(PHP ActiveX) Google Translate Text

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Demonstrates how to use the Cloud Translation API to translate text from one spoken language to another. The example translates from English to Spanish.

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<?php

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

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// IMPORTANT: 
// Don't forget you need to 1st enable the Cloud Translation API in your Google Developers Console at https://console.cloud.google.com
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
// This example loads the JSON access token file 
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/_googleTranslate.json');
if ($success != 1) {
    print 'Failed to load _googleTranslate.json' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

$http->AuthToken = $jsonToken->stringOf('access_token');

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//     "q": "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.",
//     "source": "en",
//     "target": "es",
//     "format": "text"
// }

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
// The following code creates the JSON request body.
$json->UpdateString('q','The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.');
$json->UpdateString('source','en');
$json->UpdateString('target','es');
$json->UpdateString('format','text');

$json->EmitCompact = 0;
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3('https://translation.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2','application/json',$json);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$resp->GetBodyJson($jResp);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->Header . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";

    exit;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "data": {
//     "translations": [
//       {
//         "translatedText": "El zorro r�pida salt� sobre el perro perezoso."
//       }
//     ]
//   }
// }

$i = 0;
$n = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.translations');
while ($i < $n) {
    $jResp->I = $i;
    $translatedText = $jResp->stringOf('data.translations[i].translatedText');
    print $translatedText . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>