(Tcl) 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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load ./chilkat.dll

# 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 
set jsonToken [new_CkJsonObject]

set success [CkJsonObject_LoadFile $jsonToken "qa_data/tokens/_googleTranslate.json"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts "Failed to load _googleTranslate.json"
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    exit
}

set http [new_CkHttp]

CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "access_token"]

# The following JSON is sent in the request body.

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

# The following code creates the JSON request body.
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "q" "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "source" "en"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "target" "es"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "format" "text"

CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 0
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
set resp [CkHttp_PostJson3 $http "https://translation.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2" "application/json" $json]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    exit
}

set jResp [new_CkJsonObject]

CkHttpResponse_GetBodyJson $resp $jResp
CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $jResp 0

puts "Response Body:"
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jResp]

set respStatusCode [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts "Response Status Code = $respStatusCode"
if {$respStatusCode >= 400} then {
    puts "Response Header:"
    puts [CkHttpResponse_header $resp]
    puts "Failed."
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkJsonObject $jResp
    exit
}

delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

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

# {
#   "data": {
#     "translations": [
#       {
#         "translatedText": "El zorro rpida salt sobre el perro perezoso."
#       }
#     ]
#   }
# }

set i 0
set n [CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray $jResp "data.translations"]
while {$i < $n} {
    CkJsonObject_put_I $jResp $i
    set translatedText [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "data.translations[i].translatedText"]
    puts "$translatedText"
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkJsonObject $jResp