Text Language API

The Text Language API detects the language of any given text, supporting over 50 different languages.

/v1/textlanguage GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/textlanguage

Returns the language name and 2-letter ISO language code for a given block of text string.

Parameters

  • text  required

    Input text (10 words or more recommended). Maximum 1000 characters.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

text
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/textlanguage?text=Hello world!

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1{ 2 "iso": "en", 3 "language": "English" 4}

Code Examples

1import requests 2 3text = 'Hello world!' 4api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/textlanguage?text={}'.format(text) 5response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}) 6if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok: 7 print(response.text) 8else: 9 print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.