fb-translate's Introduction

fb-translate

A simple script that hooks into facebook and google translate api's. Allowing you to speak to different languages on the fly!

Example:

 Friend: Sends you a message in Romanian
 You: Recieve message translated to English 
 You: Send reply in English 
 Friend: Recieves your reply in Romanian

How to use

Install node and npm
Change to that directory and run npm install
Open credentials.js, you'll need to input your facebook username, password, a google-translate API key and the languages you're going to translate between.
Run npm start
Wait for somebody to message you.
Have facebook open in a tab, just to keep an eye on what the script is sending/receiving

Limitations

The script currently waits for someone to message you first. It's all purely reactive right now.
If you chat through the script, it will translate for everyone you chat to.
Fixed: ~~It will not tell you who has started speaking to you. Just comes up with the message.~~
You may have to disable two factor authentication/login review on facebook to get login working.
You will reply to whoever has messaged you, conversations are threaded as they come in.

This is a proof of concept more than anything else, something I knocked together in about an hour. I'd love to come back and give this more maintenance in the future. I just have to find the time.

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