i18n.detectLanguage()
Detects the language of the provided text using the Compact Language Detector (CLD).
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
var detectingLanguages = browser.i18n.detectLanguage(
text // string
)
Parameters
text
string
. User input string to be translated.
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with a result object. The result object has two properties:
isReliable
boolean
. Whether the language was detected reliably.languages
array
of objects, each of which has two properties:-
language
i18n.LanguageCode
. The detected language.percentage
integer
. The percentage of the input string that was in the detected language.
Browser compatibility
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Examples
function onLanguageDetected(langInfo) {
for (lang of langInfo.languages) {
console.log("Language is: " + lang.language);
console.log("Percentage is: " + lang.percentage);
}
}
var text = "L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."
var detecting = browser.i18n.detectLanguage(text);
detecting.then(onLanguageDetected);
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.i18n
API. This documentation is derived from i18n.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.