(Visual Basic 6.0) Amazon Translate Text

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long

Dim authAws As New ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "translate"
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim port As Long
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Translate text from English to German
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("SourceLanguageCode","en")
success = json.UpdateString("TargetLanguageCode","de")
success = json.UpdateString("Text","This is the text to be translated")

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","AWSShineFrontendService_20170701.TranslateText")

Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "Response Body:"
    Debug.Print sbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jsonResponse As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print jsonResponse.Emit()

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

Debug.Print jsonResponse.StringOf("TranslatedText")