Translate from Estonian to English by using Huggingface's Inference API

huggingface_translation.py

import json
import requests

# We use "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-et-en" model for translation
API_URL = "https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-et-en"
# Register an account in Hugging Face to get your API_TOKEN 
# you'll find it under settings
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_TOKEN}"}

# Function to run the post request to the API
def translate(payload):
	data = json.dumps(payload)
	response = requests.request("POST", API_URL, headers=headers, data=data)
	return json.loads(response.content.decode("utf-8"))

# Estonian sentence that we would like to translate to English
text_to_translate = """
E-Lab on Enefit'i infotehnoloogia osakonna uurimis- ja arendusüksus. 
"""

# Run the query, by proding the text as an output
data = translate({"inputs": text_to_translate,})

# Extract and print the translated text
translated_text = data[0]['translation_text']
print(translated_text)
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)

# Output:
# E-Lab is a research and development unit of Enefit's Information Technology Department.