Function detect_language

instapy/text_analytics.py:287–322

Detect the language of the specified text :return: String with the language of text or None

(text)

def detect_language(text):
    """
    Detect the language of the specified text

    :return:
        String with the language of text or None
    """

    POST = "/api/{}/tr.json/detect?key={}&text={}".format(
        YANDEX_API_VERSION, YANDEX_CONFIG["API_key"], text
    )
    logger = Settings.logger

    try:
        req = requests.get(YANDEX_HOST + POST)
    except SSLError as exc:
        print("")
        logger.exception(
            "{}\t~there was a connection error :<"
            "\n{}\n".format(YANDEX_FAILURE_MSG, str(exc).encode("utf-8"))
        )
        return None

    data = json.loads(req.text)
    # check if there are any errors in the request
    request_state = lift_yandex_request(data)
    if request_state is not True:
        return None

    # get the result
    if "lang" in data.keys() and data["lang"]:
        language_of_text = data["lang"]
        return language_of_text

    else:
        return None


def yandex_supported_languages(language_code="en"):