---
title: "POST /contentmoderator/moderate/v1.0/ProcessText/DetectLanguage"
method: POST
path: "/contentmoderator/moderate/v1.0/ProcessText/DetectLanguage"
tags: ["TextModeration"]
---

# POST /contentmoderator/moderate/v1.0/ProcessText/DetectLanguage

`POST /contentmoderator/moderate/v1.0/ProcessText/DetectLanguage`

This operation will detect the language of given input content. Returns the <a href="http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp">ISO 639-3 code</a> for the predominant language comprising the submitted text. Over 110 languages supported.

## Headers

- `Content-Type` 'text/plain' | 'text/html' | 'text/xml' | 'text/markdown', required

## Response `200`

The detected language result.

- DetectedLanguage — Detect language result.
  - `DetectedLanguage` string — The detected language.
  - `Status` Status — Status properties.
    - `Code` integer — Status code.
    - `Description` string — Status description.
    - `Exception` string — Exception status.
  - `TrackingId` string — The tracking id.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response.

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