Character Count for "Translate JSON Payload" endpoint

Question

You have JSON translation endpoint https://lecto-translation.p.rapidapi.com/v1/translate/json

In your "About" page you say

```
Maximum Characters in a Single Request

Basic Plan: 1000 characters.
    Pro Plan: 1000 characters.
    Ultra Plan: 5000 characters.
    Mega Plan: 5000 characters.
```

It is not clear to me how you calculate the number of characters for the pricing plan? Do you include only my JSON text which I want to translate or do you include full request payload?

Your example:

```
{
    "to": [
        "de"
    ],
    "from": "en",
    "protected_keys": [
        "team.name",
        "team.players"
    ],
    "json": "{\"team\":{\"name\":\"Los Angeles Lakers\",\"players\":[\"LeBron James\",\"Andre Drummond\"],\"player_ages\":{\"LeBron James\":36,\"Andre Drummond\":28},\"player_summary\":{\"LeBron James\":\"Widely considered one of the greatest NBA players in history.\",\"Andre Drummond\":\"A two-time NBA All-Star, he has led the league in rebounding four times and also been named to the All-NBA Third Team.\"}}}"
}
```

What will character count be here? ^

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LectoSupport · Answer

Hi valepro,

For the JSON payload translation endpoint, the character count is based on the following criteria:

1. The entire value of the `json` field of the input is counted for the character count.
2. The character count is performed after escaping the input `json` value. So in the example you posted:

`json` value before escaping:

```
{\"team\":{\"name\":\"Los Angeles Lakers\",\"players\":[\"LeBron James\",\"Andre Drummond\"],\"player_ages\":{\"LeBron James\":36,\"Andre Drummond\":28},\"player_summary\":{\"LeBron James\":\"Widely considered one of the greatest NBA players in history.\",\"Andre Drummond\":\"A two-time NBA All-Star, he has led the league in rebounding four times and also been named to the All-NBA Third Team.\"}}}
```

`json` value after escaping:

```
{"team":{"name":"Los Angeles Lakers","players":["LeBron James","Andre Drummond"],"player_ages":{"LeBron James":36,"Andre Drummond":28},"player_summary":{"LeBron James":"Widely considered one of the greatest NBA players in history.","Andre Drummond":"A two-time NBA All-Star, he has led the league in rebounding four times and also been named to the All-NBA Third Team."}}}
```

Thus, the character count for the above is "372", which can be verified from the API response:

```
"translated_characters": 372
```

Please note that values for `protected_keys` are also included in this character count. In other words, `protected_keys` do not have any effect on the chracter count here.

Regards,

Lecto Team
[support@lecto.ai](mailto:%73%75%70%70%6f%72%74%40%6c%65%63%74%6f%2e%61%69)

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Character Count for "Translate JSON Payload" endpoint