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.Net API Wrapper

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Is there a .Net API wrapper for calling the machine translate API?  It would prove very useful.  The only documentation provided is a CURL request.  At the very least, I need a .Net example to follow specifically showing how to make the call.  I have setup some code to invoke the REST service but it is failing. Simple examples in calling sample service don't really help. I need a real-world example showing specifically how to make the BeGlobal call within .Net.  I can include my current code if desired.

That said, can someone please help me out.  Feeling very frustrated and need to get specific help to start using the product.

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    You can try mine:

    external.samsill.com/translation

    just be aware, it is still in a bit of a beta state, but it works.

    One thing that will help if you do use it.  When you create the TranslationEngine, keep it if possible.   There is a bit of overhead when it gets the languages from the API.
  • 0 in reply to jake.holt

    Try this in a new Console Application. You'll need to add some references:

    namespace LcApiExample

    {

        using System;

        using System.Net.Http;

        using System.Net.Http.Headers;

        using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;

        using System.Text;

        using System.Xml;

        using System.Xml.Linq;

        using System.Xml.XPath;

     

        class Program

        {

            static void Main(string[] args)

            {

                string apiKey = "[ENTER YOUR API KEY HERE]";

                string sourceText = "Hello Developers";

                string sourceLanguage = "eng";

                string targetLanguage = "fra";

                string json = string.Format(@"{{""text"":""{0}"",""from"":""{1}"",""to"":""{2}""}}", sourceText, sourceLanguage, targetLanguage);

                var client = new HttpClient();

                var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://lc-api.sdl.com/translate");

                requestMessage.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");

                requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", string.Format("LC apiKey={0}", apiKey));

                requestMessage.Content = new ByteArrayContent(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json));

                requestMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json; charset=UTF-8");

                HttpResponseMessage response = client.SendAsync(requestMessage, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead).Result;

                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)

                {

                    byte[] responseBytes = response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().Result;

                    XmlReader reader = JsonReaderWriterFactory.CreateJsonReader(responseBytes, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas());

                    XElement root = XElement.Load(reader);

                    XElement translation = root.XPathSelectElement("//translation");

                    Console.WriteLine(translation.Value);

                }

                else

                {

                    Console.WriteLine("#ERROR: " + Encoding.UTF8.GetString(response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().Result));

                }

     

                Console.ReadKey();

            }

        }

    }