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angular-i18n is a small Angular module in charge of internationalization and localization.

Dependencies

This module angular-i18n has dependencies resolved with bower on:

• sptrinf ("sprintf")

Usage

This module has:

• a provider ($i18nProvider)
• a factory ($i18n)
• a filter (i18n)
• a directive (i18n).

Setup

Load the javascript and add the module angular-i18n in the dependencies

<script src="angular-internationalization.js"></script>
<script type="application/javascript">
	var myapp = angular.module('myapp', ['angular-i18n']);
</script>

JSON files

The en-US.json file looks like this

{
    "HELLO_WORLD" : "Hello World",
    "NAME_AGE" : "My name is %s and i am %d years old."
}

The fr-FR.json file looks like this

{
    "HELLO_WORLD" : "Bonjour Monde",
    "NAME_AGE" : "Mon prenom est %s et j'ai %d ans."
}

Provider '$i18n'

Property	Type	Description	Default
allowPartialFileLoading	boolean	Set if you want to be able to load multiple files for a language	false
baseHref	string	the base href as found by this library	'' if not provided by html page
debug	boolean	debug mode	false
defaultLanguage	string	The default language to use	'en-US'
fallback	JSON	The fallback translation object if the translation files failed to load	null
fileURL	string|Array	Set the template URL(s) where translation files will be loaded from.	```'/i18n/
fileURLLanguageToken	string	The token (string|regex) to look for in the fileURL which will be replaced with the current language string id (i.e en**_**US) to be loaded	/|LANG|/
fileURLPartToken	string	The token (string|regex) to look for in the fileURL which will be replaced with the current section string id (i.e home) to be loaded	/|PART|/
language	string	The language to use	null
onTranslationFailed	Function	This function is called when the debug mode is on and the translation failed on filter or directives	null
useBaseHrefTag	boolean	Should the library prepend the base tag url to the pathLanguageURL (this to help with relative links)	false

Example:

    $i18nProvider.allowPartialFileLoading = true;
    $i18nProvider.defaultLanguage = true;
    $i18nProvider.defaultLanguage = 'fr-FR';
    $i18nProvider.fallback = {'welcome': 'falback welcome home'};
    $i18nProvider.fileURL = '/i18n/|LANG|.|PART|.json';
    $i18nProvider.fileURLLanguageToken = /\|LANG\|/;
    $i18nProvider.fileURLPartToken = /\|PART\|/;
    $i18nProvider.language = 'en-GB';
    $i18nProvider.onTranslationFailed = function(lang, translationID, section, placeholders) {...};
    $i18nProvider.useBaseHrefTag = true;

allowPartialFileLoading

Set if you want to be able to load multiple files for a language
type: boolean
default: false

Please check the partial loading section in this documentation.

debug

The debug mode
type: boolean
default: false

defaultLanguage

The default language
type: string
default: 'en-US'

fallback

The fallback translation object if the translation file(s) failed to load
type: JSON
default: null

fileURL

Set the template URL(s) where the translation file(s) will be loaded from
type: string|Array<string>
default: '/i18n/|LANG|.json'

The template URL contains a language token that will be replaced (using regex replace) with the current language id.
The URL can also contain a optional part token needed if you have set allowPartialFileLoading to true
For more information the partial loading section in this documentation.

Note: the language id will have the '-' replaced with '_' (i.e 'en-US' will become en_US).
e.g: if you have a language set to 'en-US' the file /i18n/en_US.json will be loaded.

fileURLLanguageToken

The string or regex to look for which will be replaced with the current language string id (i.e en**_**US) to be loaded
type: string
default: /\|LANG\|/

This is the string or regular expression that will be looked for and replaced with the language id in the path template URL.

Note: the language id will have the '-' replaced with '_' (i.e 'en-US' will become en_US).
So if you have a language set to 'en-US' the file /i18n/en_US.json will be loaded.
If you are using the RegExp object double backslash like new RegExp('\\|LANG\\|');

fileURLPartToken

The string or regex to look for which will be replaced with the current section string id (i.e home) to be loaded
type: string
default: /\|PART\|/

This is the string or regular expression that will be looked for and replaced with the section id in the path template URL.

For more information, please check the partial loading section in this documentation.

language

The explicitly defined language
type: string
default: null

onTranslationFailed

Function called when the debug mode is on and when the translation failed for filters or directives.
Must return a string
type: Function
default: null

example

$i18nProvider.onTranslationFailed = function(lang, translationID, section, placeholders) {
    return '<span style="color: red">translationID</span>
};

The above function returns HTML and no plain text. To have Angular displays the HTML:

• with the i18n directive nothing has to be done.
• with the i18n filter you will have to do the following:
• use your filer inside an element and biding the filter value to ng-bind-html as
  <span ng-bind-html="'translationID' | i18n:{section: ...}" />
  So note that the value returned by this function will be $sce.trustAsHtml

Please check the sample app for examples.

useBaseHrefTag

Should the library prepend the base tag url to the fileURL(s) (this to help with relative links)
type: boolean
default: false

Factory '$18n'

The correct language to display is determine by the provider, based on the language of the browser, the default language set or the current language set (if any) as follow: language || $window.navigator.userLanguage || $window.navigator.language || defaultLanguage;

The factory can use all the previous method described in the provider section plus the following:

Property	Type	Description	Default
language	string	The language to use	null
debug	boolean	reference the provider debug property	false
onTranslationFailed	Function	Reference the provider onTranslationFailed property	null

language

Returns the current language.
type: string
default: null

The returned value check first the language property (can be set at runtime), then browser language and finally the default language (can be set at config and run time)

Events	Description
i18n.file.loaded	Dispatched when a translation file has been loaded

i18n.file.loaded

Dispatched when a translation file has been loaded

The arguments passed are:

• lang: the language used
• section: the section loaded (if any otherwise 'all')
• data: the data received.

Methods	Description
addTranslation(lang, json, section)	add a translation object directly to i18n
removeTranslation(lang, section)	remove a translation object added or loaded to the library
loadTranslation(lang, section)	To explicitly start loading translation file(s) for the current language using the URL and regexp provided at config time
switchTranslation(lang, section)	If you already loaded a language, you can explicitly switch to other and refresh all translations
hasTranslation(lang, section, key)	Check if a translation exist. When omiting the key, check if there is a translation object for this section.
isTranslationLoaded(lang, section)	Check if the translation file has been loaded or the translation object has been added successfully
translate(value, section, placeholders)	Return a promise. THIS IS the function you want to use on the factory

addTranslation(lang: string, json: string, section?: string)

add a translation directly to the library.

• lang: the language to add
• json: the json string
• (section): the section for the language file

This can prove useful if you want to retrieve the translation object(s) yourself and then add them to this library.

removeTranslation(lang: string, section?: string)

remove a translation from the library

• lang: the language to remove
• (section): the section to remove

Note: a section can only be provided if $i18nProvider.allowPartialFileLoading has been set to true

loadTranslation(lang: string, section?: string)

To explicitly start loading translation file(s) for the current language using the URL and regexp provided at config time

• lang: the language to load
• (section): the section to load

Note: a section can only be provided if $i18nProvider.allowPartialFileLoading has been set to true

switchTranslation(lang: string, section?: string)

To switch translation from the current language to other and refresh all translations made

• lang: the language to load
• (section): the section to load

Note: a section can only be provided if $i18nProvider.allowPartialFileLoading has been set to true

hasTranslation(lang: string, section?: string, key?: string)

Check if a translation exist.

• lang: the language to check exists
• (section): the section to check exists
• (key): the key to check exists

When omitting the key, check if there is a translation object for this section.
You HAVE TO pass null to the section when not using allowPartialFileLoading

Note: a section can only be provided if $i18nProvider.allowPartialFileLoading has been set to true

isTranslationLoaded(lang: string, section?: string)

Check if the translation file has been loaded or the translation object has been added successfully.

• lang: the language to check translation has been loaded
• (section): the section to check translation has been loaded

Note: a section can only be provided if $i18nProvider.allowPartialFileLoading has been set to true

translate(value: string, section?: string, placeholders?: Array)

Return a promise. THIS IS the function you want to use

• value: the translation ID
• (section): the section this translation ID belongs to
• (placeholders): array of value to replace sprintf string placeholders

The placeholders array is the value that are going to replace the sprintf placeholders.

Note: a section can only be provided if $i18nProvider.allowPartialFileLoading has been set to true

Filter 'i18n'

example:

{{ 'TRANSLATION_ID' | i18n:{section:'sectionName', placeholders:['value1', 0]} }}  

note that the object parameter is optional as well as the section and placeholders property of the object.

Directive 'i18n'

<span i18n="TRANSLATION_ID"></span>
or if using partial loading
<span i18n="TRANSLATION_ID" i18n-parameters="{section: 'PART_ID', placeholders: ['value1', 0] }"></span>

Using partial loading

'Partial loading' means being able to load translations stored in multiple files for a set language.
This is useful if you don't want to download the WHOLE translation file for your WHOLE application but just the ones for the sections (or areas) of your application the user is accessing.

Setting up partial loading

• set allowPartialFileLoading to true

• (optional) set the fileURLLanguageToken. Default is the regex /\|LANG\|/

• (optional) set the fileURLPartToken. Default is the regex /\|PART\|/

• (optional) set the fileURL to have both the language and part token in it. Default is '/i18n/|LANG|_|PART|.json'.
  The token |PART| will be replace by the 'section' name. Remember that the fileURL can still define an array of URLs.

• when using the factory, filter or directive you can pass the 'section' the translation is loaded for, like for instance:

  • {{ 'myTranslationID' | i18n:'home' }}
  • i18n.translate('myTranslationID', 'home')
  • <span i18n="TRANSLATION_ID" i18n-section="home"></span>

  So for all those, using the default values of the library the file '/i18n/en-US_home.json' will be loaded and the key myTranslationID retreived from it

Please note that each 'section' file will be stored independently. This means the same key can appear in different file.