i18n.detectLanguage()
Detects the language of the provided text using the Compact Language Detector (CLD).
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.
See the Internationalization page for a guide on using this function.
Syntax
let detectingLanguages = browser.i18n.detectLanguage(
text // string
)
Parameters
text-
string. User input string to be translated.
Return value
A Promise that will be fulfilled with a result object. The result object has two properties:
isReliable-
boolean. Whether the language was detected reliably. languages-
arrayof objects, each of which has two properties:language-
i18n.LanguageCode. The detected language. percentage-
integer. The percentage of the input string that was in the detected language.
Examples
function onLanguageDetected(langInfo) {
for (const lang of langInfo.languages) {
console.log(`Language is: ${lang.language}`);
console.log(`Percentage is: ${lang.percentage}`);
}
}
let text = "L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.";
let detecting = browser.i18n.detectLanguage(text);
detecting.then(onLanguageDetected);
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Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.i18n API. This documentation is derived from i18n.json in the Chromium code.