@betomorrow/sync-wording
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Provide tool to retrieve app wording from Google Sheet and process it to generate i18n json files
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Sync Wording
This tool allow you to manage app's wording with simple Google Sheet file. Just create a sheet with columns for keys and wording. This tool will generate wording files. Your product owner will be able to edit himself apllication's wording
Quick Start
You can find a sample sheet here but it's just a simple sheet with one column for keys and columns for languages like this
| Keys | English | French | | -------------------- | --------- | ------ | | user.firstname_title | Firstname | Prénom | | user.lastname_title | Lastname | Nom |
Integration to your project
- Install sync-wording as dev dependencies
npm install @betomorrow/sync-wording --save-dev
- Create wording config file named
wording_config.json
at project root location.
{
"sheetId": "18Zf_XSU80j_I_VOp9Z4ShdOeUydR6Odyty-ExGBZaz4",
"output_dir": "src/assets/strings/",
"languages": {
"en": {
"column": "B"
},
"fr": {
"column": "C"
}
}
}
- Add scripts lines to invoke tools easily with npm in
package.json
{
"scripts": {
"upgrade-wording": "sync-wording --upgrade"
}
}
- Then run
npm run upgrade-wording
It will ask you to grant access on Google Sheet
> Task :app:downloadWording
Please open the following address in your browser:
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?access_type=offline&scope=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fdrive.readonly&response_type=code&client_id=1309740887-6u609jvssi5c2e56vd5n5dc4drgsc906.apps.googleusercontent.com&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8181%2Foauth2callback
- Open url in your browser
- Grant access
[Authorization Sample]
It will update wording files : ${output_dir}/en.json
and ${output_dir}/fr.json
Wording validation
In your google sheet, you can add column indicate that it's a valid translation
| Keys | English | French | Validation | | -------------------- | --------- | ------ | ---------- | | user.firstname_title | Firstname | Prénom | OK | | user.lastname_title | Lastname | Nom | KO |
Then update your configuration file like this
{
"sheetId": "18Zf_XSU80j_I_VOp9Z4ShdOeUydR6Odyty-ExGBZaz4",
"output_dir": "src/assets/strings/",
"validation": {
"column": "D",
"expected": "OK"
},
"languages": {
"en": {
"column": "B"
},
"fr": {
"column": "C"
}
}
}
Now the tool will warn you when you update wording containing invalid translations
Options
This tools support 3 options
--config
: Configuration path--upgrade
: Export sheet in local xlsx file that you can commit for later edit. It prevent risks to have unwanted wording changes when you fix bugs. And then update wording--update
: Update wording files from local xlsx file--invalid
: (error|warning) exist with error when invalid translations found or just warn
Complete Configuration
{
"credentials": "credentials.json", // Optional, json google api service credentials, default : use embedded credentials
"wording_file": "wording.xlsx", // Optional, local xlsx wording file path
"sheetId": "THE SHEET ID", // *Required*
"shhetNames": ["commons", "app"], // Optional, default: use all sheets
"sheetStartIndex": 2, // Optional, start row index, default : 2
"keyColumn": "A", // Optional, default : "A"
"format" : "json", // Optional, json output format (json|flat-json|angular-json), default: "json"
"ignoreEmptyKeys" : false // Optional, whether or not empty keys should be kept, default: false
"validation" : { // Optional, global configuration to validate wording
"column" : "E"
"expected" : "OK"
}
"output_dir": "src/assets/strings/",
"languages": {
"en": {
"output": "src/assets/strings/default.json", // Optional, default: "${output_dir}/${language_name}.json"
"column": "B",
"validation" : { // Optional, local configuration to validate wording
"column" : "E"
"expected" : "OK"
}
},
"fr": {
"output": "src/assets/strings/fr.json",
"column": "C"
}
// [...] Add more languages here
}
}
Note
This tool includes Google Projet credentials for convenience use but you can setup your own projet. Create new project in GCP Console then enable Drive API in API library and create and download credentials.
Development
Current repository use this Sheet : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Zf_XSU80j_I_VOp9Z4ShdOeUydR6Odyty-ExGBZaz4/edit#gid=0
Build and install locally
npm run build
npm run installPackage
Run
rm .google_*
sync-wording --upgrade
Publish
npm login
npm publish