E2F: Detect Language
Leverage the Detect Language apex action to detect the language for a given sample text.
NOTE: The Google Translation API is a paid Google Service. Please reference Googles pricing guide for more information ( Pricing | Cloud Translation | Google Cloud).
Inputs
Sample Text
The sample text to determine the language. For a typical Email-to-Case scenario, this sample text should be the plain text body of the incoming email.
Sample Text Max Length
The maximum length used to determine the email body language. Start with a size of 100 and adjust it according to your testing results.
Outputs
Language Detected
The language which was detected in the sample text.
IsSuccess
​Set to True if the apex action was successful. Set to False if an error was encountered.
Error Message
If isSuccess is False, the message of the error encountered
Additional Requirements
The Detect Language apex action leverages the Google Cloud Translation Basic V2 API. In order to leverage this API, you will need a Google account with the Cloud Translation API enabled and the appropriate API keys to make authenticated calls. Please review Cloud Translation to generate the API Key.
Create an External Credential
In the Quick Search Box, enter “Named Credentials” or navigate to Security > Named Credentials. Select “External Credentials”. Click on the New button. Enter the values and choose Save.
Label
Google Language Detect
Name
​Google Language Detect
Authentication Protocol
Custom
Locate Custom Headers and click the New Button. Enter the values and save the record.
Name
X-goog-api-key
Value
Enter Your API Key
Authentication Protocol
Custom
​Locate Permission Set Mappings and click the New button. Associate the credentials to all permission sets that require the ability to execute the apex action. For example, this configuration assigns the credentials to the Sales Cloud User permission set. NOTE: The Identity Type will always be Named Principal and no Authentication Parameters are required.
In the Quick Search Box, enter “Named Credentials” or navigate to Security > Named Credentials. Select “Named Credentials”. Click on the New button. Enter the values and choose Save.
Label
DetectLanguage
Name
DetectLanguage
Generate Authorization Header
unchecked
Allowed Namespaces
EmailToFlow
The completed setup should look similar to the following:
