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Amazon Translate Text

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

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL oAuthAws
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oSbRequestBody
LOCAL oSbResponseBody
LOCAL nRespStatusCode
LOCAL oJsonResponse

nSuccess := 0

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

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

oAuthAws := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
oAuthAws:AccessKey := "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
oAuthAws:SecretKey := "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
oAuthAws:Region := "us-west-2"
oAuthAws:ServiceName := "translate"
oRest:SetAuthAws(oAuthAws)

//  URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
nBTls := 1
nPort := 443
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", nPort, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "ConnectFailReason: " + Str(oRest:ConnectFailReason)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    oAuthAws:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Translate text from English to German
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("SourceLanguageCode", "en")
oJson:UpdateString("TargetLanguageCode", "de")
oJson:UpdateString("Text", "This is the text to be translated")

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

oSbRequestBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oJson:EmitSb(oSbRequestBody)
oSbResponseBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
nSuccess := oRest:FullRequestSb("POST", "/", oSbRequestBody, oSbResponseBody)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    oAuthAws:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oSbRequestBody:destroy()
    oSbResponseBody:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nRespStatusCode := oRest:ResponseStatusCode
IF (nRespStatusCode >= 400)
    ? "Response Status Code = " + Str(nRespStatusCode)
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? oSbResponseBody:GetAsString()
    oRest:destroy()
    oAuthAws:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oSbRequestBody:destroy()
    oSbResponseBody:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oJsonResponse := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJsonResponse:LoadSb(oSbResponseBody)
oJsonResponse:EmitCompact := 0

? oJsonResponse:Emit()

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

? oJsonResponse:StringOf("TranslatedText")

oRest:destroy()
oAuthAws:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oSbRequestBody:destroy()
oSbResponseBody:destroy()
oJsonResponse:destroy()