(Ruby) Google Translate Text

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

# 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 
jsonToken = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/_googleTranslate.json")
if (success != true)
    print "Failed to load _googleTranslate.json" + "\n";
    exit
end

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

http.put_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"
# }

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
# 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.put_EmitCompact(false)
print json.emit() + "\n";

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://translation.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2",json,"application/json",resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
resp.GetBodyJson(jResp)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print resp.header() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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.put_I(i)
    translatedText = jResp.stringOf("data.translations[i].translatedText")
    print translatedText + "\n";
    i = i + 1
end