Translate App¶
About¶
Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. Self-hosted, offline capable and easy to setup.
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This package is proudly built from LibreTranslate's open source software.
No affiliation or endorsement
Please note that Cloudron has no affiliation with LibreTranslate and this package is not endorsed by them.
Trademark requirements
Please conform to Trademark requirements, when using this app.
Languages¶
By default the app comes with EN and DE installed. If more languages are wanted, update LT_LANGUAGE_MODELS variable in /app/data/env.sh, and restart the app.
e.g.
To remove languages, update LT_LANGUAGE_MODELS variable appropriately, remove /app/data/argos-translate folder and restart the app.
User Management¶
The app has no user management of it's own. By default, anyone (without a token) can make 30 requests per minute. You can change this in /app/data/env.sh.
Custom config¶
Custom environment variables can be set in /app/data/env.sh using the File manager.
API¶
By default, the API can be used without a key to make 30 requests per minute:
curl -d "q=cloudron%20ist%20wunderbar&source=de&target=en" -X POST https://translate.domain.com/translate
To lock the app and enforce use of a key, set the below in /app/data/env.sh:
Create Key¶
Use the ltmanage command to create an API key. On Cloudron, LibreTranslate runs as the cloudron user. Run the following command using a Web Terminal to create an API with a limit of 120 requests per minute:
source /app/code/venv/bin/activate
ltmanage keys --api-keys-db-path /app/data/db/api_keys.db add 120
The key can be used as follows:
curl -d "q=cloudron%20ist%20wunderbar&api_key=f67d5afe-aa14-4d37-90f7-f7d9636b721e&source=de&target=en" -X POST https://translate.domain.com/translate
Existing API keys can also be listed with
and then also revoked with