IBM Language Translator Languages API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: IBM Watson Language Translator V3 Documents Languages API
  description: 'REST API for translating text between 35+ languages, identifying the language of input text, listing available translation models, and creating or managing custom translation models. The base URL varies by region. IAM authentication via Bearer tokens is required. The API version parameter 2018-05-01 is required on all requests. NOTE: This service was deprecated in June 2023 and withdrawn in December 2024.'
  version: 3.0.0
  contact:
    name: IBM Watson
    url: https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/language-translator
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  x-deprecated: true
  x-deprecation-date: '2023-06-01'
  x-withdrawal-date: '2024-12-01'
servers:
- url: https://api.us-south.language-translator.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: US South
- url: https://api.us-east.language-translator.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: US East
- url: https://api.eu-de.language-translator.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: Frankfurt (EU)
- url: https://api.eu-gb.language-translator.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: London (EU)
- url: https://api.au-syd.language-translator.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: Sydney
- url: https://api.jp-tok.language-translator.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: Tokyo
- url: https://api.kr-seo.language-translator.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  description: Seoul
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Languages
  description: Operations for listing supported and identifiable languages
paths:
  /v3/languages:
    get:
      summary: List supported languages
      description: Returns a list of supported languages for translation. The method returns an array of supported languages with information about each language. Languages are listed in alphabetical order by language code (for example, af, ar, az).
      operationId: listLanguages
      tags:
      - Languages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Version'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with list of supported languages
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Languages'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /v3/identifiable_languages:
    get:
      summary: List identifiable languages
      description: Lists the languages that the service can identify. Returns the language code (for example, en for English or es for Spanish) and name of each language.
      operationId: listIdentifiableLanguages
      tags:
      - Languages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Version'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with list of identifiable languages
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IdentifiableLanguages'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing credentials
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid input parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    Languages:
      type: object
      description: The response type for listing supported languages.
      properties:
        languages:
          type: array
          description: A list of supported languages.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Language'
    IdentifiableLanguages:
      type: object
      description: IdentifiableLanguages is the list of identifiable languages.
      properties:
        languages:
          type: array
          description: A list of identifiable languages.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IdentifiableLanguage'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response object.
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code.
          example: 400
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description.
          example: Bad request
        description:
          type: string
          description: Detailed description of the error.
    Language:
      type: object
      description: Response payload for languages.
      properties:
        language:
          type: string
          description: The language code for the language (for example, zh for Mandarin Chinese).
          example: en
        language_name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the language in English (for example, Mandarin Chinese).
          example: English
        native_language_name:
          type: string
          description: The native name of the language (for example, 中文 for Mandarin Chinese).
          example: English
        country_code:
          type: string
          description: The country code for the language (for example, CN for Mandarin Chinese).
          example: US
        words_separated:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether words of the language are separated by whitespace.
          example: true
        direction:
          type: string
          description: Indicates the direction of the language (right_to_left or left_to_right).
          enum:
          - right_to_left
          - left_to_right
          example: left_to_right
        supported_as_source:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether the language can be used as a source language for translation.
          example: true
        supported_as_target:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether the language can be used as a target language for translation.
          example: true
        identifiable:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether the language supports automatic detection.
          example: true
    IdentifiableLanguage:
      type: object
      description: IdentifiableLanguage is the language and its name.
      properties:
        language:
          type: string
          description: The language code for an identifiable language.
          example: en
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the identifiable language.
          example: English
  parameters:
    Version:
      name: version
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2018-05-01.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '2018-05-01'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: IBM Cloud IAM token authentication
externalDocs:
  description: IBM Cloud API Docs - Language Translator
  url: https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/language-translator