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translate

AdminUpdated Sep 19, 2026
POSThttps://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview
Translate free-text into the requested locale (composer preview).
Parameters
NameInTypeRequiredDescription
Idempotency-KeyheaderstringnoUUIDv4 or 16-128 char opaque token. Required on write endpoints in production. Replays return the cached response with `Idempotency-Replay: true`; reusing the key with a different body returns 409 idempotency_conflict.
Request body application/json
{
  "text": "string",
  "targetLanguage": "string",
  "sourceLanguage": "string"
}
Responses
201
Code samples
cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: <value>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"string","targetLanguage":"string","sourceLanguage":"string"}'
TypeScript
const res = await fetch('https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Idempotency-Key': '<value>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"text":"string","targetLanguage":"string","sourceLanguage":"string"}),
});
const data = await res.json();
Python
import requests

res = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview",
    headers={
    "Idempotency-Key": "<value>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"text": "string", "targetLanguage": "string", "sourceLanguage": "string"},
)
data = res.json()
Go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview", strings.NewReader(`{"text":"string","targetLanguage":"string","sourceLanguage":"string"}`))
	req.Header.Set("Idempotency-Key", "<value>")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
PHP
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Idempotency-Key: <value>', 'Content-Type: application/json']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '{"text":"string","targetLanguage":"string","sourceLanguage":"string"}');
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview')
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['Idempotency-Key'] = '<value>'
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = '{"text":"string","targetLanguage":"string","sourceLanguage":"string"}'
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(req)
end
puts res.body
Java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/preview"))
    .header("Idempotency-Key", "<value>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"text\":\"string\",\"targetLanguage\":\"string\",\"sourceLanguage\":\"string\"}"))
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
POSThttps://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect
Detect the language of a free-text snippet.
Parameters
NameInTypeRequiredDescription
Idempotency-KeyheaderstringnoUUIDv4 or 16-128 char opaque token. Required on write endpoints in production. Replays return the cached response with `Idempotency-Replay: true`; reusing the key with a different body returns 409 idempotency_conflict.
Request body application/json
{
  "text": "string"
}
Responses
201
Code samples
cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: <value>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"string"}'
TypeScript
const res = await fetch('https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Idempotency-Key': '<value>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"text":"string"}),
});
const data = await res.json();
Python
import requests

res = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect",
    headers={
    "Idempotency-Key": "<value>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"text": "string"},
)
data = res.json()
Go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect", strings.NewReader(`{"text":"string"}`))
	req.Header.Set("Idempotency-Key", "<value>")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
PHP
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Idempotency-Key: <value>', 'Content-Type: application/json']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '{"text":"string"}');
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect')
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['Idempotency-Key'] = '<value>'
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = '{"text":"string"}'
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(req)
end
puts res.body
Java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.chatlychat.com/v1/translate/detect"))
    .header("Idempotency-Key", "<value>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"text\":\"string\"}"))
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
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