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REST APIs

REpresentational State Transfer APIs

• REST APIs are used to interact with web services, i.e., Applications that you call through the internet.
• They have a set of Rules regarding:
  1. Communication
  2. Input or Request
  3. Output or Response

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Python Client by Christoforou Emmanouil

Watson Text to Speech API

from ibm_watson import LanguageTranslatorV3

url_It = 'https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/language-translator/api'

aplikey_It = 'dU2SaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxasdfCuasdf'

verson_It = '2018-05-01'

language_translator = LanguageTranslatorV3(iam_aplikey=apikey_It, 
url=url_It, version=version_It)

language_translator.list_identifiable_languages().get_result()

...{'language':'en', 'name':'English'},...,{'language':'es', 'name':'Spanish'}

recognized_text = 'hello this is python'

translation_response = language_translator.translate(text=recognized_text, 
model_id='en-es')

translation = translation_response.get_result()

translation
{'translation':[{'translation':'Hola, esta es la pitón.'}],
'word_count':4, 'character_count':21}

spanish_translation = translation['translations'][0]['translation']
spanish_translation
'Hola, esta es la pitón.'

translation_new = language_translator.translate(text=spanish_translation, 
model_id='es-en').get_result()

translation_eng = translation_new['translations'][0]['translation']
translation_eng
'Hey, this is the python.'

French_translation = language_translator.translate(text=translation_eng,
model_id='en-fr').get_result()

French_translation['translations'][0]['translation']
"Hé, c'est le python."