(CkPython) Amazon Translate Text

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

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import sys
import chilkat

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

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

authAws = chilkat.CkAuthAws()
authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY")
authAws.put_Region("us-west-2")
authAws.put_ServiceName("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):
    print("ConnectFailReason: " + str(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()))
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Translate text from English to German
json = chilkat.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")

sbRequestBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.responseHeader())
    print("Response Body:")
    print(sbResponseBody.getAsString())
    sys.exit()

jsonResponse = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(False)

print(jsonResponse.emit())

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

print(jsonResponse.stringOf("TranslatedText"))