languagelayer · Example Payload

Detect English

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.

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summarydescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "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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