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diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/README.md b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/README.md
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+Source: https://github.com/IBM/data-prep-kit/tree/dev/transforms/language/lang_id/python
+
+See [this README](../python-pii-redactor/README) for details. In addition to what is documented there, in this test, we also had to make some minor changes to [nlp.py](./pail/src/nlp.py) to separate from the TransformUtils class.
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/.helmignore b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/.helmignore
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+test-data/
+requirements.txt
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diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/app.yaml b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/app.yaml
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+apiVersion: lunchpail.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: lang_id
+spec:
+  role: worker
+  command: python3 ./main.py
+  code:
+    - name: main.py
+      source: |
+{{ .Files.Get "src/main.py" | indent 8 }}
+    - name: lang_models.py
+      source: |
+{{ .Files.Get "src/lang_models.py" | indent 8 }}
+    - name: nlp.py
+      source: |
+{{ .Files.Get "src/nlp.py" | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/pool1.yaml b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/pool1.yaml
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+++ b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/pool1.yaml
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+{{- range until (.Values.pools | default 1 | int) }}
+---
+apiVersion: lunchpail.io/v1alpha1
+kind: WorkerPool
+metadata:
+  name: {{ print "pool" (add 1 .) }}
+spec:
+  workers:
+    count: {{ $.Values.workers | default 1 }}
+    size: {{ $.Values.size | default "xxs" }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/requirements.txt b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/requirements.txt
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+fasttext==0.9.2
+langcodes==3.3.0
+huggingface-hub >= 0.21.4, <1.0.0
+numpy==1.26.4
+pyarrow
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/src/lang_models.py b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/src/lang_models.py
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+++ b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/src/lang_models.py
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+# (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2024.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+################################################################################
+
+import math
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+
+import fasttext
+from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+from langcodes import standardize_tag
+
+
+KIND_FASTTEXT = "fasttext"
+
+
+class LangModel(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def detect_lang(self, text: str) -> tuple[str, float]:
+        pass
+
+
+class NoopModel(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+    def detect_lang(self, text: str) -> tuple[str, float]:
+        return "en", 0.0
+
+
+class FastTextModel(LangModel):
+    def __init__(self, url, credential):
+        model_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=url, filename="model.bin", token=credential)
+        self.nlp = fasttext.load_model(model_path)
+
+    def detect_lang(self, text: str) -> tuple[str, float]:
+        label, score = self.nlp.predict(
+            text.replace("\n", " "), 1
+        )  # replace newline to avoid ERROR: predict processes one line at a time (remove '\n') skipping the file
+        return standardize_tag(label[0].replace("__label__", "")), math.floor(score[0] * 1000) / 1000
+
+
+class LangModelFactory:
+    def create_model(kind: str, url: str, credential: str) -> LangModel:
+        if kind == KIND_FASTTEXT:
+            return FastTextModel(url, credential)
+        else:
+            return NoopModel()
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/src/main.py b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/src/main.py
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+# (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2024.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+################################################################################
+
+import sys
+import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+
+from os import getenv
+import logging
+
+import pyarrow as pa
+from lang_models import LangModelFactory
+from nlp import get_lang_ds_pa
+
+from lang_models import KIND_FASTTEXT
+
+short_name = "lang_id"
+cli_prefix = f"{short_name}_"
+model_credential_key = "model_credential"
+model_kind_key = "model_kind"
+model_url_key = "model_url"
+content_column_name_key = "content_column_name"
+output_lang_column_name_key = "output_lang_column_name"
+output_score_column_name_key = "output_score_column_name"
+model_credential_cli_param = f"{cli_prefix}{model_credential_key}"
+model_kind_cli_param = f"{cli_prefix}{model_kind_key}"
+model_url_cli_param = f"{cli_prefix}{model_url_key}"
+content_column_name_cli_param = f"{cli_prefix}{content_column_name_key}"
+output_lang_column_name_cli_param = f"{cli_prefix}{output_lang_column_name_key}"
+output_score_column_name_cli_param = f"{cli_prefix}{output_score_column_name_key}"
+
+default_content_column_name = "text"
+default_output_lang_column_name = "lang"
+default_output_score_column_name = "score"
+
+model_kind = getenv(model_kind_key, KIND_FASTTEXT)
+model_url = getenv(model_url_key, "facebook/fasttext-language-identification")
+model_credential = getenv(model_credential_key, "PUT YOUR OWN HUGGINGFACE CREDENTIAL")
+
+def validate_columns(table: pa.Table, required: list[str]) -> None:
+    """
+    Check if required columns exist in the table
+    :param table: table
+    :param required: list of required columns
+    :return: None
+    """
+    columns = table.schema.names
+    result = True
+    for r in required:
+        if r not in columns:
+            result = False
+            break
+    if not result:
+        raise Exception(
+            f"Not all required columns are present in the table - " f"required {required}, present {columns}"
+        )
+
+logger=logging.getLogger(__name__)
+nlp_langid = LangModelFactory.create_model(
+    model_kind, model_url, model_credential
+)
+content_column_name = getenv(content_column_name_key, default_content_column_name)
+output_lang_column_name = getenv(output_lang_column_name_key, default_output_lang_column_name)
+output_score_column_name = getenv(output_score_column_name_key, default_output_score_column_name)
+
+try:
+    print(f"Reading in parquet file {sys.argv[1]}")
+    table = pq.read_table(sys.argv[1])
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Error reading table from {path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+    exit(1)
+print(f"Done Reading in parquet file {sys.argv[1]}")
+
+validate_columns(table, [content_column_name])
+if output_lang_column_name in table.schema.names:
+    raise Exception(f"column to store identified language ({output_lang_column_name}) already exist")
+if output_score_column_name in table.schema.names:
+    raise Exception(
+        f"column to store score of language identification ({output_score_column_name}) already exist"
+    )
+print(f"Transforming one table with {len(table)} rows")
+table, stats = get_lang_ds_pa(
+    table, nlp_langid, content_column_name, output_lang_column_name, output_score_column_name)
+print(f"Transformed one table with {len(table)} rows")
+
+print(f"Done. Writing output to {sys.argv[2]}")
+pq.write_table(table, sys.argv[2])
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/src/nlp.py b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/pail/src/nlp.py
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+# (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2024.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+################################################################################
+
+from typing import Any
+
+import logging
+import pyarrow as pa
+from lang_models import LangModel
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+def add_column(table: pa.Table, name: str, content: list[Any]) -> pa.Table:
+    """
+    Add column to the table
+    :param table: original table
+    :param name: column name
+    :param content: content of the column
+    :return: updated table, containing new column
+    """
+    # check if column already exist and drop it
+    if name in table.schema.names:
+        table = table.drop(columns=[name])
+    # append column
+    return table.append_column(field_=name, column=[content])
+
+def get_lang_ds_pa(
+        table: pa.table,
+        nlp: LangModel,
+        content_column_name: str,
+        output_lang_column_name: str,
+        output_score_column_name: str,
+    ) -> tuple[pa.table, dict[str, Any]]:
+    detected_language = pa.Table.from_pylist(
+        list(
+            map(
+                lambda r: {"lang": r[0], "score": r[1]},
+                map(lambda x: nlp.detect_lang(x), table[content_column_name].to_pylist()),
+            )
+        )
+    )
+    stats = pa.table([detected_language["lang"]], names=["lang"]).group_by("lang").aggregate([("lang", "count")])
+    stats_dict = {}
+    for batch in stats.to_batches():
+        d = batch.to_pydict()
+        for lang, count in zip(d["lang"], d["lang_count"]):
+            stats_dict[lang] = count
+    result = add_column(table=table, name=output_lang_column_name, content=detected_language["lang"])
+    result = add_column(table=result, name=output_score_column_name, content=detected_language["score"])
+    return result, stats_dict
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+DATA="$TEST_PATH"/pail/test-data/sm
+
+for i in $(seq 1 3)
+do
+    actual="$DATA"/input/test_0$i.output.parquet
+    expected="$DATA"/expected/test_0$i.parquet.gz
+
+    if [ -f $actual ]
+    then echo "✅ PASS found local task output file=$actual test=$TEST_NAME" && rm -f $actual
+    else echo "❌ FAIL cannot find local task output file=$actual test=$TEST_NAME" && exit 1
+    fi
+
+    actual_sha256=$(cat "$actual" | sha256)
+    expected_sha256=$(gzcat "$expected" | sha256 )
+
+    if [ "$actual_sha256" = "$expected_sha256" ]
+    then echo "✅ PASS found local task output file=$f test=$TEST_NAME" && rm -f $f
+    else echo "❌ FAIL cannot find local task output file=$f test=$TEST_NAME" && exit 1
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-lang-id/settings.sh b/tests/tests/python-lang-id/settings.sh
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+api=workqueue
+
+expected=("Transforming one table")
+NUM_DESIRED_OUTPUTS=1
+
+up_args='<(gzcat "$TEST_PATH"/pail/test-data/sm/input/test_01.parquet.gz) <(gzcat "$TEST_PATH"/pail/test-data/sm/input/test_02.parquet.gz) <(gzcat "$TEST_PATH"/pail/test-data/sm/input/test_03.parquet.gz)'