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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 lnSuccess
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL loAuthAws
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL loJsonResponse

lnSuccess = 0

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

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat.Rest')

loAuthAws = CreateObject('Chilkat.AuthAws')
loAuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
loAuthAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
loAuthAws.Region = "us-west-2"
loAuthAws.ServiceName = "translate"
loRest.SetAuthAws(loAuthAws)

* URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
lnBTls = 1
lnPort = 443
lnBAutoReconnect = 1
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",lnPort,lnBTls,lnBAutoReconnect)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "ConnectFailReason: " + STR(loRest.ConnectFailReason)
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    CANCEL
ENDIF

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

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

loSbRequestBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loJson.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
lnSuccess = loRest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",loSbRequestBody,loSbResponseBody)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnRespStatusCode = loRest.ResponseStatusCode
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? loSbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loJsonResponse = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJsonResponse.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0

? loJsonResponse.Emit()

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

? loJsonResponse.StringOf("TranslatedText")

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loAuthAws
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbRequestBody
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJsonResponse