JavaScript

Amazon Translate Text

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

var success = false;

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

var rest = new CkRest();

var authAws = new CkAuthAws();
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
authAws.Region = "us-west-2";
authAws.ServiceName = "translate";
rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

// URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
var bTls = true;
var port = 443;
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.ConnectFailReason);
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Translate text from English to German
var json = new CkJsonObject();
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");

var sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
var sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    console.log("Response Header:");
    console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
    console.log("Response Body:");
    console.log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    return;
}

var jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;

console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());

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

console.log(jsonResponse.StringOf("TranslatedText"));