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// require modules | |
var express = require('express'), | |
i18n = require('i18n'), | |
hbs = require('hbs'), | |
app = module.exports = express(); | |
i18n.configure({ | |
locales: ['en', 'fr'], | |
cookie: 'locale', | |
directory: "" + __dirname + "/locales" | |
}); | |
app.configure(function () { | |
// setup hbs | |
app.set('views', "" + __dirname + "/views"); | |
app.set('view engine', 'hbs'); | |
app.engine('hbs', hbs.__express); | |
// you'll need cookies | |
app.use(express.cookieParser()); | |
// init i18n module for this loop | |
app.use(i18n.init); | |
}); | |
// register hbs helpers in res.locals' context which provides this.locale | |
hbs.registerHelper('__', function () { | |
return i18n.__.apply(this, arguments); | |
}); | |
hbs.registerHelper('__n', function () { | |
return i18n.__n.apply(this, arguments); | |
}); | |
// serving homepage | |
app.get('/', function (req, res) { | |
res.render('index'); | |
}); | |
// startup | |
app.listen(3000); |
I had to move the helpers into a middleware, or all messages resolved in the context of {{#each}}
loops were output in the default locale, with the debug message, "WARN: No locale found - check the context of the call to __(). Using en as current locale" (the value of this
being set to the message key inside the loop). Please let me know if there's a more elegant way to do this:
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
hbs.registerHelper('__', function() {
return i18n.__.apply(req, arguments);
});
hbs.registerHelper('__n', function() {
return i18n.__n.apply(req, arguments);
});
next();
});
UPDATE: Don't do what I did -- re-registering with hbs on each request creates concurrency issues. Indeed, doing this inside of middleware is not necessary at all, as hbs has access to the current locale through the options
parameter that gets passed to each helper. The solution I ultimately went with can be found here (see the __ and __n helpers in particular):
https://github.com/eloquence/lib.reviews/blob/master/util/handlebars-helpers.js
I'm confused. the title of this document reads "express + i18n-node + handlebars", referring to i18n-node
, as opposed to i18n
which is what is shown as required. which module does this apply to? because both exist. at first I installed i18n-node
and then thought that i18n
was required so I uninstalled the former and installed the latter. in neither case can I make this work. which is the correct module?
@eloquence thanks a lot! your method is fucking working! solved my problem.
hello, How is it reading the json files, Mine is going to the views/**.hbs but it is not reading the json file properly. need help
Thank you, this piece helped me 👍 💯
@mashpie This way my translation called only with cookies, no way to know from the urls which language is used. domain.com/about-me url can be both hungarian and english translated page, depends on the cookie. Is it problem for search engines, like Google?