from indicoio.utils.api import api_handler import indicoio.config as config def language(text, cloud=None, batch=False, api_key=None, **kwargs): """ Given input text, returns a probability distribution over 33 possible languages of what language the text was written in. Example usage: .. code-block:: python >>> import indicoio >>> import numpy as np >>> text = 'Monday: Delightful with mostly sunny skies. Highs in the low 70s.' >>> possible = indicoio.language(text) >>> language = possible.keys()[np.argmax(possible.values())] >>> probability = np.max(possible.values()) >>> 'Predicted %s with probability %.4f'%(language,probability) u'Predicted English with probability 0.8548' :param text: The text to be analyzed. :type text: str or unicode :rtype: Dictionary of language probability pairs """ url_params = {"batch": batch, "api_key": api_key} return api_handler(text, cloud=cloud, api="language", url_params=url_params, **kwargs)