Change languages with API endpoints in headless Kirby setup

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I use Kirby as a headless CMS to produce content for my web app as JSON from custom API endpoints. I build the JSON responses using all the normal Kirby page and field methods that you would on front end templates.

I am updating to a multi language app and I have my translated .txt files for the content. How can I select different languages for the return values when am not using Kirby front-end templates, and therefore a URL scheme to identify the language as per documentation?

e.g. Is there a method to set the language I am interested in when getting values from $site or $page? Couldn’t see anything in the Reference docs.

Many thanks in advance.

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I should add, I have tried the $page->translation() method but it produces an error:

$myPage = $pages->find('myPage')->translations() returns what I’d expect:

Kirby\Cms\Collection Object (
  [0] => de
  [1] => en
  [2] => es
  [3] => fr
  [4] => it
  [5] => po
)

But, if I try to select one of those translations with:

$content = $myPage->translation('es')

And then return a translated field with:

$content->myField()->toString()

I get an undefined method error:

Call to undefined method Kirby\\Cms\\ContentTranslation::myField()

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Did you try with content() method like that:

$myField = $myPage->content('es')->myField()->value();
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Thanks! That works
Didn’t see in the docs that you set desired translation with content() method.

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