Example request and response for detecting the language of a short English sentence using the /detect endpoint.
Language DetectionNatural Language ProcessingText AnalysisMachine-LearningArtificial Intelligence
Detect English is an example object payload from languagelayer, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
{
"summary": "Detect language of an English text string",
"description": "Example request and response for detecting the language of a short English sentence using the /detect endpoint.",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "https://apilayer.net/api/detect",
"parameters": {
"access_key": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY",
"query": "Hello%2C%20how%20are%20you%3F"
}
},
"response": {
"status": 200,
"body": {
"success": true,
"results": [
{
"language_code": "en",
"language_name": "English",
"probability": 78.4,
"percentage": 99.2,
"reliable_result": true
}
]
}
}
}
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