Function translate_text

instapy/text_analytics.py:366–413

Translate the text to the specified language :param translation_direction: "en-ru" [from english to russian] "en" [to english, auto-detect source lang] :return: String with the translated text or None

(translation_direction, text_to_translate)

def translate_text(translation_direction, text_to_translate):
    """
    Translate the text to the specified language

    :param translation_direction:
        "en-ru"   [from english to russian]
        "en"   [to english, auto-detect source lang]

    :return:
        String with the translated text or None
    """

    # if the text doesn't have an end mark, add a dot to get a better
    # translation
    if not text_to_translate.endswith((".", "?", "!", ";")):
        text_to_translate += "."

    POST = "/api/{}/tr.json/translate?key={}&text={}&lang={}".format(
        YANDEX_API_VERSION,
        YANDEX_CONFIG["API_key"],
        text_to_translate,
        translation_direction,
    )
    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 "text" in data.keys() and data["text"]:
        translated_text = data["text"][0]
        return translated_text

    else:
        return None


def lift_yandex_request(request):