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Microsoft Azure Languages API

The Languages API from Microsoft Azure — 2 operation(s) for languages.

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POST /languages Microsoft Azure Detect Language #

GET /languages Microsoft Azure Gets The Set Of Languages Currently Supported By Other… #

GET /Languages Microsoft Azure Get Languages #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Azure Languages API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-typespec-generated differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Languages across 3 of this provider''s published API definitions: text-analytics-client-openapi-original.yml, text-translation-openapi-original.yml, translator-text-client-openapi-original.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com
tags:
- name: Languages
paths:
  /languages:
    post:
      summary: Microsoft Azure Detect Language
      description: The API returns the detected language and a numeric score between 0 and 1. Scores close to 1 indicate 100% certainty that the identified language is true. See the Supported languages in Text Analytics API for the list of enabled languages.
      operationId: microsoftAzureLanguages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ModelVersion'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ShowStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LanguageInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful call results in the detected language with the highest probability for each valid document
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageResult'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageResult'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request.
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal error response
          x-ms-error-response: true
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      x-ms-examples:
        Successful Detect Language request:
          $ref: .//examples//SuccessfulLanguagesRequest.json
      deprecated: false
      tags:
      - Languages
      security:
      - apim_key: []
    get:
      operationId: microsoftAzureGetlanguages
      summary: Microsoft Azure Gets The Set Of Languages Currently Supported By Other…
      description: Gets the set of languages currently supported by other operations of the Translator.
      parameters:
      - name: X-ClientTraceId
        in: header
        description: A client-generated GUID to uniquely identify the request.
        required: false
        x-ms-client-name: clientTraceId
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/GetLanguageParameters.scope'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/GetLanguageParameters.acceptLanguage'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/GetLanguageParameters.ifNoneMatch'
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        description: Mandatory API version parameter
        required: true
        x-ms-client-name: apiVersion
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          headers:
            ETag:
              description: "Current value of the entity tag for the requested groups of supported languages. \nTo make subsequent requests more efficient, the client may send the `ETag` value in an \n`If-None-Match` header field."
              schema:
                type: string
            X-RequestId:
              description: Value generated by the service to identify the request. It is used for troubleshooting purposes.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetLanguagesResult'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          headers:
            X-RequestId:
              description: Value generated by the service to identify the request. It is used for troubleshooting purposes.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse_2'
      x-ms-examples:
        Gets the set of languages currently supported by other operations of the Translator with minimum properties.:
          $ref: ./examples/GetLanguages_MinimumSet_Gen.json
        Gets the set of languages currently supported by other operations of the Translator.:
          $ref: ./examples/GetLanguages_MaximumSet_Gen.json
      tags:
      - Languages
      security:
      - apim_key: []
  /Languages:
    get:
      description: Gets the set of languages currently supported by other operations of the Translator Text API.
      tags:
      - Languages
      operationId: microsoftAzureTranslatorLanguages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersion'
      - name: scope
        description: A comma-separated list of names defining the group of languages to return. Allowed group names are- `translation`, `transliteration` and `dictionary`. If no scope is given, then all groups are returned, which is equivalent to passing `scope=translation,transliteration,dictionary`. To decide which set of supported languages is appropriate for your scenario, see the description of the response object.
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - translation
            - transliteration
            - dictionary
          maxItems: 3
          minItems: 0
      - name: Accept-Language
        description: The language to use for user interface strings. Some of the fields in the response are names of languages or names of regions. Use this parameter to define the language in which these names are returned. The language is specified by providing a well-formed BCP 47 language tag. For instance, use the value `fr` to request names in French or use the value `zh-Hant` to request names in Chinese Traditional. Names are provided in the English language when a target language is not specified or when localization is not available.
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: X-ClientTraceId
        description: A client-generated GUID to uniquely identify the request. Note that you can omit this header if you include the trace ID in the query string using a query parameter named ClientTraceId.
        in: header
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguagesResult'
        default:
          description: Error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorMessage'
      x-ms-examples:
        Languages success example:
          $ref: ./examples/languagesSuccess.json
      deprecated: false
      summary: Microsoft Azure Get Languages
      security:
      - apim_key: []
      - api_key_all_in_one: []
      - api_region_all_in_one: []
    servers:
    - url: https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com
components:
  parameters:
    ModelVersion:
      name: model-version
      in: query
      description: '(Optional) This value indicates which model will be used for scoring. If a model-version is not specified, the API should default to the latest, non-preview version. '
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: string
    ShowStats:
      name: showStats
      in: query
      description: (Optional) if set to true, response will contain request and document level statistics.
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: boolean
    LanguageInput:
      in: body
      name: input
      description: Collection of documents to analyze for language endpoint.
      required: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageBatchInput'
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
    GetLanguageParameters.ifNoneMatch:
      name: If-None-Match
      in: header
      description: "Passing the value of the ETag response header in an If-None-Match field will allow the service to optimize the response. \nIf the resource has not been modified, the service will return status code 304 and an empty response body."
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      x-ms-client-name: ifNoneMatch
      schema:
        type: string
    GetLanguageParameters.scope:
      name: scope
      in: query
      description: "A comma-separated list of names defining the group of languages to return.\nAllowed group names are: `translation`, `transliteration` and `dictionary`.\nIf no scope is given, then all groups are returned, which is equivalent to passing \n`scope=translation,transliteration,dictionary`. To decide which set of supported languages \nis appropriate for your scenario, see the description of the [response object](#response-body)."
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: string
    GetLanguageParameters.acceptLanguage:
      name: Accept-Language
      in: header
      description: "The language to use for user interface strings. Some of the fields in the response are names of languages or \nnames of regions. Use this parameter to define the language in which these names are returned. \nThe language is specified by providing a well-formed BCP 47 language tag. For instance, use the value `fr` \nto request names in French or use the value `zh-Hant` to request names in Chinese Traditional.\nNames are provided in the English language when a target language is not specified or when localization \nis not available."
      required: false
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      x-ms-client-name: acceptLanguage
      schema:
        type: string
        default: en
    ApiVersion:
      name: api-version
      description: Version of the API requested by the client. Value must be **3.0**.
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        default: '3.0'
  schemas:
    LanguageInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - text
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique, non-empty document identifier.
        text:
          type: string
        countryHint:
          type: string
    TextAnalyticsWarning:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
          - LongWordsInDocument
          - DocumentTruncated
          x-ms-enum:
            name: WarningCodeValue
            modelAsString: true
          description: Error code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Warning message.
        targetRef:
          type: string
          description: A JSON pointer reference indicating the target object.
    RequestStatistics:
      type: object
      required:
      - documentsCount
      - validDocumentsCount
      - erroneousDocumentsCount
      - transactionsCount
      properties:
        documentsCount:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of documents submitted in the request.
        validDocumentsCount:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of valid documents. This excludes empty, over-size limit or non-supported languages documents.
        erroneousDocumentsCount:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of invalid documents. This includes empty, over-size limit or non-supported languages documents.
        transactionsCount:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Number of transactions for the request.
      description: if showStats=true was specified in the request this field will contain information about the request payload.
    LanguageResult:
      type: object
      required:
      - documents
      - errors
      - modelVersion
      properties:
        documents:
          type: array
          description: Response by document
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentLanguage'
        errors:
          type: array
          description: Errors by document id.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentError'
        statistics:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestStatistics'
        modelVersion:
          type: string
          description: This field indicates which model is used for scoring.
    DetectedLanguage:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - iso6391Name
      - confidenceScore
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Long name of a detected language (e.g. English, French).
        iso6391Name:
          type: string
          description: A two letter representation of the detected language according to the ISO 639-1 standard (e.g. en, fr).
        confidenceScore:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: A confidence score between 0 and 1. Scores close to 1 indicate 100% certainty that the identified language is true.
    DocumentLanguage:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - detectedLanguage
      - warnings
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique, non-empty document identifier.
        detectedLanguage:
          description: Detected Language.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetectedLanguage'
        warnings:
          type: array
          description: Warnings encountered while processing document.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextAnalyticsWarning'
        statistics:
          description: if showStats=true was specified in the request this field will contain information about the document payload.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentStatistics'
    TextAnalyticsError:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
          - InvalidRequest
          - InvalidArgument
          - InternalServerError
          - ServiceUnavailable
          - NotFound
          x-ms-enum:
            name: ErrorCodeValue
            modelAsString: false
          description: Error code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message.
        target:
          type: string
          description: Error target.
        innererror:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InnerError'
          description: Inner error contains more specific information.
        details:
          type: array
          description: Details about specific errors that led to this reported error.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextAnalyticsError'
    DocumentError:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - error
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Document Id.
        error:
          type: object
          description: Document Error.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextAnalyticsError'
    InnerError:
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
          - InvalidParameterValue
          - InvalidRequestBodyFormat
          - EmptyRequest
          - MissingInputRecords
          - InvalidDocument
          - ModelVersionIncorrect
          - InvalidDocumentBatch
          - UnsupportedLanguageCode
          - InvalidCountryHint
          x-ms-enum:
            name: InnerErrorCodeValue
            modelAsString: true
          description: Error code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message.
        details:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: Error details.
        target:
          type: string
          description: Error target.
        innererror:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InnerError'
          description: Inner error contains more specific information.
    DocumentStatistics:
      type: object
      required:
      - charactersCount
      - transactionsCount
      properties:
        charactersCount:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of text elements recognized in the document.
        transactionsCount:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number of transactions for the document.
      description: if showStats=true was specified in the request this field will contain information about the document payload.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          description: Document Error.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextAnalyticsError'
    LanguageBatchInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - documents
      properties:
        documents:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageInput'
    SourceDictionaryLanguage:
      type: object
      description: Properties ot the source dictionary language
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale requested via Accept-Language header.
        nativeName:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale native for this language.
        dir:
          type: string
          description: Directionality, which is rtl for right-to-left languages or ltr for left-to-right languages.
        translations:
          type: array
          description: List of languages with alterative translations and examples for the query expressed in the source language.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TargetDictionaryLanguage'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
      required:
      - name
      - nativeName
      - dir
      - translations
    CommonScriptModel:
      type: object
      description: Common properties of language script
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Code identifying the script.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the script in the locale requested via Accept-Language header.
        nativeName:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale native for the language.
        dir:
          type: string
          description: Directionality, which is rtl for right-to-left languages or ltr for left-to-right languages.
      required:
      - code
      - name
      - nativeName
      - dir
    GetLanguagesResult:
      type: object
      description: Response for the languages API.
      properties:
        translation:
          type: object
          description: Languages that support translate API.
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranslationLanguage'
        transliteration:
          type: object
          description: Languages that support transliteration API.
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransliterationLanguage'
        dictionary:
          type: object
          description: Languages that support dictionary API.
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SourceDictionaryLanguage'
    TranslationLanguage:
      type: object
      description: 'The value of the translation property is a dictionary of (key, value) pairs. Each key is a BCP 47 language tag.

        A key identifies a language for which text can be translated to or translated from.'
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale requested via Accept-Language header.
        nativeName:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale native for this language.
        dir:
          type: string
          description: Directionality, which is rtl for right-to-left languages or ltr for left-to-right languages.
      required:
      - name
      - nativeName
      - dir
    TransliterationLanguage:
      type: object
      description: "The value of the transliteration property is a dictionary of (key, value) pairs. \nEach key is a BCP 47 language tag. A key identifies a language for which text can be converted from one script \nto another script."
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale requested via Accept-Language header.
        nativeName:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale native for this language.
        scripts:
          type: array
          description: List of scripts to convert from.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransliterableScript'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
      required:
      - name
      - nativeName
      - scripts
    TransliterableScript:
      type: object
      description: Script definition with list of script into which given script can be translitered.
      properties:
        toScripts:
          type: array
          description: List of scripts available to convert text to.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonScriptModel'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
      required:
      - toScripts
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonScriptModel'
    ErrorResponse_2:
      type: object
      description: Representation of the Error Response from Translator Service.
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetails'
          description: Error details.
      required:
      - error
    TargetDictionaryLanguage:
      type: object
      description: Properties of the target dictionary language
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale requested via Accept-Language header.
        nativeName:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the language in the locale native for this language.
        dir:
          type: string
          description: Directionality, which is rtl for right-to-left languages or ltr for left-to-right languages.
        code:
          type: string
          description: Language code identifying the target language.
      required:
      - name
      - nativeName
      - dir
      - code
    ErrorDetails:
      type: object
      description: Error details as returned by Translator Service.
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Number identifier of the error.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human readable error description.
      required:
      - code
      - message
    ErrorMessage:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
    LanguagesResult:
      type: object
      description: Example of a successful languages request
      properties:
        translation:
          type: object
          properties:
            languageCode:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                nativeName:
                  type: string
                dir:
                  type: string
        transliteration:
          type: object
          properties:
            languageCode:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                nativeName:
                  type: string
                scripts:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        type: string
                      name:
                        type: string
                      nativeName:
                        type: string
                      dir:
                        type: string
                      toScripts:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            code:
                              type: string
                            name:
                              type: string
                            nativeName:
                              type: string
                            dir:
                              type: string
        dictionary:
          type: object
          properties:
            languageCode:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                nativeName:
                  type: string
                dir:
                  type: string
                translations:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      name:
                        type: string
                      nativeName:
                        type: string
                      dir:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apim_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key
      in: header
    api_key_all_in_one:
      type: apiKey
      name: Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key
      in: header
    api_region_all_in_one:
      type: apiKey
      name: Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Region
      in: header
x-refined-from:
- text-analytics-client-openapi-original.yml
- text-translation-openapi-original.yml
- translator-text-client-openapi-original.yml
x-ms-parameterized-host:
  hostTemplate: '{endpoint}'
  useSchemePrefix: false
  parameters:
  - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Endpoint'