VBScript

Amazon Translate Text

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

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

set authAws = CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
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/
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("translate.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Translate text from English to German
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
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")

set sbRequestBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

set jsonResponse = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0

outFile.WriteLine(jsonResponse.Emit())

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

outFile.WriteLine(jsonResponse.StringOf("TranslatedText"))

outFile.Close