lib/googleajax/language.rb in googleajax-1.0.0 vs lib/googleajax/language.rb in googleajax-1.0.1

@@ -12,12 +12,20 @@
     
     # Translates the supplied text, matching the destination language.
     # source and destination can be the language code ("en") or a symbol (:english).
     # source can also be an empty string, in which case Google does an auto-detection and
     # will set :detected_source_language to the language it used as a source.
+    #
+    # Google limits GET request to 2000 chars, but allows POST for the translate request
+    # so we use this to allow texts up to 5000 chars (another limit imposed by Google).
+    #
+    # TODO: Give easy way to shorten text downto the acceptable limit.
     def self.translate(query, source, destination, args = {})
-      langpair = [source, destination].map{|l| LANGUAGE_CODE[l] || l.to_s}.join("%7C")
-      args = { :langpair => langpair }.merge(args)
+      langpair = [source, destination].map{|l| LANGUAGE_CODE[l] || l.to_s}.join("|")
+      args = {
+        :langpair => langpair,
+        :http_method => :post
+      }.merge(args)
       get(:translate, query, args)
     end
     
     LANGUAGE_CODE =
     {
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