openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Detect Language Account Detection API
description: 'The Detect Language API identifies the language of a given text with high
accuracy, supporting 164 languages. It accepts single or batch detection
requests and returns confidence scores and reliability indicators.
'
version: '0.2'
contact:
name: Detect Language Support
url: https://detectlanguage.com/
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://detectlanguage.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://ws.detectlanguage.com/0.2
description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Detection
description: Language detection endpoints
paths:
/detect:
post:
tags:
- Detection
summary: Detect language of text
description: 'Detects the language of a given text. The request body may contain a
single string under `q` or an array of strings for batch detection.
'
operationId: detectLanguage
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DetectRequest'
responses:
'200':
description: Detection results
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DetectResponse'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
schemas:
DetectResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
detections:
oneOf:
- type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Detection'
- type: array
items:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Detection'
DetectRequest:
type: object
required:
- q
properties:
q:
oneOf:
- type: string
description: Single text to detect
- type: array
items:
type: string
description: Batch of texts to detect
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
code:
type: integer
Detection:
type: object
properties:
language:
type: string
description: ISO 639-1 language code
example: en
isReliable:
type: boolean
description: Whether the detection is considered reliable
confidence:
type: number
format: float
description: Confidence score; can exceed 100
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: Bearer token using the API key issued in the Detect Language dashboard.