This is a i18next language detection plugin use to detect user language in the browser with support for:
- cookie
- localStorage
- navigator
- querystring (append
?lng=LANGUAGEto URL) - htmlTag
- path
- subdomain
Source can be loaded via npm, bower or downloaded from this repo.
# npm package
$ npm install i18next-browser-languagedetector
# bower
$ bower install i18next-browser-languagedetector
- If you don't use a module loader it will be added to
window.i18nextBrowserLanguageDetector
Wiring up:
import i18next from 'i18next'; import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector'; i18next .use(LanguageDetector) .init(i18nextOptions);
As with all modules you can either pass the constructor function (class) to the i18next.use or a concrete instance.
{ // order and from where user language should be detected order: ['querystring', 'cookie', 'localStorage', 'navigator', 'htmlTag', 'path', 'subdomain'], // keys or params to lookup language from lookupQuerystring: 'lng', lookupCookie: 'i18next', lookupLocalStorage: 'i18nextLng', lookupFromPathIndex: 0, lookupFromSubdomainIndex: 0, // cache user language on caches: ['localStorage', 'cookie'], excludeCacheFor: ['cimode'], // languages to not persist (cookie, localStorage) // optional expire and domain for set cookie cookieMinutes: 10, cookieDomain: 'myDomain', // optional htmlTag with lang attribute, the default is: htmlTag: document.documentElement }
Options can be passed in:
preferred - by setting options.detection in i18next.init:
import i18next from 'i18next'; import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector'; i18next .use(LanguageDetector) .init({ detection: options });
on construction:
import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector'; const languageDetector = new LanguageDetector(null, options);
via calling init:
import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector'; const languageDetector = new LanguageDetector(); lngDetector.init(options);
export default { name: 'myDetectorsName', lookup(options) { // options -> are passed in options return 'en'; }, cacheUserLanguage(lng, options) { // options -> are passed in options // lng -> current language, will be called after init and on changeLanguage // store it } };
import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector'; const languageDetector = new LanguageDetector(); languageDetector.addDetector(myDetector); i18next .use(languageDetector) .init({ detection: options });
Don't forget: You have to add the name of your detector (myDetectorsName in this case) to the order array in your options object. Without that, your detector won't be used. See the Detector Options section for more.