In order to utilize the full 5,000-character string limit, you must submit the request via the POST method. It should also be noted that the 5,000 characters are AFTER the string has been url-encoded. So if you have special characters, etc., you may find your limit reduced dramatically.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com [email protected] If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! On Sep 22, 2010, at 2:10 PM, srgloureiro wrote: > Hello. > I am trying to use Google API translation in C#, using the GAPI > library (it uses AJAX/JSON to communicate) . > > The problem is what is the real limit of the string of the URL it > accepts? > Supposedly, reading the documentation, a person gets the idea of being > 5000. But, in practice, you can not pass a string with that length. > > There are some folks in the Internet saying they can overcome the > limitation of 1400 characters. However, when I do my experimentations, > it seems the limit of the URL is 2073 or the limit of the query text > is 1990 characters. > > I thank in advance to the person who gives the definitive answer, or > even better, to the person that can say how to ask for requests with > a 5000 length query text. > > Best regards, > Sérgio > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
