Detect-File-Encoding-And-Language
Functionality
Determine the encoding and language of text files!
- Detects 40 languages as well as the appropriate encoding
- Available as CLI, in Node.js and in the browser
- Supports .txt, .srt, .sub, .html, .csv, .tsv
- Works best with large inputs
- Completely free, no API key required
For reliable encoding and language detection, use files containing at least 500 words of coherent text. Smaller inputs can work as well but the results might be less accurate and in some cases incorrect.
Live Demo
Feel free to test the functionality of this NPM package here. Upload your own files and see if the encoding and language are detected correctly!
Installation
npm install detect-file-encoding-and-languageUsage
Via CDN
// index.html
<body>
<input type="file" id="my-input-field" />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/detect-file-encoding-and-language/umd/language-encoding.min.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
// app.js
document.getElementById("my-input-field").addEventListener("change", (e) => {
const file = e.target.files[0];
languageEncoding(file).then((fileInfo) => console.log(fileInfo));
// Possible result: { language: english, encoding: UTF-8, confidence: { encoding: 1, language: 1 } }
If you don't want to use a CDN feel free to [download the source code](https://github.com/gignupg/Detect-File-Encoding-and-Language/wiki/Downloading-the-Source-Code)!
### In React
// App.js import languageEncoding from "detect-file-encoding-and-language"; export default function App() { function inputHandler(e) { const file = e.target.files[0]; languageEncoding(file).then((fileInfo) = console.log(fileInfo)); // Possible result: { language: english, encoding: UTF-8, confidence: { encoding: 1, language: 1 } } } return <input type="file" onChange={inputHandler} /; }
### In Node
#### File
// server.js const languageEncoding = require("detect-file-encoding-and-language"); const pathToFile = "/home/username/documents/my-text-file.txt"; languageEncoding(pathToFile).then((fileInfo) = console.log(fileInfo)); // Possible result: { language: japanese, encoding: Shift-JIS, confidence: { encoding: 0.94, language: 0.94 } }
#### Buffer
// server.js const languageEncoding = require("detect-file-encoding-and-language"); const content = Buffer.from("file content"); languageEncoding(content).then((fileInfo) = console.log(fileInfo)); // Possible result: { language: japanese, encoding: Shift-JIS, confidence: { encoding: 0.94, language: 0.94 } }