init

example.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const megaScraper = require('mega-scraper')
+const translate = require('.')
+
+main()
+
+async function main () {
+ const browser = await megaScraper.browser.createBrowser({ headless: true })
+ const toTranslate = [{
+ text: 'ciao, come stai?', from: 'it', to: 'en', browser
+ }, {
+ text: 'hey', from: 'en', to: 'es', browser
+ }, {
+ text: 'one apple a day keeps the doctor away', from: 'en', to: 'de', browser
+ }, {
+ text: 'one apple a day keeps the doctor away', to: 'de', browser
+ }]
+ for (const params of toTranslate) {
+ console.log(`Translating "${params.text}" from "${params.from || 'auto'}" to "${params.to}"`)
+ const translation = await translate(params)
+ console.log(`-> "${translation}"`)
+ }
+ process.exit(0)
+}

index.js

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 #!/usr/bin/env node
+const { browser: { createBrowser } } = require('mega-scraper')
 
-if (require.main === module) {
- main()
-} else {
- module.exports = main
-}
+module.exports = translate
+
+async function translate ({ text, from = 'auto', to, browser } = {}) {
+ if (!text) throw new Error('missing text')
+ if (!from) throw new Error('missing from')
+ if (!to) throw new Error('missing to')
+ if (!browser) browser = await createBrowser({ headless: true })
+
+ const page = await browser.newPage(`https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=${from}&tl=${to}&text=${encodeURIComponent(text)}`)
+ await page.waitForSelector('.tlid-translation')
+
+ const translation = await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.tlid-translation').textContent)
+ await page.close()
 
-async function main () {
- console.log('main')
+ return translation
 }

index.test.js

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+const { serial: test } = require('ava')
+const { browser: { createBrowser } } = require('mega-scraper')
+const translate = require('.')
+
+let browser
+test.before(async () => {
+ browser = await createBrowser({ headless: true })
+})
+test.after(async () => {
+ await browser.instance.close()
+})
+
+test('translates text from italian to english (for free)', async t => {
+ const translation = await translate({ text: 'ciao, come stai?', from: 'it', to: 'en', browser })
+ t.is(translation, 'Hello how are you?')
+})