cld2.go

// Package cld2 implements language detection using the
// Compact Language Detector.
//
// This package includes the relevant sources from the cld2
// project, so it doesn't require any external dependencies.
// For more information about CLD2, see https://code.google.com/p/cld2/.
package cld2

// #include <stdlib.h>
// #include "cld2.h"
import "C"
import "unsafe"

// Detect returns the language code for detected language
// in the given text.
func Detect(text string) string {
	cs := C.CString(text)
	res := C.DetectLang(cs, -1)
	C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cs))
	var lang string
	if res != nil {
		lang = C.GoString(res)
	}
	return lang
}