Google-translate in console (~/.local/bin/dmgl_google_translate.py)

dmgl_google_translate.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import sys
import requests


def translate(string, from_language="auto", to_language="auto"):

    headers = {"User-Agent":"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; \
    Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; \
    .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)"}

    google_translate_link = "http://translate.google.com/m?hl={}&sl={}&q={}"
    google_translate_link = google_translate_link.format(to_language, from_language, string.replace(" ", "+"))

    # print(to_language)
    # print(from_language)
    # print(string)

    if len(string) > 2000:
        print("Too long.")
        sys.exit()
    
    request = requests.get(google_translate_link, headers=headers)
    page = request.text

    s = 'class="t0">'

    result = page[page.find(s)+len(s):]
    result = result.split("<")[0]

    print(result)


if __name__ == '__main__':

    s = sys.argv
    # print(s)

    langs = ['fr','en','ru']

    if len(s) > 2:
        
        if s[1] in langs:
            lang = s[1]
            text = " ".join(s[2:])
            translate(text,to_language=lang)

        else:
            text = " ".join(s[1:])
            translate(text)

    else:
        print("Usage:")
        print("google-translate.py [to_lang] <some text here>")
        print("google-translate.py <some text here>")