apilayer languagelayer
Language Detection JSON API supporting 173 languages
- Authentication
- OAuth
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Text Analysis
- Documentation / URL
- https://languagelayer.com/
Overview
languagelayer (an APILayer product) detects the language of text with confidence scores. Auth is a free API key (an invalid key returns 401 with the APILayer error format — verified).
Quick Start
Identify (replace YOUR_KEY):
curl "https://api.languagelayer.com/identify?access_key=YOUR_KEY&query=hola%20mundo"{
"success": true,
"results": [
{ "language_code": "es", "language_name": "Spanish", "probability": 0.99, "percentage": 100 }
]
}Authentication
- Register at languagelayer.com → free API key (emailed).
- Send it as the
access_keyquery parameter (invalid key → 401 +"success": false, verified).
Rate Limits & Notes
- Free tier: 5,000 requests/month (check the docs); paid plans scale.
- Results include
language_code,language_name,probability, andpercentage. - Supports 160+ languages.
FAQ
Is languagelayer free? Free tier: 5,000 requests/month; more is paid.
How do I get a key? Register at languagelayer.com — the key is emailed.
What’s the error style?
401 with success: false (APILayer format, verified).
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