Function detect_language

robohusky/utils.py:225–238

Detect the langauge of a string.

(text: str)

def detect_language(text: str) -> str:
    """Detect the langauge of a string."""
    import polyglot  # pip3 install polyglot pyicu pycld2
    from polyglot.detect import Detector
    from polyglot.detect.base import logger as polyglot_logger
    import pycld2

    polyglot_logger.setLevel("ERROR")

    try:
        lang_code = Detector(text).language.name
    except (pycld2.error, polyglot.detect.base.UnknownLanguage):
        lang_code = "unknown"
    return lang_code