Sending Word files for translation
To translate Word, OpenOffice ODT, RTF or TXT file, send a POST request to the https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v2.0/translation/document
GroupDocs.Translation Cloud REST API endpoint. To authorize the request, pass the access token in Authorization header (Bearer authentication).
The file and translation parameters are provided in JSON format in the request body.
{
"sourceLanguage": "string",
"targetLanguages": [
"string"
],
"file": "string",
"url": "string",
"savingMode": "Files",
"format": "Unknown",
"outputFormat": "string",
"pages": [
0
]
}
NoteThough you have a possibility to provide your file via cURL, please firstly upload it and pass its URL.
To use GroupDocs.Translation Cloud REST API in evaluation mode, send a POST request to the endpoint https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v2.0/translation/document/trial
.
This endpoint does not use the Authorization header, so there is no need to generate an access token. All other parameters remain the same as in regular file translation requests.
Property | Type | Default value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
sourceLanguage | String | en (English) | Language code of the source file. |
targetLanguages | List of strings | n/a | Language codes into which the file should be translated. |
url | String | n/a | Link to a file obtained while uploading it. |
format | String | Unknown | Format of the original document. |
outputFormat | String | n/a | Extension of translated file, if it should be converted. |
pages | List of integers | null | List of 1 based indexes of pages in PDF document. |
savingMode | String | Files | If the translated file should be saved as file (Files), archive (Archive) or both (Both). |
If successful, this method returns JSON with a unique identifier (value of the id
property) of the translation request in the queue:
{
"status": 202,
"message": "Starting translation",
"id": "a4fc6c6e-81b0-43c8-b62b-b8bb99520ce9"
}
Otherwise, it returns a HTTP status code corresponding to the error.
Translation will take a few seconds, depending on the size of the file, the volume of its textual content and the current GroupDocs.Translation Cloud load. See the article Fetching translations for information on how to get translations from the server.
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v2.0/translation/document' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...UV1hLfgNCSQ4VKGCOA' \
--data '{
"sourceLanguage": "en",
"targetLanguages": [
"de"
],
"url": "https://translation-groupdocs-app.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/0cd7b09d-4d63-4bcd-a9a5-dfd72897aa17.pdf...ff474526313a24821e98",
"savingMode": "Files",
"outputFormat": "pdf",
"format": "Docx",
"pages": null
}'
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v2.0/translation/document/trial' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"sourceLanguage": "en",
"targetLanguages": [
"de"
],
"url": "https://translation-groupdocs-app.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/0cd7b09d-4d63-4bcd-a9a5-dfd72897aa17.pdf...ff474526313a24821e98",
"savingMode": "Files",
"outputFormat": "pdf",
"format": "Docx",
"pages": null
}'
{
"status": 202,
"message": "Starting translation",
"id": "a4fc6c6e-81b0-43c8-b62b-b8bb99520ce9"
}