deepl.py

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
"""Deepl translation engine"""
 
from json import loads
 
about = {
    "website": 'https://deepl.com',
    "wikidata_id": 'Q43968444',
    "official_api_documentation": 'https://www.deepl.com/docs-api',
    "use_official_api": True,
    "require_api_key": True,
    "results": 'JSON',
}
 
engine_type = 'online_dictionary'
categories = ['general', 'translate']
 
url = 'https://api-free.deepl.com/v2/translate'
api_key = None
 
 
def request(_query, params):
    '''pre-request callback
 
    params<dict>:
 
    - ``method`` : POST/GET
    - ``headers``: {}
    - ``data``: {}  # if method == POST
    - ``url``: ''
    - ``category``: 'search category'
    - ``pageno``: 1  # number of the requested page
    '''
 
    params['url'] = url
    params['method'] = 'POST'
    params['data'] = {'auth_key': api_key, 'text': params['query'], 'target_lang': params['to_lang'][1]}
 
    return params
 
 
def response(resp):
    results = []
    result = loads(resp.text)
    translations = result['translations']
 
    infobox = "<dl>"
 
    for translation in translations:
        infobox += f"<dd>{translation['text']}</dd>"
 
    infobox += "</dl>"
 
    results.append({'answer': infobox})
 
    return results