React I18nify

Note: Looking for the v1 documentation? See v1 branch.

Simple i18n translation and localization components and helpers for React applications.

A working example of this package can be found here at RunKit.

Installation

Install by using npm:

npm i --save react-i18nify

Getting started

Start by setting the translations and locale to be used:

import { setTranslations, setLocale } from 'react-i18nify';

setTranslations({
  en: {
    application: {
      title: 'Awesome app with i18n!',
      hello: 'Hello, %{name}!'
    },
    date: {
      long: 'MMMM do, yyyy'
    },
    export: 'Export %{count} items',
    export_0: 'Nothing to export',
    export_1: 'Export %{count} item',
    two_lines: <div>Line 1<br />Line 2<div>
  },
  nl: {
    application: {
      title: 'Toffe app met i18n!',
      hello: 'Hallo, %{name}!'
    },
    date: {
      long: 'd MMMM yyyy'
    },
    export: 'Exporteer %{count} dingen',
    export_0: 'Niks te exporteren',
    export_1: 'Exporteer %{count} ding',
    two_lines: <div>Regel 1<br />Regel 2</div>
  }
});

setLocale('nl');

Now you're all set up to unleash the power of react-i18nify!

Components

The easiest way to translate or localize in your React application is by using the Translate and Localize components:

import { Translate, Localize } from 'react-i18nify';

<Translate value="application.title" />
  // => Toffe app met i18n!
<Translate value="application.hello" name="Aad" />
  // => Hallo, Aad!
<Translate value="export" count={1} />
  // => Exporteer 1 ding
<Translate value="export" count={2} />
  // => Exporteer 2 dingen
<Translate value="two_lines" />
  // => <div>Regel 1<br />Regel 2</div>

<Localize value="07-2016-04" dateFormat="date.long" parseFormat="dd-yyyy-MM" />
  // => 7 april 2016
<Localize value="2015-09-03" dateFormat="date.long" />
  // => 3 september 2015
<Localize value={10/3} options={{style: 'currency', currency: 'EUR', minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2}} />
  // => € 3,33

Helpers

If for some reason, you cannot use the components, you can use the t and l helpers instead:

import { t, l } from 'react-i18nify';

t('application.title');
  // => Toffe app met i18n!
t('application.hello', {name: 'Aad'});
  // => Hallo, Aad!'
t('export', {count: 0});
  // => Niks te exporteren
t('application.unknown_translation');
  // => unknown_translation
t('application', {name: 'Aad'});
  // => {hello: 'Hallo, Aad!', title: 'Toffe app met i18n!'}

l(1385856000000, { dateFormat: 'date.long' });
  // => 1 december 2013
l(Math.PI, { maximumFractionDigits: 2 });
  // => 3,14

If you want these helpers to be re-rendered automatically when the locale or translations change, you have to wrap them in a <I18n> component using its render prop:

import { I18n, t } from 'react-i18nify';

<I18n render={() => <input placeholder={t("application.title")} />} />

Locales

react-i18nify uses date-fns internally to handle localization. In order to reduce the base bundle size, react-i18nify only includes the en-US locale by default. If you need additional locales, you can add them manually using addLocale or addLocales. For a list of available locales, refer to the date-fns list.

import { addLocale, addLocales, setLocale } from 'react-i18nify';
import nl from 'date-fns/locale/nl';
import it from 'date-fns/locale/it';

// Add a single locale
addLocale('nl', nl);
setLocale('nl');

// Add multiple locales
addLocales({
  nl: nl,
  it: it,
});
setLocale('it');

API Reference

<Translate>

React translate component, with the following props:

• value (string)

The translation key to translate.

• Other props

All other provided props will be used as replacements for the translation.

<Localize>

React localize component, with the following props:

• value (number|string|object)

The number or date to localize.

• dateFormat (string)

The translation key for providing the format string. Only needed for localizing dates. For the full list of formatting tokens which can be used in the format string, see the date-fns documentation.

• parseFormat (string)

An optional formatting string for parsing the value when localizing dates. For the full list of formatting tokens which can be used in the parsing string, see the date-fns documentation.

• options (object)

When localizing numbers, the localize component supports all options as provided by the Javascript built-in Intl.NumberFormat object. For the full list of options, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/NumberFormat.

<I18n>

React I18n wrapper component, with the following prop:

• render (func)

The return value of the provide function will be rendered and automatically re-render when the locale or translations change.

addLocale(name, locale)

Add a date-fns locale to the available locales.

import { addLocale, setLocale } from 'react-i18nify';
import nl from 'date-fns/locale/nl';

addLocale('nl', nl);
setLocale('nl');

addLocales(localesObject)

Add multiple date-fns locales to the available locales at once.

import { addLocales, setLocale } from 'react-i18nify';
import nl from 'date-fns/locale/nl';
import it from 'date-fns/locale/it';

addLocales({
  nl: nl,
  it: it,
});
setLocale('it');

setLocale(locale, rerenderComponents = true)

The used locale can be set with this function. By default, changing the locale will re-render all components. This behavior can be prevented by providing false as a second argument.

getLocale()

Get the currently used locale.

setTranslations(translations, rerenderComponents = true)

The used translations can be set with this function. By default, changing the translations will re-render all components. This behavior can be prevented by providing false as a second argument.

getTranslations()

Get the currently used translations.

setLocaleGetter(fn)

Alternatively to using setLocale, you can provide a callback to return the locale with setLocaleGetter:

import { setLocaleGetter } from 'react-i18nify';

const localeFunction = () => 'nl';

setLocaleGetter(localeFunction);

setTranslationsGetter(fn)

Alternatively to using setTranslations, you can provide a callback to return the translations with setTranslationsGetter:

import { setTranslationsGetter } from 'react-i18nify';

const translationsFunction = () => ({
  en: { ... },
  nl: { ... }
});

setTranslationsGetter(translationsFunction);

setHandleMissingTranslation(fn)

By default, when a translation is missing, the translation key will be returned in a slightly formatted way, as can be seen in the t('application.unknown_translation'); example above. You can however overwrite this behavior by setting a function to handle missing translations.

import { setHandleMissingTranslation, t } from 'react-i18nify';

setHandleMissingTranslation((key, replacements) => `Missing translation: ${key}`);

t('application.unknown_translation');
  // => Missing translation: application.unknown_translation

t(key, replacements = {})

Helper function to translate a key, given an optional set of replacements. See the above Helpers section for examples.

l(value, options)

Helper function to localize a value, given a set of options. See the above Helpers section for examples.

For localizing dates, the date-fns library is used. A dateFormat option can be used for providing a translation key with the format string. For the full list of formatting tokens which can be used in the format string, see the date-fns documentation. Moreover, parseFormat option can be used for providing a formatting string for parsing the value. For the full list of formatting tokens which can be used in the parsing string, see the date-fns documentation.

For number formatting, the localize helper supports all options as provided by the Javascript built-in Intl.NumberFormat object. For the full list of options, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/NumberFormat.

forceComponentsUpdate()

This function can be called to force a re-render of all I18n components.

Example application with SSR

An example application with server-side rendering using features of react-i18nify can be found at https://github.com/sealninja/react-ssr-example.

License

MIT