DetectArray Method
Use the DetectArray Method to identify the language of an array of string at once. Performs independent detection of each individual array element and returns a result for each row of the array.
| Method | Request URI |
|---|---|
| POST | http://api.microsofttranslator.com/V2/Http.svc/DetectArray |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
|
appId | Required. If the Authorization header is used, leave the appid field empty else a string containing "Bearer" + " " + access token. |
|
texts[] |
Required. A string array representing the text from an unknown language. The size of the text must not exceed 10000 characters. |
The following table describes required and optional request headers.
| Request Header | Description |
|---|---|
|
Authorization |
Required. Specify the the value of access_token in format "Bearer" + " " + Access Token Value |
| Return value |
|---|
| A string array containing a two-character Language codes for each row of the input array. |
Note
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|---|
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Bing App ID is deprecated and is no longer supported. Please obtain an access token to use the Microsoft Translator API. For details, go here. |
Example
C#PHP
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Web;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Xml;
namespace MicrosoftTranslatorSdk.HttpSamples
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
AdmAccessToken admToken;
string headerValue;
//Get Client Id and Client Secret from https://datamarket.azure.com/developer/applications/
//Refer obtaining AccessToken (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh454950.aspx)
AdmAuthentication admAuth = new AdmAuthentication("clientID", "client secret");
try
{
admToken = admAuth.GetAccessToken();
// Create a header with the access_token property of the returned token
headerValue = "Bearer " + admToken.access_token;
DetectArrayMethod(headerValue);
}
catch (WebException e)
{
ProcessWebException(e);
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey(true);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey(true);
}
}
private static void DetectArrayMethod(string authToken)
{
string uri = "http://api.microsofttranslator.com/v2/Http.svc/DetectArray";
// create the request
string[] textArray = new string[2] { "les erreurs sont parfois amusants", "you can try to enter a longer phrase" };
StringWriter swriter = new StringWriter();
XmlTextWriter xwriter = new XmlTextWriter(swriter);
xwriter.WriteStartElement("ArrayOfstring");
xwriter.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays");
foreach (string text in textArray)
{
xwriter.WriteStartElement("string");
xwriter.WriteString(text);
xwriter.WriteEndElement();
}
xwriter.WriteEndElement();
xwriter.Close();
swriter.Close();
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", authToken);
request.ContentType = "text/xml";
request.Method = "POST";
using (System.IO.Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
byte[] arrBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(swriter.ToString());
stream.Write(arrBytes, 0, arrBytes.Length);
}
// get the response
WebResponse response = null;
try
{
response = request.GetResponse();
using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractSerializer dcs = new System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractSerializer(Type.GetType("System.String[]"));
string[] detectArray = (string[])dcs.ReadObject(stream);
Console.WriteLine("The detected languages are: ");
for (int i = 0; i < detectArray.Length; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text '{0}' is from Language {1}", textArray[i], detectArray[i]));
}
}
}
catch
{
throw;
}
finally
{
if (response != null)
{
response.Close();
response = null;
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey(true);
}
}
private static void ProcessWebException(WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}", e.ToString());
// Obtain detailed error information
string strResponse = string.Empty;
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response)
{
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(responseStream, System.Text.Encoding.ASCII))
{
strResponse = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Http status code={0}, error message={1}", e.Status, strResponse);
}
}
}
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<?php
class AccessTokenAuthentication {
/*
* Get the access token.
*
* @param string $grantType Grant type.
* @param string $scopeUrl Application Scope URL.
* @param string $clientID Application client ID.
* @param string $clientSecret Application client ID.
* @param string $authUrl Oauth Url.
*
* @return string.
*/
function getTokens($grantType, $scopeUrl, $clientID, $clientSecret, $authUrl){
try {
//Initialize the Curl Session.
$ch = curl_init();
//Create the request Array.
$paramArr = array (
'grant_type' => $grantType,
'scope' => $scopeUrl,
'client_id' => $clientID,
'client_secret' => $clientSecret
);
//Create an Http Query.//
$paramArr = http_build_query($paramArr);
//Set the Curl URL.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $authUrl);
//Set HTTP POST Request.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
//Set data to POST in HTTP "POST" Operation.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $paramArr);
//CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER- TRUE to return the transfer as a string of the return value of curl_exec().
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
//CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER- Set FALSE to stop cURL from verifying the peer's certificate.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
//Execute the cURL session.
$strResponse = curl_exec($ch);
//Get the Error Code returned by Curl.
$curlErrno = curl_errno($ch);
if($curlErrno){
$curlError = curl_error($ch);
throw new Exception($curlError);
}
//Close the Curl Session.
curl_close($ch);
//Decode the returned JSON string.
$objResponse = json_decode($strResponse);
if ($objResponse->error){
throw new Exception($objResponse->error_description);
}
return $objResponse->access_token;
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Exception-".$e->getMessage();
}
}
}
/*
* Class:HTTPTranslator
*
* Processing the translator request.
*/
Class HTTPTranslator {
/*
* Create and execute the HTTP CURL request.
*
* @param string $url HTTP Url.
* @param string $authHeader Authorization Header string.
* @param string $postData Data to post.
*
* @return string.
*
*/
function curlRequest($url, $authHeader, $postData=''){
//Initialize the Curl Session.
$ch = curl_init();
//Set the Curl url.
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
//Set the HTTP HEADER Fields.
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array($authHeader,"Content-Type: text/xml"));
//CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER- TRUE to return the transfer as a string of the return value of curl_exec().
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
//CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER- Set FALSE to stop cURL from verifying the peer's certificate.
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, False);
if($postData) {
//Set HTTP POST Request.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
//Set data to POST in HTTP "POST" Operation.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData);
}
//Execute the cURL session.
$curlResponse = curl_exec($ch);
//Get the Error Code returned by Curl.
$curlErrno = curl_errno($ch);
if ($curlErrno) {
$curlError = curl_error($ch);
throw new Exception($curlError);
}
//Close a cURL session.
curl_close($ch);
return $curlResponse;
}
/*
* Create Request XML Format.
*
* @param string $languageCode Language code
*
* @return string.
*/
function createReqXML($inputStrArr) {
$requestXml = '<ArrayOfstring xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">';
if(sizeof($inputStrArr) > 0){
foreach($inputStrArr as $str)
$requestXml .= "<string>$str</string>";
} else {
throw new Exception('$inputStrArr array is empty.');
}
$requestXml .= '</ArrayOfstring>';
return $requestXml;
}
}
try {
//Client ID of the application.
$clientID = "clientId";
//Client Secret key of the application.
$clientSecret = "clientsecret";
//OAuth Url.
$authUrl = "https://datamarket.accesscontrol.windows.net/v2/OAuth2-13/";
//Application Scope Url
$scopeUrl = "http://api.microsofttranslator.com";
//Application grant type
$grantType = "client_credentials";
//Create the AccessTokenAuthentication object.
$authObj = new AccessTokenAuthentication();
//Get the Access token.
$accessToken = $authObj->getTokens($grantType, $scopeUrl, $clientID, $clientSecret, $authUrl);
//Create the authorization Header string.
$authHeader = "Authorization: Bearer ". $accessToken;
//Input string array.
$inputStrArr = array (
"les erreurs sont parfois amusants",
"you can try to enter a longer phrase",
"Welche Sprache ist das?"
);
//Create the Translator Object.
$translatorObj = new HTTPTranslator();
//Create the Request XML.
$requestXml = $translatorObj->createReqXML($inputStrArr);
// HTTP detectMehod URL
$detectMethodUrl = "http://api.microsofttranslator.com/V2/Http.svc/DetectArray";
// Call the curl Request.
$curlResponse = $translatorObj->curlRequest($detectMethodUrl, $authHeader, $requestXml);
// Interprets a string of XML into an object.
$xmlObj = simplexml_load_string($curlResponse);
$languageCodesArr = array();
foreach($xmlObj->string as $language){
$languageCodesArr[] = $language;
}
/*
* Get the Full language name.
*
*/
//Language Code Array.
$locale = 'en';
//Create the XML string for passing the values.
$requestXml = '<ArrayOfstring xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">';
if(sizeof($languageCodesArr) > 0){
foreach($languageCodesArr as $codes)
$requestXml .= "<string>$codes</string>";
} else {
throw new Exception('$languageCodes array is empty.');
}
$requestXml .= '</ArrayOfstring>';
//HTTP GetlanguageNames URL.
$url = "http://api.microsofttranslator.com/V2/Http.svc/GetLanguageNames?locale=$locale";
// Call the curlRequest.
$curlResponse = $translatorObj->curlRequest($url, $authHeader, $requestXml);
// Interprets a string of XML into an object.
$xmlObj = simplexml_load_string($curlResponse);
$i = 0;
echo "<table border=2px>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><b>LanguageCodes</b></td><td><b>Language Names</b></td>";
echo "</tr>";
foreach ($xmlObj->string as $language) {
echo "<tr><td>".$inputStrArr[$i]."</td><td>". $languageCodesArr[$i]."(".$language.")"."</td></tr>";
$i++;
}
echo "</table>";
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
}
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