true
    success = rest.Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println("ConnectFailReason: ", rest.ConnectFailReason())
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        authAws.DisposeAuthAws()
        return
    }

    // Translate text from English to German
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("SourceLanguageCode","en")
    json.UpdateString("TargetLanguageCode","de")
    json.UpdateString("Text","This is the text to be translated")

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
    rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","AWSShineFrontendService_20170701.TranslateText")

    sbRequestBody := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
    sbResponseBody := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        authAws.DisposeAuthAws()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbRequestBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    respStatusCode := rest.ResponseStatusCode()
    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        fmt.Println("Response Status Code = ", respStatusCode)
        fmt.Println("Response Header:")
        fmt.Println(rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println("Response Body:")
        fmt.Println(*sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        authAws.DisposeAuthAws()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        sbRequestBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    jsonResponse := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
    jsonResponse.SetEmitCompact(false)

    fmt.Println(*jsonResponse.Emit())

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

    fmt.Println(*jsonResponse.StringOf("TranslatedText"))

    rest.DisposeRest()
    authAws.DisposeAuthAws()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    sbRequestBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
    sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
    jsonResponse.DisposeJsonObject()