translator.clean_cache() errors because services weren't instantiated

[PrajwalVandana]

Not sure if this package is being actively maintained, but I found an error where

translator = Translator()
translator.clean_cache()

errors with

TypeError: BaseTranslator.clean_cache() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self'

because translator's underlying services have not been instantiated. My workaround was

for i, service in enumerate(translator.services):
    translator._instantiate_translator(service, translator.services, i)
for service in translator.services:
    service.clean_cache()

but this still fails on Microsoft and Bing translators (although this part may be my fault, maybe it needs some sort of request argument that I didn't pass; not sure), so I just removed them from my services list.

[Animenosekai]

Not sure if this package is being actively maintained

Yup it is, not super actively because I have a million things on my backlog now lmaooo

(couldn't fit everything in here but translatepy is the highest in my priority)

because translator's underlying services have not been instantiated

What version are you on ?

The development version (v3, on the next branch) does not have this issue :

[PrajwalVandana]

not super actively because I have a million things on my backlog now lmaooo

Ahhh, got it, totally fair

I'm on 2.3 (latest release I think); is v3 installable with pip?

[Animenosekai]

I'm on 2.3 (latest release I think); is v3 installable with pip?

Yup, you can install it like so :

pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/Animenosekai/translate.git@next

[PrajwalVandana]

ah cool, would it be safe to make that a dependency for my app?

[Animenosekai]

If you want to publish your app, nope it's not since it's in an alpha state and the API might change a bit.

Also, it hasn't been well tested yet so consider it as a developer beta.

[PrajwalVandana]

got it, i'll stick with 2.3 for now then!