Java

Amazon Translate Text

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

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    CkAuthAws authAws = new CkAuthAws();
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    authAws.put_Region("us-west-2");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("translate");
    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    // URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.get_ConnectFailReason());
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Translate text from English to German
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("SourceLanguageCode","en");
    json.UpdateString("TargetLanguageCode","de");
    json.UpdateString("Text","This is the text to be translated");

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

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        System.out.println("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        System.out.println("Response Header:");
        System.out.println(rest.responseHeader());
        System.out.println("Response Body:");
        System.out.println(sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);

    System.out.println(jsonResponse.emit());

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

    System.out.println(jsonResponse.stringOf("TranslatedText"));
  }
}