import requests from deep_translator.configs import config def detect_language(text, api_key=None): """ function responsible for detecting the language from a text """ if not api_key: raise Exception("you need to get an API_KEY for this to work. " "Get one for free here: https://detectlanguage.com/documentation") if not text: raise Exception("Please provide an input text") else: headers = config['headers'] headers['Authorization'] = headers['Authorization'].format(api_key) try: response = requests.post(config['url'], json={'q': text}, headers=headers) body = response.json().get('data') detections = body.get('detections') lang = detections[0].get('language', None) if lang: return lang except Exception as e: print("Error occured while requesting from server: ", e.args) raise e