languagelayer Batch API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: languagelayer Batch API
  description: 'Language detection REST API that identifies 173 languages and accents from text with confidence scores, character usage statistics, and batch processing support, powered by an AI-based detection algorithm via the APILayer platform.

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  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: APILayer Support
    email: support@apilayer.net
    url: https://languagelayer.com/
  termsOfService: https://languagelayer.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://apilayer.net/api
  description: Production API server
security:
- accessKey: []
tags:
- name: Batch
paths:
  /batch:
    post:
      operationId: batchDetectLanguage
      summary: Batch Detect Languages
      description: 'Identifies the language of multiple text strings in a single request, returning language detection results for each text supplied.

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      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - access_key
              - query[]
              properties:
                access_key:
                  type: string
                  description: Your API access key obtained from languagelayer.com.
                query[]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Array of text strings to detect languages for.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful batch language detection response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BatchResponse'
              example:
                success: true
                results:
                - - language_code: en
                    language_name: English
                    probability: 78.4
                    percentage: 99.2
                    reliable_result: true
                - - language_code: fr
                    language_name: French
                    probability: 81.2
                    percentage: 97.5
                    reliable_result: true
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid access key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      tags:
      - Batch
components:
  schemas:
    LanguageResult:
      type: object
      description: Language detection result for a single text.
      properties:
        language_code:
          type: string
          description: ISO 639-1 or ISO 639-2 language code (e.g. "en", "fr").
          example: en
        language_name:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable language name (e.g. "English").
          example: English
        probability:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: 'Probability score indicating how strongly the language was matched, based on cross-referencing words, expressions, and grammatical constructions.

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          example: 78.4
        percentage:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: 'Confidence percentage indicating the API''s level of confidence that the detected language is correct.

            '
          example: 99.2
        reliable_result:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Boolean flag indicating whether the detection result is considered reliable.

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          example: true
    ErrorInfo:
      type: object
      description: Details about an API error.
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Numeric error code.
          example: 101
        type:
          type: string
          description: Short error type identifier.
          example: missing_access_key
        info:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description.
          example: You have not supplied an API Access Key.
    BatchResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response object for a batch language detection request.
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the API request was successful.
          example: true
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo'
        results:
          type: array
          description: 'Array of result arrays, one per input text, each containing language detection results ordered by probability score.

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          items:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageResult'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response object.
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo'
  securitySchemes:
    accessKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: access_key
      description: API access key obtained from languagelayer.com.
externalDocs:
  description: Official Documentation
  url: https://languagelayer.com/documentation