Amplify CLI Predictions Category Plugin

/* --- CLI Setup (Run in your terminal) --- */
# Install the Amplify CLI globally
npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli

# Configure the CLI with your AWS account (interactive flow)
amplify configure

# Initialize a new Amplify project
mkdir my-predictions-app
cd my-predictions-app
amplify init # Follow prompts: choose frontend, framework, project name, environment

# Add the Predictions category (interactive flow)
amplify add predictions
# Prompts example:
# ? Please select from one of the categories below: Convert
# ? What would you like to convert?: translateText
# ? Would you like to allow unauthenticated users to use this category?: No
# ? Who should have access?: Auth users only
# ? What is the default language?: English
# ? What other languages do you want to support?: Spanish, French

# Deploy your backend resources to AWS
amplify push

/* --- Client-Side Usage (e.g., src/App.js or src/main.ts) --- */
import { Amplify } from 'aws-amplify';
import { Predictions } from 'aws-amplify'; // Or 'import { Predictions } from '@aws-amplify/predictions';
import amplifyconfig from './amplifyconfiguration.json'; // Ensure this file exists after `amplify push`

// Configure Amplify with your backend details
Amplify.configure(amplifyconfig);

async function translateExample() {
  try {
    const textToTranslate = 'Hello, how are you?';
    console.log(`Translating: "${textToTranslate}"`);

    const result = await Predictions.convert({
      translateText: {
        source: {
          text: textToTranslate,
          language: 'en' // Source language
        },
        targetLanguage: 'es' // Target language
      }
    });
    console.log('Translated text (Spanish):', result.text);

    const resultFrench = await Predictions.convert({
      translateText: {
        source: {
          text: textToTranslate,
          language: 'en'
        },
        targetLanguage: 'fr'
      }
    });
    console.log('Translated text (French):', resultFrench.text);

  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error during translation:', error);
  }
}

translateExample();

// Example for identifying text in an image (requires appropriate backend config)
/*
async function identifyTextInImage(file: File) {
  try {
    const result = await Predictions.identify({
      text: {
        source: { file },
        format: 'PLAIN' // or 'FORM', 'TABLE', 'ALL'
      }
    });
    console.log('Detected text:', result.text.fullText);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error identifying text:', error);
  }
}
*/