Xlit: CDAC Transliteration API

Welcome to the Xlit Ajax API usage-discussion blogpost !!

Note : Please note that usage of this free API for commercial applications is 'STRICTLY PROHIBITED'. Also, in case of interested in using this API,
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Here, you can discuss any suggestions and/or issues involved with using the API for transliteration or give your feedback.

Xlit : Ajax API Usage Documentation

One of the easier ways to start learning about Xlit Ajax API is using the command line tool 'wget'; execute the following command:

wget --post-data 'srclang=en&trgtlang=hi&inpword=Hello&inputval=5&ui=xml' "http://www.cdacmumbai.in/xlit/editor/getXlatn"

Understanding the command:

This command performs a language transliteration (/xlit/editor/getXlatn) for hello (inpword=hello) from English to an Indian Language (here Hindi : srclang=en&trgtlang=hi). The other language options are listed elsewhere in this document. The response has a Content-Type of 'text/';charset=utf-8. The 'inputval' determines the # of possible alternatives of the given input word in the target language (limited to 5 as default higher limit).

The response returned to this request takes the format as specified with 'ui' in the query. The possible values that ui can take are :

'ui=xml' - This ui format returns the response in the form of a simple xml tree.[Content-Type: text/xml]

'ui=plain' - This ui format returns the response in the form of plain text readable in any text editor supporting unicode font rendering. [Content-Type: text/plain]

Note: Not including the variable 'ui' in the query, invokes the default response with 'Content-Type:text/html'

The following section shows a code snippet that demonstrates API access from Javascript:
*[url=http://www.cdacmumbai.in/xlit/editor/getXlatn]

xmlHttp= GetXmlHttpObject(); xmlHttp.open("POST", url, true); xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/html;charset=utf-8;"); xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("accept-charset","UTF-8"); var formData ="srclang=en&trgtlang=hi&inpword="+encodeURIComponent('Hello')+"&inputval=5&ui=plain"; xmlHttp.send(formData);

Similar API access from other languages/non-javascript environments like Flash, Java, PHP and Python, etc. is easily possible. You would be required to only construct the url and establish a connection.

Other Indian languages' support is in the pipeline for Marathi [mr], Tamil [tm], Telugu [tl], Kanada [kn] and Malayalam [ml].

We encourage you to participate and help us mould the API so that it serves you better day after day!

Post your comments/feedback/queries here.You may also wish to write to us at kbcs[AT]cdacmumbai.in

Sarvesh Nikumbh
Xlit Team