LanguageDetector: inputQuota property

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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The inputQuota read-only property of the LanguageDetector interface returns the input quota available to the browser for detecting languages.

Value

A number specifying the available input quota.

This number is implementation-dependant. For example, it might be Infinity if there are no limits beyond the user's memory and the maximum length of JavaScript strings, or it might be a number of tokens in the case of AI models that use a token/credits scheme.

The only guarantee is that inputQuota - measureInputUsage() will be non-negative if there is sufficient quota to detect the text's language.

Examples

Checking if you have enough quota

In the below snippet, we create a new LanguageDetector instance using create(), then return the total input quota via inputQuota and the input quota usage for detecting a particular text string's language via measureInputUsage().

We then test to see if the individual input usage for that string is greater than the total available quota. If so, we throw an appropriate error; it not, we commence detecting the string's language using detect().

js
const detector = await LanguageDetector.create({
  expectedInputLanguages: ["en-US", "zh"],
});

const totalInputQuota = detector.inputQuota;
const inputUsage = await detector.measureInputUsage(myTextString);

if (inputUsage > totalInputQuota) {
  throw new Error("Insufficient quota to detect languages.");
} else {
  console.log("Quota available to detect languages.");
  const results = await detector.detect(myTextString);
  // ...
}

Specifications

Specification
Translator and Language Detector APIs
# dom-languagedetector-inputquota

Browser compatibility

See also