Get supported languages (Advanced edition)

Retrieve a list of supported language codes.

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Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Cloud Translation quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Translation Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Translation, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	translate "cloud.google.com/go/translate/apiv3"
	"cloud.google.com/go/translate/apiv3/translatepb"
)

// getSupportedLanguages gets a list of supported language codes.
func getSupportedLanguages(w io.Writer, projectID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"

	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := translate.NewTranslationClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewTranslationClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &translatepb.GetSupportedLanguagesRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
	}

	resp, err := client.GetSupportedLanguages(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("GetSupportedLanguages: %w", err)
	}

	// List language codes of supported languages
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Supported languages:\n")
	for _, language := range resp.GetLanguages() {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Language code: %v\n", language.GetLanguageCode())
	}

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Cloud Translation quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Translation Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Translation, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.translate.v3.GetSupportedLanguagesRequest;
import com.google.cloud.translate.v3.LocationName;
import com.google.cloud.translate.v3.SupportedLanguage;
import com.google.cloud.translate.v3.SupportedLanguages;
import com.google.cloud.translate.v3.TranslationServiceClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GetSupportedLanguages {

  public static void getSupportedLanguages() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "YOUR-PROJECT-ID";
    getSupportedLanguages(projectId);
  }

  // Getting a list of supported language codes
  public static void getSupportedLanguages(String projectId) throws IOException {

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (TranslationServiceClient client = TranslationServiceClient.create()) {
      // Supported Locations: `global`, [glossary location], or [model location]
      // Glossaries must be hosted in `us-central1`
      // Custom Models must use the same location as your model. (us-central1)
      LocationName parent = LocationName.of(projectId, "global");
      GetSupportedLanguagesRequest request =
          GetSupportedLanguagesRequest.newBuilder().setParent(parent.toString()).build();

      SupportedLanguages response = client.getSupportedLanguages(request);

      // List language codes of supported languages
      for (SupportedLanguage language : response.getLanguagesList()) {
        System.out.printf("Language Code: %s\n", language.getLanguageCode());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Cloud Translation quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Translation Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Translation, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'global';

// Imports the Google Cloud Translation library
const {TranslationServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/translate');

// Instantiates a client
const translationClient = new TranslationServiceClient();

async function getSupportedLanguages() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/${location}`,
  };

  // Get supported languages
  const [response] = await translationClient.getSupportedLanguages(request);

  for (const language of response.languages) {
    // Supported language code, generally consisting of its ISO 639-1 identifier, for
    // example, 'en', 'ja'. In certain cases, BCP-47 codes including language and
    // region identifiers are returned (for example, 'zh-TW' and 'zh-CN')
    console.log(`Language - Language Code: ${language.languageCode}`);
    // Human readable name of the language localized in the display language specified
    // in the request.
    console.log(`Language - Display Name: ${language.displayName}`);
    // Can be used as source language.
    console.log(`Language - Support Source: ${language.supportSource}`);
    // Can be used as target language.
    console.log(`Language - Support Target: ${language.supportTarget}`);
  }
}

getSupportedLanguages();

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the Cloud Translation quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Translation PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Translation, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Translate\V3\Client\TranslationServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Translate\V3\GetSupportedLanguagesRequest;

/**
 * @param string $projectId Your Google Cloud project ID.
 */
function v3_get_supported_languages(string $projectId): void
{
    $translationServiceClient = new TranslationServiceClient();

    $formattedParent = $translationServiceClient->locationName($projectId, 'global');

    try {
        $request = (new GetSupportedLanguagesRequest())
            ->setParent($formattedParent);
        $response = $translationServiceClient->getSupportedLanguages($request);
        // List language codes of supported languages
        foreach ($response->getLanguages() as $language) {
            printf('Language Code: %s' . PHP_EOL, $language->getLanguageCode());
        }
    } finally {
        $translationServiceClient->close();
    }
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Cloud Translation quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Translation Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Translation, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import translate


def get_supported_languages(
    project_id: str = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID",
) -> translate.SupportedLanguages:
    """Getting a list of supported language codes.

    Args:
        project_id: The GCP project ID.

    Returns:
        A list of supported language codes.
    """
    client = translate.TranslationServiceClient()

    parent = f"projects/{project_id}"

    # Supported language codes: https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages
    response = client.get_supported_languages(parent=parent)

    # List language codes of supported languages.
    print("Supported Languages:")
    for language in response.languages:
        print(f"Language Code: {language.language_code}")

    return response

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