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.

Syntax
C#
string[] Microsoft.Translator.DetectArray(appId, texts);

Parameters
Parameter Description

appId

Required. If the Authorization header is used, leave the appid field empty else specify 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.


Request Headers

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.


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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;
namespace MicrosoftTranslatorSdk.SoapSamples
{
    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();
                DateTime tokenReceived = DateTime.Now;
                // Create a header with the access_token property of the returned token
                headerValue = "Bearer " + admToken.access_token;
                DetectArrayMethod(headerValue);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
                Console.ReadKey(true);
            }
        }
        private static void DetectArrayMethod(string authToken)
        {
            // Add TranslatorService as a service reference, Address:http://api.microsofttranslator.com/V2/Soap.svc
            TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient client = new TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient();
            //Set Authorization header before sending the request
            HttpRequestMessageProperty httpRequestProperty = new HttpRequestMessageProperty();
            httpRequestProperty.Method = "POST";
            httpRequestProperty.Headers.Add("Authorization", authToken);

            // Creates a block within which an OperationContext object is in scope.
            using (OperationContextScope scope = new OperationContextScope(client.InnerChannel))
            {
                OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageProperties[HttpRequestMessageProperty.Name] = httpRequestProperty;
                string[] resultArray = null;
                string[] texts = { "les erreurs sont parfois amusants", "you can try to enter a longer phrase", "Jonglering lösenord för alla webbplatser", "Schützen Sie sich im Internet", "Welche Sprache ist das?" };
                //Keep appId parameter blank as we are sending access token in authorization header.
                resultArray = client.DetectArray("", texts);
                Console.WriteLine("The detected languages are: ");

                for (int i = 0; i < resultArray.Length; i++)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text '{0}' is from Language {1}", texts[i], resultArray[i]));

                }

                Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
                Console.ReadKey(true);
            }

        }
    }
}

                                            

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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:AccessTokenAuthentication
 *
 * Create SOAP Object.
 */
class SOAPMicrosoftTranslator {
    /*
     * Soap Object.
     *
     * @var ObjectArray.
     */
    public $objSoap;
    /*
     * Create the SAOP object.
     *
     * @param string $accessToken Access Token string.
     * @param string $wsdlUrl     WSDL string.
     *
     * @return string.
     */
    public function __construct($accessToken, $wsdlUrl){
        try {
            //Authorization header string.
            $authHeader = "Authorization: Bearer ". $accessToken;
            $contextArr = array(
                'http'   => array(
                    'header' => $authHeader
            )
            );
            //Create a streams context.
            $objContext = stream_context_create($contextArr);
            $optionsArr = array (
                'soap_version'   => 'SOAP_1_2',
                'encoding'          => 'UTF-8',
                'exceptions'      => true,
                'trace'          => true,
                'cache_wsdl'     => 'WSDL_CACHE_NONE',
                'stream_context' => $objContext,
                'user_agent'     => 'PHP-SOAP/'.PHP_VERSION."\r\n".$authHeader    
            );
            //Call Soap Client.
            $this->objSoap = new SoapClient($wsdlUrl, $optionsArr);
        } catch(Exception $e){
            echo "<h2>Exception Error!</h2>";
            echo $e->getMessage();
        }
    }
}

try {
    //Soap WSDL Url
    $wsdlUrl       = "http://api.microsofttranslator.com/V2/Soap.svc";
    //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 Authentication object
    $authObj      = new AccessTokenAuthentication();
    //Get the Access token
    $accessToken  = $authObj->getTokens($grantType, $scopeUrl, $clientID, $clientSecret, $authUrl);
    //Create soap translator Object
    $soapTranslator = new SOAPMicrosoftTranslator($accessToken, $wsdlUrl);

    //Set the Values.
    $inputStrArr = array ("les erreurs sont parfois amusants", "you can try to enter a longer phrase", "Welche Sprache ist das?");

    //Request argument list.
    $requestArg = array (
         'texts' => $inputStrArr,
    );
    //Call to Detect Array Method.
    $responseObj     = $soapTranslator->objSoap->DetectArray($requestArg);
    $detectedArr      = $responseObj->DetectArrayResult->string;
    $languageCodeArr = array();
    foreach ($detectedArr as $language) {
        $languageCodeArr[]= $language;
    }

    /*
     * Retrieves friendly names for the languages passed in languageCodes.
     */
    $locale = "en";
    //Request argument list.
    $requestArg = array (
         'locale'        => $locale,
         'languageCodes' => $languageCodeArr
    );
    $responseObj = $soapTranslator->objSoap->GetLanguageNames($requestArg);
    $languageNames = $responseObj->GetLanguageNamesResult;
    $i = 0;
    echo "<table border=2px>";
    echo "<tr>";
    echo "<td><b>Input String</b></td><td><b>Language Names</b></td>";
    echo "</tr>";
    foreach ($languageNames->string as $language) {
        echo "<tr><td>".$inputStrArr[$i]."</td><td>". $languageCodeArr[$i].' ('.$language.')'."</td></tr>";
        $i++;
    }
    echo "</table>";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() . "<br/>";
}
                                            
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