MultilanguageJS

A simple way to have internationalization on static websites.

Installing

You can install using yarn or by cloning the repo.

Using Yarn

$ yarn add https://github.com/ianwelerson/multilanguagejs.git

Using the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/ianwelerson/multilanguagejs.git

Using

1) Import in js file

import MultilanguageJS from 'multilanguagejs';

2) Initialize the MultilanguageJS

// As a first param you need to pass an array of accepted languages
// As a second param you need to a language to fallback.
let multilanguage = new MultilanguageJS(
    ['pt-BR', 'en-US'],
    'pt-BR'
);

3) Set the active language

// To use the browser language you can call 'setLanguageByBrowser()':
multilanguage.setLanguageByBrowser();

// To set manually a language you call 'setLanguage('language')':
multilanguage.setLanguage('pt-BR');

4) Insert the HTML content

// Create a template tag with attr 'type="language-group"'
<template type="language-group">
  // Inside then you put all your variants for this content using the attr 'language="your-Language"'
  // The tag used can be any one, just put the attr for each language variation
  <h3 language='pt-BR'>Olá Pessoal!</h3>
  <h3 language='en-US'>Hi everyone!</h3>
</template>

5) Others

// To change the language you can use 'setLanguage("your-Language")'
multilanguage.setLanguage('pt-BR');

// To get actual language you can use 'getActiveLanguage()'
multilanguage.getActiveLanguage();

// To get an array of accepted language you can use 'getAcceptedLanguages()'
multilanguage.getAcceptedLanguages();

// To get the default language you can use 'getDefaultLanguage()'
multilanguage.getDefaultLanguage();

// To use the browser language as page language you can use 'setLanguageByBrowser()'
multilanguage.setLanguageByBrowser();

Author

• Ian Welerson IanWelerson.com

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License