✨ OP i18n (op-i18n) ✨

Easy Node.js i18n with json locale file storage. No fancy grammar.

📢 Notice

This repository is no longer maintained. Because I am going to work on totally new internationalization module with tot file format. I found JSON is not good when we handle a huge data. And we cannot obtain partial data as well. I found many delays from my softwares. I would not remove module so you can still use it however there won't be any update as I will create something better.

▶️ install

npm i op-i18n

👩‍🎓 Tutorial

Most of Case

• en_US.json

{
    "name": "Victor"
}

• ko_KR.json

{
    "name": "빅터"
}

• index.js

const path = require('path');
const I18n = require('op-i18n');

// Note that '_' is used instead of '-' for key in options below.
// eg. ko-KR:{} (X), ko_KR:{} (O)
const options =
{
  locales:
  {
      ko_KR:
      {
        name: '한국어',
        iso: 'ko-KR',
        file: 'ko_KR.json'
      },
      en_US:
      {
        name: 'English',
        iso: 'en-US',
        file: 'en_US.json'
      }
  },
  directory: path.resolve(__dirname, 'locales/'),
  defaultLocale: 'en_US',
}

const i18n = new I18n(options);

// Change locale to Korean
i18n.updateDefaultLocale("ko_KR");
console.log(i18n.$t());
// output: { name: '빅터' }
console.log(i18n.$t("name"));
// output: 빅터
console.log(i18n.$t("name", "en_US"));
// output: Victor

Options

Requires locales, directory, defaultLocale in options. Note that _ is used instead of - for key in options.

js key	O/X
ko_KR	O 😇
ko-KR	X ☠️

const path = require('path');
const I18n = require('op-i18n');

// Note that '_' is used instead of '-' for key in options below.
// eg. ko-KR:{} (X), ko_KR:{} (O)
const options =
{
  locales:
  {
      ko_KR:
      {
        name: '한국어',
        iso: 'ko-KR',
        file: 'ko_KR.json'
      },
      en_US:
      {
        name: 'English',
        iso: 'en-US',
        file: 'en_US.json'
      }
  },
  directory: path.resolve(__dirname, 'locales/'),
  defaultLocale: 'en_US',
}

const i18n = new I18n(options);

Advanced $t()

Regular

You can use . notation just like how you get value out of js object:

• ko_KR.json

{
    "name":
    {
        "first": "빅터"
        "last": "박"
    }
}

• en_US.json

{
    "name":
    {
        "first": "Victor"
        "last": "Park"
    }
}

• index.js

const path = require('path');
const I18n = require('op-i18n');

// Note that '_' is used instead of '-' for key in options below.
// eg. ko-KR:{} (X), ko_KR:{} (O)
const options =
{
  locales:
  {
      ko_KR:
      {
        name: '한국어',
        iso: 'ko-KR',
        file: 'ko_KR.json'
      },
      en_US:
      {
        name: 'English',
        iso: 'en-US',
        file: 'en_US.json'
      }
  },
  directory: path.resolve(__dirname, 'locales/'),
  defaultLocale: 'en_US',
}

const i18n = new I18n(options);

console.log(i18n.$t("name.first"));
//output: Victor

For getting value from specified locale:

console.log(i18n.$t("name.first", "ko_KR"));
//output: 빅터

You can get whole js object with empty key "".

console.log(i18n.$t(""));
//output: { name: { first: "Victor", last: "Park" } }
console.log(i18n.$t("", "ko_KR"));
//output: { name: { first: "빅터", last: "박" } }

Using Object

You can use object to get translation as well. { locale: "", key: "" }.

console.log(i18n.$t( { key:"name.first" } ));
//output: Victor
console.log(i18n.$t( { locale: "ko_KR", key:"name.first" } ));
//output: 빅터

📖 op-i18n Document

.$t()

return default translation in js object. Uses .getDefaultTranslation()

.$t(string:key)

return value according to key from default translation in js object

.$t(object:{ key: string:key, locale: string:locale })

return value according to key and locale in object.

.$t(string:key, string:locale key)

return value according to key from translation of specified locale in js object

.updateDefaultLocale(string:locale key)

update default locale and default translation according to specified locale

.updateDefaultLocaleByName(string:name)

update default locale and default translation according to specified name

.getDefaultTranslation()

return default translation in js object

.getNames()

return list of locale name

.getISOs()

return list of locale ISO

.getDefaultName()

return name of default locale in js object. eg) 한국어

.getDefaultISO()

return ISO of default locale in js object. eg) ko-KR

👨‍💻 Author

Victor Chanil Park

💯 License

MIT, See LICENSE.