Updating and standardizing Python samples for Translator Text

.gitignore

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+# Operating System files
+ .DS_Store
+ .gitignore
+Thumbs.db

BreakSentence.py

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 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import http.client, urllib.parse, uuid, json
-
-# **********************************************
-# *** Update or verify the following values. ***
-# **********************************************
-
-# Replace the subscriptionKey string value with your valid subscription key.
-subscriptionKey = 'ENTER KEY HERE'
-
-host = 'api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
+# This simple app uses the '/breaksentence' resource to identify the source
+# language and determines the numbe of characters in each sentence.
+
+# This sample runs on Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x.
+# You may need to install requests and uuid.
+# Run: pip install requests uuid
+
+
+import os, requests, uuid, json
+
+# Checks to see if the Translator Text subscription key is available
+# as an environment variable. If you are setting your subscription key as a
+# string, then comment these lines out.
+if 'TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY' in os.environ:
+    subscriptionKey = os.environ['TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY']
+else:
+    print('Environment variable for TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY is not set.')
+    exit()
+# If you want to set your subscription key as a string, uncomment the next line.
+#subscriptionKey = 'put_your_key_here'
+
+# If you encounter any issues with the base_url or path, make sure
+# that you are using the latest endpoint: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/translator/reference/v3-0-break-sentence
+base_url = 'https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
 path = '/breaksentence?api-version=3.0'
-
-params = ''
-
-text = 'How are you? I am fine. What did you do today?'
-
-def breakSentences (content):
-
-    headers = {
-        'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
-        'Content-type': 'application/json',
-        'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
-    }
-
-    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host)
-    conn.request ("POST", path + params, content, headers)
-    response = conn.getresponse ()
-    return response.read ()
-
-requestBody = [{
-    'Text' : text,
+params = '&language=en'
+constructed_url = base_url + path + params
+
+headers = {
+    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
+    'Content-type': 'application/json',
+    'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
+}
+
+# You can pass more than one object in body.
+body = [{
+    'text': 'How are you? I am fine. What did you do today?'
 }]
-content = json.dumps(requestBody, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8')
-result = breakSentences (content)
-
-# Note: We convert result, which is JSON, to and from an object so we can pretty-print it.
-# We want to avoid escaping any Unicode characters that result contains. See:
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18337407/saving-utf-8-texts-in-json-dumps-as-utf8-not-as-u-escape-sequence
-output = json.dumps(json.loads(result), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False)
+request = requests.post(constructed_url, headers=headers, json=body)
+response = request.json()
 
-print (output)
+print(json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ': ')))

Detect.py

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 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import http.client, urllib.parse, uuid, json
-
-# **********************************************
-# *** Update or verify the following values. ***
-# **********************************************
-
-# Replace the subscriptionKey string value with your valid subscription key.
-subscriptionKey = 'ENTER KEY HERE'
-
-host = 'api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
+# This simple app uses the '/detect' resource to identify the language of
+# the provided text or texts.
+
+# This sample runs on Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x.
+# You may need to install requests and uuid.
+# Run: pip install requests uuid
+
+
+import os, requests, uuid, json
+
+# Checks to see if the Translator Text subscription key is available
+# as an environment variable. If you are setting your subscription key as a
+# string, then comment these lines out.
+if 'TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY' in os.environ:
+    subscriptionKey = os.environ['TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY']
+else:
+    print('Environment variable for TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY is not set.')
+    exit()
+# If you want to set your subscription key as a string, uncomment the next line.
+#subscriptionKey = 'put_your_key_here'
+
+# If you encounter any issues with the base_url or path, make sure
+# that you are using the latest endpoint: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/translator/reference/v3-0-detect
+base_url = 'https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
 path = '/detect?api-version=3.0'
+constructed_url = base_url + path
 
-params = ''
-
-text = 'Salve, mondo!'
+headers = {
+    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
+    'Content-type': 'application/json',
+    'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
+}
 
-def detect (content):
-
-    headers = {
-        'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
-        'Content-type': 'application/json',
-        'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
-    }
-
-    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host)
-    conn.request ("POST", path, content, headers)
-    response = conn.getresponse ()
-    return response.read ()
-
-requestBody = [{
-    'Text' : text,
+# You can pass more than one object in body.
+body = [{
+    'text': 'Salve, mondo!'
 }]
-content = json.dumps(requestBody, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8')
-result = detect (content)
-
-# Note: We convert result, which is JSON, to and from an object so we can pretty-print it.
-# We want to avoid escaping any Unicode characters that result contains. See:
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18337407/saving-utf-8-texts-in-json-dumps-as-utf8-not-as-u-escape-sequence
-output = json.dumps(json.loads(result), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False)
+request = requests.post(constructed_url, headers=headers, json=body)
+response = request.json()
 
-print (output)
+print(json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ': ')))

DictionaryExample.py

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 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import http.client, urllib.parse, uuid, json
-
-# **********************************************
-# *** Update or verify the following values. ***
-# **********************************************
-
-# Replace the subscriptionKey string value with your valid subscription key.
-subscriptionKey = 'ENTER KEY HERE'
-
-host = 'api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
+# This simple app uses the '/dictionary/examples' resource to illustrate
+# how terms in a dictionary are contexutalized.
+
+# This sample runs on Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x.
+# You may need to install requests and uuid.
+# Run: pip install requests uuid
+
+
+import os, requests, uuid, json
+
+# Checks to see if the Translator Text subscription key is available
+# as an environment variable. If you are setting your subscription key as a
+# string, then comment these lines out.
+if 'TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY' in os.environ:
+    subscriptionKey = os.environ['TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY']
+else:
+    print('Environment variable for TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY is not set.')
+    exit()
+# If you want to set your subscription key as a string, uncomment the next line.
+#subscriptionKey = 'put_your_key_here'
+
+# If you encounter any issues with the base_url or path, make sure
+# that you are using the latest endpoint: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/translator/reference/v3-0-dictionary-examples
+base_url = 'https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
 path = '/dictionary/examples?api-version=3.0'
-
 params = '&from=en&to=fr';
-
-text = 'great'
-translation = 'formidable'
-
-def examples (content):
-
-    headers = {
-        'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
-        'Content-type': 'application/json',
-        'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
-    }
-
-    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host)
-    conn.request ("POST", path + params, content, headers)
-    response = conn.getresponse ()
-    return response.read ()
-
-requestBody = [{
-    'Text' : text,
-    'Translation' : translation,
+constructed_url = base_url + path + params
+
+headers = {
+    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
+    'Content-type': 'application/json',
+    'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
+}
+
+# Each object takes two key/value pairs: 'text' and 'translation'.
+# Note: You can pass more than one object in body.
+body = [{
+    'text': 'great',
+    'translation': 'formidable'
 }]
-content = json.dumps(requestBody, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8')
-result = examples (content)
-
-# Note: We convert result, which is JSON, to and from an object so we can pretty-print it.
-# We want to avoid escaping any Unicode characters that result contains. See:
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18337407/saving-utf-8-texts-in-json-dumps-as-utf8-not-as-u-escape-sequence
-output = json.dumps(json.loads(result), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False)
+request = requests.post(constructed_url, headers=headers, json=body)
+response = request.json()
 
-print (output)
+print(json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ': ')))

DictionaryLookup.py

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 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import http.client, urllib.parse, uuid, json
-
-# **********************************************
-# *** Update or verify the following values. ***
-# **********************************************
-
-# Replace the subscriptionKey string value with your valid subscription key.
-subscriptionKey = 'ENTER KEY HERE'
-
-host = 'api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
+# This simple app uses the '/dictionary/lookup' resource to return alternative
+# translations for a word and a small number of idiomatic phrases.
+
+# This sample runs on Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x.
+# You may need to install requests and uuid.
+# Run: pip install requests uuid
+
+
+import os, requests, uuid, json
+
+# Checks to see if the Translator Text subscription key is available
+# as an environment variable. If you are setting your subscription key as a
+# string, then comment these lines out.
+if 'TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY' in os.environ:
+    subscriptionKey = os.environ['TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY']
+else:
+    print('Environment variable for TRANSLATOR_TEXT_KEY is not set.')
+    exit()
+# If you want to set your subscription key as a string, uncomment the next line.
+#subscriptionKey = 'put_your_key_here'
+
+# If you encounter any issues with the base_url or path, make sure
+# that you are using the latest endpoint: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/translator/reference/v3-0-dictionary-lookup
+base_url = 'https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com'
 path = '/dictionary/lookup?api-version=3.0'
-
-params = '&from=en&to=fr';
-
-text = 'great'
-
-def lookup (content):
-
-    headers = {
-        'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
-        'Content-type': 'application/json',
-        'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
-    }
-
-    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host)
-    conn.request ("POST", path + params, content, headers)
-    response = conn.getresponse ()
-    return response.read ()
-
-requestBody = [{
-    'Text' : text,
+params = '&from=en&to=es';
+constructed_url = base_url + path + params
+
+headers = {
+    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscriptionKey,
+    'Content-type': 'application/json',
+    'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
+}
+
+# You can pass more than one object in body.
+body = [{
+    'text': 'Elephants'
 }]
-content = json.dumps(requestBody, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8')
-result = lookup (content)
-
-# Note: We convert result, which is JSON, to and from an object so we can pretty-print it.
-# We want to avoid escaping any Unicode characters that result contains. See:
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18337407/saving-utf-8-texts-in-json-dumps-as-utf8-not-as-u-escape-sequence
-output = json.dumps(json.loads(result), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False)
+request = requests.post(constructed_url, headers=headers, json=body)
+response = request.json()
 
-print (output)
+print(json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ': ')))