NAME

Lingua::Identify::CLD - Interface to Chrome language detection library.

VERSION

Version 0.10

SYNOPSIS

    use Lingua::Identify::CLD;

    # Vanilla identification
    my $cld = Lingua::Identify::CLD->new();
    my $lang = $cld->identify("Text");

    # using TLD hint
    my $lang = $cld->identify("Text", tld => 'by');

    # obtaining further information
    my @lang = $cld->identify("Text");
    # $lang[0] -> language name
    # $lang[1] -> language id
    # $lang[2] -> confidence
    # $lang[3] -> is_reliable (bool)

    # CLD object can also be created with this option
    my $bycld = Lingua::Identify::CLD->new(tld => 'by');

METHODS

new

Constructs a CLD object. You can pass some global configuration options. Currently supported options are listed bellow:

tld

A top level domain (tld) to help on the language identification.

isPlainText

By default is set to true. If you have some HTML/XML markup, set it to false.

allowExtendedLanguages

Set to true by default, let you control weather extended languages should be checked. Like Klingon or Pig Latin.

identify

Receives a string, returns a language name. Following the text a set of key/value options may be supplied. The supported options are the same as of new.

AUTHOR

Alberto Simoes, <ambs at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to http://github.com/ambs/Lingua-Identify-CLD. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Lingua::Identify::CLD

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chrome team for making the code available.

Jean Véronis for pushing me to do this.

SocialFlow http://www.socialflow.com for simplifiying the build/install process.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2011-2013 Alberto Simoes.

This program is distributed under the (Revised) BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

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