Sysdoc's i18n localization utility

Installation

npm install @sysdoc/localization node-polyglot

Introduction

This package contains the core localization functionality for Sysdoc's i18n setup ontop of AirBnB's node-polyglot (https://github.com/airbnb/polyglot.js#readme) library.

It requires that you setup an object which contains your localized phrases, instantiate a new Polyglot with the phrases and the name of the locale then assign it to Sysdoc global namespace under window.Sysdoc.Locale.Polyglot.

An example of a configured locale file can be found below:

import * as PolyGlot from "node-polyglot";
const Locale = {
  loading: ["Working, one moment..."],
  phrases: {
    complete: "Complete",
    draft: "Draft",
    faqs: "FAQs",
    helloWorld: "Hello World!",
    helpFaqs: "Help and FAQs",
    quickGuide: "Quick Guide",
    runAReport: "Run a report",
    submitted: "Submitted",
    view: "View",
    viewMore: "View More"
  }
};

window.Sysdoc = window.Sysdoc || {};
window.Sysdoc.Locale = window.Sysdoc.Locale || {};
window.Sysdoc.Locale.Data = Locale;
const polyglot = new PolyGlot();
polyglot.locale("en-US");
polyglot.extend(Locale);
window.Sysdoc.Locale.Polyglot = polyglot;

Use

In order to use the localization functionality you would do the following:

import {
  createDefaultI18nLocalizer,
  I18nLocalizer
} from "@sysdoc/localization";

const i18n: I18nLocalizer = createDefaulti18nLocalizer();

You can then pass this through your application however you would like i.e. you could extend from a Base Model in an object oriented paradigm or pass the object around a React application using the Context API or some other global state management solution.

To use the localization library with the React Context API do the following...

Define a context in a LocaleContext file:

import * as React from "react";
import { I18nLocalizer } from "@sysdoc/localization";

// We need to pass createContext a partial of the I18nLocalizer interface here in order to get intellisense and typing.
export const LocaleContext = React.createContext<Partial<I18nLocalizer>>({});

Provide the context to the app with the localizer:

import * as React from "react";
import {
  createDefaultI18nLocalizer,
  I18nLocalizer
} from "@sysdoc/localization";
import { LocaleContext } from "./LocaleContext";
import { App } from "./App";

const i18n: I18nLocalizer = createDefaulti18nLocalizer();

const AppWrapper = () => (
  <LocaleContext.Provider value={i18n}>
    <App />
  </LocaleContext.Provider>
);

Consume the context inside the app:

import * as React from "react";
import { App } from "./App";
import { LocaleContext } from "./LocaleContext";

export const App = () => {
  const i18n = React.useContext(LocaleContext);
  return <div>{i18n.format("phrases.helloWorld")}</div>;
};

The expected output if using the en-US locale defined above is: <div>Hello World!</div>