Yandex.Translate API request for Node.js

yandex_translate.js

var http = require('http'), https = require('https')

var apiKey = process.argv[2];

var _quSelected = process.argv[3] || '';

var _quPrompt = process.argv[4] || '';

var _lang = process.argv[5] || 'en-bg';

var _qu = (_quSelected !== '') ? _quSelected : _quPrompt;

process.on('exit', function (code){
	if (code == 1) console.error('Please select or enter a text for translation.');
});

if (_qu === '') {
	process.exit(1);
}

console.log(_qu+'\n>>');

var options = {
	host: 'translate.yandex.net',
	port: 443,
	path: '/api/v1.5/tr.json/translate?key='+apiKey+'&lang='+_lang+'&text='+_qu,
	method: 'GET'
};

https.request(options, function(res) {

	res.setEncoding('utf8');

	res.on('data', function (chunk) {
		var res = JSON.parse(chunk);
		if (res.code == 200) {
			console.log(res.text+'');
		} else {
			console.log('ERR ' + chunk);
		}
	});

}).end();

yandex_translate.md

• https://nodejs.org/en/
• https://translate.yandex.com/
• https://tech.yandex.com/translate
• https://tech.yandex.com/translate/doc/dg/reference/getLangs-docpage/

JSON and JSONP interfaces

https://translate.yandex.net/api/v1.5/tr.json/translate ? 
key=<API key>
 & text=<text to translate>
 & lang=<translation direction>
 & [format=<text format>]
 & [options=<translation options>]
 & [callback=<name of the callback function>]