i18n.detectLanguage()

Detects the language of the provided text using the Compact Language Detector (CLD).

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var 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

array of 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.

Browser compatibility

Examples

function onLanguageDetected(langInfo) {
  for (lang of  langInfo.languages) {
    console.log("Language is: " + lang.language);
    console.log("Percentage is: " + lang.percentage);
  }
}

var text = "L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."

var detecting = browser.i18n.detectLanguage(text);
detecting.then(onLanguageDetected);