DictionaryLookup.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# This simple app uses the '/dictionary/lookup' resource to return alternative
# translations for a word and a small number of idiomatic phrases.

# This sample runs on Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x.
# You may need to install requests and uuid.
# Run: pip install requests uuid

import os, requests, uuid, json

key_var_name = 'TRANSLATOR_TEXT_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY'
if not key_var_name in os.environ:
    raise Exception('Please set/export the environment variable: {}'.format(key_var_name))
subscription_key = os.environ[key_var_name]

region_var_name = 'TRANSLATOR_TEXT_REGION'
if not region_var_name in os.environ:
    raise Exception('Please set/export the environment variable: {}'.format(region_var_name))
region = os.environ[region_var_name]

endpoint_var_name = 'TRANSLATOR_TEXT_ENDPOINT'
if not endpoint_var_name in os.environ:
    raise Exception('Please set/export the environment variable: {}'.format(endpoint_var_name))
endpoint = os.environ[endpoint_var_name]

# If you encounter any issues with the base_url or path, make sure
# that you are using the latest endpoint: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/translator/reference/v3-0-dictionary-lookup
path = '/dictionary/lookup?api-version=3.0'
params = '&from=en&to=es';
constructed_url = endpoint + path + params

headers = {
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': subscription_key,
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Region': region,
    'Content-type': 'application/json',
    'X-ClientTraceId': str(uuid.uuid4())
}

# You can pass more than one object in body.
body = [{
    'text': 'Elephants'
}]
request = requests.post(constructed_url, headers=headers, json=body)
response = request.json()

print(json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ': ')))