feat: support for long inputs and post requests

pages/api.go

@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ func HandleTTS(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 //	@Success		200		{object}	libmozhi.LangOut
 //	@Router			/api/translate [get]
 func HandleTranslate(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
-	engine := utils.Sanitize(c.Query("engine"), "alpha")
-	from := utils.Sanitize(c.Query("from"), "alpha")
-	to := utils.Sanitize(c.Query("to"), "alpha")
-	text := c.Query("text")
+	engine := utils.Sanitize(getQueryOrFormValue(c, "engine"), "alpha")
+	from := utils.Sanitize(getQueryOrFormValue(c, "from"), "alpha")
+	to := utils.Sanitize(getQueryOrFormValue(c, "to"), "alpha")
+	text := getQueryOrFormValue(c, "text")
 	if engine == "" || from == "" || to == "" || text == "" {
 		return fiber.NewError(fiber.StatusBadRequest, "from, to, engine, text are required query strings.")
 	}

pages/index.go

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package pages
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+
 	"codeberg.org/aryak/libmozhi"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
-	"os"
 )
 
 func envTrueNoExist(env string) bool {
@@ -14,27 +16,26 @@ func envTrueNoExist(env string) bool {
 }
 
 func engineList() map[string]string {
-	engines := map[string]string{"all":"All Engines", "google":"Google", "deepl": "DeepL", "duckduckgo": "DuckDuckGo", "libre": "LibreTranslate", "mymemory": "MyMemory", "reverso": "Reverso", "watson": "Watson", "yandex": "Yandex"}
+	engines := map[string]string{"all": "All Engines", "google": "Google", "deepl": "DeepL", "duckduckgo": "DuckDuckGo", "libre": "LibreTranslate", "mymemory": "MyMemory", "reverso": "Reverso", "watson": "Watson", "yandex": "Yandex"}
 	if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_GOOGLE_ENABLED") == false {
-		delete(engines,"google")
+		delete(engines, "google")
 	} else if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_DEEPL_ENABLED") == false {
-		delete(engines,"deepl")
+		delete(engines, "deepl")
 	} else if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_DUCKDUCKGO_ENABLED") == false {
-		delete(engines,"duckduckgo")
+		delete(engines, "duckduckgo")
 	} else if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_LIBRETRANSLATE_ENABLED") == false || envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_LIBRETRANSLATE_URL") {
-		delete(engines,"libre")
+		delete(engines, "libre")
 	} else if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_MYMEMORY_ENABLED") == false {
-		delete(engines,"mymemory")
+		delete(engines, "mymemory")
 	} else if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_REVERSO_ENABLED") == false {
-		delete(engines,"reverso")
+		delete(engines, "reverso")
 	} else if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_WATSON_ENABLED") == false {
-		delete(engines,"watson")
+		delete(engines, "watson")
 	} else if envTrueNoExist("MOZHI_YANDEX_ENABLED") == false {
-		delete(engines,"yandex")
+		delete(engines, "yandex")
 	}
 	return engines
-} 
-
+}
 
 // DeduplicateLists deduplicates a slice of List based on the Id field
 func deDuplicateLists(input []libmozhi.List) []libmozhi.List {
@@ -67,22 +68,24 @@ func langListMerge(engines map[string]string) ([]libmozhi.List, []libmozhi.List)
 	return deDuplicateLists(sl), deDuplicateLists(tl)
 }
 
+func getQueryOrFormValue(c *fiber.Ctx, key string) string {
+	if c.Method() == "POST" {
+		return c.FormValue(key)
+	} else {
+		return c.Query(key)
+	}
+}
+
 func HandleIndex(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	engines := engineList()
-	var engine string
-	var originalText string
-	if c.Query("engine") == "" {
-		engine = "google"
+	var enginesAsArray []string
+	for engine := range engines {
+		enginesAsArray = append(enginesAsArray, engine)
 	}
-	if c.Query("engine") != "" {
-		for key, _ := range engines {
-			if c.Query("engine") == key {
-				engine = c.Query("engine")
-			}
-		}
-		if engine == "" {
-			engine = "google"
-		}
+
+	var engine = getQueryOrFormValue(c, "engine")
+	if engine == "" || !slices.Contains(enginesAsArray, engine) {
+		engine = "google"
 	}
 
 	var sourceLanguages []libmozhi.List
@@ -94,9 +97,10 @@ func HandleIndex(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		targetLanguages, _ = libmozhi.LangList(engine, "tl")
 	}
 
-	originalText = c.Query("text")
-	to := c.Query("to")
-	from := c.Query("from")
+	originalText := getQueryOrFormValue(c, "text")
+	to := getQueryOrFormValue(c, "to")
+	from := getQueryOrFormValue(c, "from")
+
 	var translation libmozhi.LangOut
 	var translationExists bool
 	var transall []libmozhi.LangOut
@@ -126,18 +130,18 @@ func HandleIndex(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		translationExists = false
 	}
 	return c.Render("index", fiber.Map{
-		"Engine":          engine,
-		"enginesNames":    engines,
-		"SourceLanguages": sourceLanguages,
-		"TargetLanguages": targetLanguages,
-		"OriginalText":    originalText,
-		"Translation":     translation,
-		"TranslationExists":     translationExists,
-		"TranslateAll":    transall,
-		"From":            from,
-		"To":              to,
-		"TtsFrom":         ttsFrom,
-		"TtsTo":           ttsTo,
-		"defaultLang":     "en",
+		"Engine":            engine,
+		"enginesNames":      engines,
+		"SourceLanguages":   sourceLanguages,
+		"TargetLanguages":   targetLanguages,
+		"OriginalText":      originalText,
+		"Translation":       translation,
+		"TranslationExists": translationExists,
+		"TranslateAll":      transall,
+		"From":              from,
+		"To":                to,
+		"TtsFrom":           ttsFrom,
+		"TtsTo":             ttsTo,
+		"defaultLang":       "en",
 	})
 }

serve/serve.go

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ func Serve(port string) {
 
 	api := app.Group("/api")
 	api.Get("/translate", pages.HandleTranslate)
+	api.Post("/translate", pages.HandleTranslate)
 	api.Get("/source_languages", pages.HandleSourceLanguages)
 	api.Get("/target_languages", pages.HandleTargetLanguages)
 	api.Get("/tts", pages.HandleTTS)
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ func Serve(port string) {
 	api.Get("/swagger/*", swagger.HandlerDefault) // default
 
 	app.Get("/", pages.HandleIndex)
+	app.Post("/", pages.HandleIndex)
 	app.Get("/about", pages.HandleAbout)
 	app.Get("/switchlanguages", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		engine := c.Query("engine")

views/index.html

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
   </div>
 
   <br /><br />
-  <form action="/" method="GET" id="translation-form">
-    <!-- This hidden input is so that the engine gets sent in the GET request even though its not declared here -->
+  <form action="/" method="POST" id="translation-form">
+    <!-- This hidden input is so that the engine gets sent in the request even though its not declared here -->
     <input name="engine" value="{{.Engine}}" type="hidden" />
 
     <div class="wrap languages">