Youdao Fanyi

This is a Youdao Fanyi API wrapper written in Ruby.

Youdao Fanyi is a translation service provided by Youdao.

Pre Job

Before coding, you should go to Youdao Fanyi API for an API key.

Caution: Each key can request less than 1000 times per hour.

Example

# coding: UTF-8
# example.rb
require 'youdao-fanyi'
# Configure the key first
YoudaoFanyi::Config.key_from = "youdao-fanyi"
YoudaoFanyi::Config.key = 1629987369
# Then use the 4 methods provided.
to_be_translated = "要翻译的词句"
YoudaoFanyi.search_json(to_be_translated)       # returns a JSON string
YoudaoFanyi.search_xml(to_be_translated)        # returns an XML string
YoudaoFanyi.search_jsonp(to_be_translated)      # returns a JSONP string
YoudaoFanyi.search_result_obj(to_be_translated) # returns a YoudaoFanyi::Result object

About the API

Youdao Fanyi API provides 3 types of data: xml, json and jsonp.

Here is an xml sample:

http://fanyi.youdao.com/fanyiapi.do?keyfrom=&key=&type=data&doctype=xml&version=1.1&q=这里是有道翻译API

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<youdao-fanyi>
    <errorCode>0</errorCode>
    <!-- 有道翻译 -->
    <query><![CDATA[这里是有道翻译API]]></query>
    <translation>
        <paragraph><![CDATA[Here is the youdao translation API]]></paragraph>
    </translation>
</youdao-fanyi>

Here is a json sample:

http://fanyi.youdao.com/fanyiapi.do?keyfrom=&key=&type=data&doctype=json&version=1.1&q=翻译

{
    "errorCode":0
    "query":"翻译",
    "translation":["translation"], // 有道翻译
    "basic":{ // 有道词典-基本词典
        "phonetic":"fān yì",
        "explains":[
            "translate",
            "interpret"
        ]
    },
    "web":[ // 有道词典-网络释义
        {
            "key":"翻译",
            "value":["translator","translation","translate","Interpreter"]
        },
        {...}
    ]
}

Here is a jsonp sample:

http://fanyi.youdao.com/fanyiapi.do?keyfrom=&key=&type=data&doctype=jsonp&callback=show&version=1.1&q=API

show({
    "errorCode":0
    "query":"API",
    "translation":["API"], // 有道翻译
    "basic":{ // 有道词典-基本词典
        "explains":[
            "abbr. 应用程序界面（Application Program Interface）；..."
        ]
    },
    "web":[ // 有道词典-网络释义
        {
            "key":"API",
            "value":["应用程序接口(Application Programming Interface)","应用编程接口","应用程序编程接口","美国石油协会"]
        },
        {...}
    ]
});

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