LibreTranslate · Example Payload

Detect Language

Example of detecting the language of an unknown text using LibreTranslate

TranslationMachine TranslationNatural Language ProcessingOpen-SourceSelf-Hosted

Detect Language is an example object payload from LibreTranslate, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "title": "Detect Language of Text",
  "description": "Example of detecting the language of an unknown text using LibreTranslate",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://libretranslate.com/detect",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
    },
    "body": {
      "q": "Bonjour le monde",
      "api_key": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": [
      {
        "language": "fr",
        "confidence": 99.0
      },
      {
        "language": "en",
        "confidence": 12.0
      }
    ]
  }
}

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