Node.js client library

Note: Google provides a single version of the Cloud Translation API client library for Node.js for both Cloud Translation - Advanced and Cloud Translation - Basic. This page describes how to use the client library for Cloud Translation - Basic. To use the client library for Cloud Translation - Advanced, see the installation instructions.

This page provides reference documentation and related resources for the Cloud Translation Node.js client library.

Resource	Description
Library reference	Cloud Translation Node.js library reference
Language guide	General guide for using Node.js with GCP
GitHub repository	Source code and additional documentation for this library
Quickstart	Introduction to using this library
Stack Overflow	Questions tagged with Cloud Translation and Node.js

Installation

To install the client library:

For more on setting up your Node.js development environment, refer to the Node.js Development Environment Setup Guide.

npm install --save @google-cloud/translate

Using the client library

To use the Node.js client library for Cloud Translation - Basic, you must instantiate the Cloud Translation API client as follows:

const {Translate} = require('@google-cloud/translate').v2;

See how to translate text for additional usage details.