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Installation

Blipper is developed with the popular languages in mind, but it currently has support only for python. It will be expanded for more languages in the future.

Installing Blipper

Ensure Python is Installed

Make sure Python (version 3.10 or newer) is installed on your system. To check:

python3 --version

Create and activate a virtual environment (Optional)

We recommend install the library in a virtual enviroment to avoid conflicts with other Python projects on your system.

Create the virtual environment:

python3 -m venv .venv  

Activate virtual environment:

source .venv/bin/activate
.\venv\Scripts\activate

Install blipper library

pip install blipperSuccessfully installed blipper!

Check the installation

To verify the installation, run:

pip show blipper

Blipper library usage

Create a Python script (e.g., app.py) and import blipper.

Below is a sample python code on how one can use blipper blipper python client.

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from blipper import Blipper

blip = Blipper(api_key="Blipper API key goes here")

reponse = blip.translate(text="hola. como estas", target_lang="en")

print(response)

Run the script

python app.py

translate is just one example. Blipper offers multiple functions. The endpoint.py file contains all the functions. one can just call any of these functions and test them out.

All the functions are described in blipper documentation and it is available at https://blipperdocs.epystemic.com Happy Blipping.