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contentscript.js
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//The file for highlighting the word and making it show up in the browser 4
document.addEventListener('mouseup',() =>{
const highlightedText = window.getSelection().toString().trim();
if(highlightedText.length > 0)
{
console.log("The word Highlighted by the user is: ", highlightedText);
fetch('http://localhost:3000/translate', { //Will need to be changed when we host our website
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
text: highlightedText, // The text to translate
targetLanguage: 'es' // Use the selected language
}),
})
.then(response => {
// Handling the response
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error('Network response was not ok: ' + response.statusText);
}
return response.json(); // Parse the JSON response
})
.then(data => {
console.log('Translated text: ', data.translation);
})
//.catch(error => {
// console.error('Error fetching translation');
//});
}
});
//to run this properly:
/*
npm install dotenv
npm install cors
npm install express
node translate.js (to host the server for our base url)
When done make sure to control c in terminal or else whenever you highlight stuff on your laptop the api will be called
and we will run out of requests
*/