Grammar Checking in Kotlin / Android

Kotlin is a programming language that interoperates with Java on the JVM. While it is cross-platform, widespread adoption of Kotlin stems from its first-class support on the Android platform for Android applications.

Sapling: AI Writing Assistant

With Sapling, you can add grammar or spell checking functionality to an existing Kotlin / Android application.

This page demonstrates a quick way to integrate grammar and spell checking functionality into a Kotlin / Android application using Sapling's API. If you are not looking for a Kotlin / Android guide, click here for guides for other programming languages.

Sapling does not currently maintain a Kotlin / Android-specific SDK, but you can access the Sapling Grammar Checking HTTP API using any programming language that supports HTTP POST requests. An example is shown below.

Setup Steps

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Run the code below, filling in your API key.

Kotlin / Android Grammar Check Quickstart

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Hello world!");
    String url = "https://api.sapling.ai/api/v1/edits";
    String key = "<API_KEY>";

    String params = "{\"key\":\""+key+"\", \"text\":\"Lets get started!\", \"session_id\":\"Test Document UUID\"}";
    System.out.println(params);

    HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
        .uri(URI.create(url))
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(params))
        .build();

    client.sendAsync(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString())
        .thenApply(HttpResponse::body)
        .thenAccept(System.out::println)
        .join();
    }
}

Returned result:

{
    "edits":[
      {
          "end":4,
          "error_type":"R:OTHER",
          "general_error_type":"Other",
          "id":"aa5ee291-a073-5146-8ebc-c9c899d01278",
          "replacement":"Let's",
          "sentence":"Lets get started!",
          "sentence_start":0,
          "start":0
      }
    ]
}

Documentation

Addtional parameters and Sapling's full API documentation can be accessed here: https://sapling.ai/docs