Class: Linguo::Detect

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/linguo/detect.rb

Constant Summary collapse

API_URL =

The URL to the API endpoint.

'http://ws.detectlanguage.com/0.2/detect'

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(text, api_key) ⇒ Linguo::Detect

Initializes a new Detect object and parses the API response.

Parameters:

  • text (String) —

    The text required to detect.

  • api_key (String) —

    The API key obtained from detectlanguage.com.

Raises:



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# File 'lib/linguo/detect.rb', line 14

def initialize(text, api_key)
  raise Errors::MissingApiKey, "No API key provided." unless api_key

  uri = URI API_URL
  req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
  req.set_form_data('q' => text, 'key' => api_key)
  res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port) {|http| http.request(req)}

  if res.code.to_i == 200
    data = JSON.parse(res.body)
    raise Errors::ApiError, data['error']['message'] if data['error']
    raise Errors::UnexpectedApiException if data['data'].nil?
    @detections = data['data']['detections']
  else
    raise Errors::ApiConnectionError, "#{response.code} #{response.message}"
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#detections ⇒ Object (readonly)

An array of detections.



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# File 'lib/linguo/detect.rb', line 7

def detections
  @detections
end