title: Translate description: Translate text from a source language to a target language using the v1 API

Translate (v1)

Translate text from a source language to a target language using the v1 API.

Endpoint

POST /v1/translate

Description

Translate text from a source language to a target language using the v1 API.

Headers

X-API-KEY string (required) : Your API key for authentication

Content-Type string (required) : Must be application/json

Request Parameters

Body Parameters

text string (required) : The text to translate

source string (required) : Source language code (e.g., "en", "fr")

target string (required) : Target language code (e.g., "en", "fr")

Example Request

curl https://api.translateplus.io/v1/translate \
  -H "X-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "Hello, world!",
    "source": "en",
    "target": "fr"
  }'

import requests

url = "https://api.translateplus.io/v1/translate"
headers = {
    "X-API-KEY": "your_api_key",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
data = {
    "text": "Hello, world!",
    "source": "en",
    "target": "fr"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch('https://api.translateplus.io/v1/translate', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-KEY': 'your_api_key',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    text: 'Hello, world!',
    source: 'en',
    target: 'fr'
  })
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));

const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify({
  text: 'Hello, world!',
  source: 'en',
  target: 'fr'
});

const options = {
  hostname: new URL('https://api.translateplus.io').hostname,
  path: '/v1/translate',
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-KEY': 'your_api_key',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let responseData = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => {
    responseData += chunk;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(responseData));
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();

<?php

$url = 'https://api.translateplus.io/v1/translate';
$apiKey = 'your_api_key';

$data = [
    'text' => 'Hello, world!',
    'source' => 'en',
    'target' => 'fr'
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'X-API-KEY: ' . $apiKey,
    'Content-Type: application/json'
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($httpCode === 200) {
    $result = json_decode($response, true);
    echo $result['translation'];
} else {
    echo 'Error: ' . $response;
}

Success Response (200 OK)

{
  "translation": "Bonjour le monde!",
  "source": "en",
  "target": "fr"
}

Response Fields

| Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | translation | string | The translated text | | source | string | Source language code | | target | string | Target language code |

Error Responses

See Error Handling for common error responses.

Migration to v2

We recommend migrating to the v2 Translate endpoint which provides enhanced features and better error handling.