Overview
Lecto Translation API offers text translation with a free tier and competitive pricing, accessible through RapidAPI. It supports multiple languages and provides clean JSON responses suitable for straightforward integration. Developers on a budget can start with the free tier and scale up without switching providers.
Beginner Tip
Access Lecto Translation through RapidAPI — subscribe on the RapidAPI marketplace first, then use your RapidAPI key in the "X-RapidAPI-Key" header for all requests.
Available Data
The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.
Example Response
Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.
{
"translatedText": "Bonjour le monde",
"detectedSourceLanguage": "en",
"targetLanguage": "fr"
} Field Reference
translations Array of translation result objects, one per input text string translated List of translated strings corresponding to each entry in the input texts array from ISO 639-1 code of the source language used for translation to ISO 639-1 code of the target language the input texts were translated into Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://lecto-translation.p.rapidapi.com/v1/translate/text";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
Common Errors & Troubleshooting
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Metadata Score Breakdown
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Technical Specifications
Related Tags
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Commercial translation with reliable uptime
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