whichlang-node

whichlang binding for Node.js.

Install this package

yarn add whichlang-node
pnpm add whichlang-node
npm install whichlang-node

Support matrix

Operating Systems

	node14	node16	node18
Windows x64	✓	✓	✓
Windows x32	✓	✓	✓
Windows arm64	✓	✓	✓
macOS x64	✓	✓	✓
macOS arm64	✓	✓	✓
Linux x64 gnu	✓	✓	✓
Linux x64 musl	✓	✓	✓
Linux arm gnu	✓	✓	✓
Linux arm64 gnu	✓	✓	✓
Linux arm64 musl	✓	✓	✓
Android arm64	✓	✓	✓
Android armv7	✓	✓	✓
FreeBSD x64	✓	✓	✓

API

/** ISO language name */
export const enum Language {
  Arabic = 'Arabic',
  Dutch = 'Dutch',
  English = 'English',
  French = 'French',
  German = 'German',
  Hindi = 'Hindi',
  Italian = 'Italian',
  Japanese = 'Japanese',
  Korean = 'Korean',
  Mandarin = 'Mandarin',
  Portuguese = 'Portuguese',
  Russian = 'Russian',
  Spanish = 'Spanish',
  Swedish = 'Swedish',
  Turkish = 'Turkish',
  Vietnamese = 'Vietnamese',
}
/** three-letter code for the language */
export const enum Lang {
  Ara = 'Ara',
  Cmn = 'Cmn',
  Deu = 'Deu',
  Eng = 'Eng',
  Fra = 'Fra',
  Hin = 'Hin',
  Ita = 'Ita',
  Jpn = 'Jpn',
  Kor = 'Kor',
  Nld = 'Nld',
  Por = 'Por',
  Rus = 'Rus',
  Spa = 'Spa',
  Swe = 'Swe',
  Tur = 'Tur',
  Vie = 'Vie',
}
/** detect language and return `Language` */
export function detectLanguage(text: string): Language
/** detect language and return `Lang` */
export function detectLang(text: string): Lang

export const enum LangISO6391 {
  AR = 'AR',
  NL = 'NL',
  EN = 'EN',
  FR = 'FR',
  DE = 'DE',
  IT = 'IT',
  JA = 'JA',
  KO = 'KO',
  PT = 'PT',
  RU = 'RU',
  ES = 'ES',
  SV = 'SV',
  HI = 'HI',
  TR = 'TR',
  VI = 'VI',
  ZH = 'ZH',
}
/** detect language and return `LangISO6391` */
export function detectLangISO6391(text: string): LangISO6391

Usage

import { detectLanguage, Language } from 'whichlang-node'

console.assert(detectLanguage('ネムルバカ') === Language.Japanese)