Node.js

Amazon Translate Text

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

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    var authAws = new chilkat.AuthAws();
    authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
    authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
    authAws.Region = "us-west-2";
    authAws.ServiceName = "translate";
    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    // URL: https://translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    var bTls = true;
    var port = 443;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.ConnectFailReason);
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Translate text from English to German
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    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");

    var sbRequestBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
        console.log("Response Body:");
        console.log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
        return;
    }

    var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;

    console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());

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

    console.log(jsonResponse.StringOf("TranslatedText"));

}

chilkatExample();