translate.py

import requests
import json

google_key = 'AIzaSyA-inA65SCHf-kT04GubUvTwCeGmPwikyQ'
base_url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2'

# translates input to target_lang
def translate(input, target_lang='en'):
	payload = {'q' : input, 'target' : target_lang, 'key' : google_key}
	r = requests.get(base_url, params=payload)
	d = json.loads(r.text)
	try:
		translated_text = d['data']['translations'][0]['translatedText']
	except:
		translated_text = "ERROR"
	return translated_text

# detects the language of the input and returns the 2 letter notation
def detect(input):
	payload = {'q' : input, 'key' : google_key}
	request_url = base_url + '/detect'
	r = requests.get(request_url, params=payload)
	d = json.loads(r.text)
	try:
		lang = d['data']['detections'][0][0]['language']
	except:
		lang = "ERROR"
	return lang

print translate("guten tag", 'en')
print detect("hello")