Free and Slow Google Translate API

How to use it?

>> Demo <<

Test URL

• http://google-translate-api.herokuapp.com/translate

Query strings

• from - (Optional) Language code of text to translate. If this parameter is not provided, it will be detected.
• to - Language code of target language
• text(or text[] when you request multiple texts) - text to translate. Up to 255 texts
• callback - (Optional) callback function name for JSONP

What is this for?

I wanted to use Google Translate API for my toy project, but it wasn't free. I didn't wanted to pay for my toy project, so I made this. You may can use this for your side projects or something.

How does it work?

It uses Google Spreadsheet API to translate.

Limits

Slow

It's very slow because it uses Google Spreadsheet to translate.

Not thread-safe

It's not thread-safe because it uses single spareadsheet to translate. However, it can process 1000 requests concurrently.

References

• Google Drive Ruby API
• StackOverflow: Alternative to Google Translate API
• Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides size limits