Class: GoogleLanguage

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/google_language.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.translate(text, to, from = 'en') ⇒ Object

Thanks ruby.geraldbauer.ca/google-translation-api.html



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# File 'lib/google_language.rb', line 8

def self.translate( text, to, from='en' )

  base = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate' 

  # assemble query params
  params = {
    :langpair => "#{from}|#{to}", 
    :q => text,
    :v => 1.0  
  }

  query = params.map{ |k,v| "#{k}=#{CGI.escape(v.to_s)}" }.join('&')

  # send get request
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response( URI.parse( "#{base}?#{query}" ) )

  json = JSON.parse( response.body )

    if json['responseStatus'] == 200
      json['responseData']['translatedText']
    else
      raise StandardError, response['responseDetails']
    end
end