Importing a web library

[Boreeas]

Hey,
I am trying to write an IRC Bot that automatically translates Portuguese to English.

However, importing the library gives me the following error:

package com.google.api.translate.* does not exist

Code:

import com.google.api.translate.*;

This is the code that uses the library:

if (line.contains("TFM") && (line.contains("br") || line.contains("BR"))) {

                Translate.setHttpReferrer(server);

                String translatedText = Translate.execute(line.substring(lastIndexOf("]") + 1), Language.PORTUGUESE, Language.ENGLISH);

                writer.write(toChan + translatedText + "\r\n");

            }

I have never worked with web libraries and therefore don't know how to use them.
Thanks for your help!

[Fubarable]

Do you have the library in your class path?

[Boreeas]

Do you have the library in your class path?

You mean, other than using import x;? I have never done that before, I have no idea how to do that :(

[Fubarable]

Yeah, import doesn't do much if the library is not present and recognized by the compiler.

Please have a look here: PATH and CLASSPATH (The Java™ Tutorials > Essential Classes > The Platform Environment)
and here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tu...r/downman.html

[Boreeas]

Hmm, I'm obviously doing something wrong.

[Fubarable]

are you using an IDE?

[Boreeas]

I'm using NetBeans

[Fubarable]

then check out the netbeans help files on how to add libraries to a project's build path.

[Boreeas]

Ah, I figured it out. I had to download a .jar file. What a mess, but at least now I know how to do it in the furture. Thanks for your help!

[Fubarable]

I didn't do much, but glad you figured it out! Best of luck with your project!!