Localize Reader

This is our easy to use globalization and localization resource delivery module.

It works on the server and in the browser.

Reference it within your package or install with npm install localizereader

Add to your web pages by downloading the lib/localizereader.min.js file and adding it your site.

Overview

This module is used to return a localized version of an object based on a culture provided.

The culture is expected in language-COUNTRY format e.g. en-GB (see below for full list of standard cultures)

The get function will fall back in the following order:

• looks for the matching culture value (e.g. de-DE)
• looks for a matching language value (e.g. de)
• returns the first in the listing

Examples

A basic string example

	var locals = { 
		'en': 'Local hi', 
		'de': 'German (de) Local hi', 
		'de-DE': 'German (de-DE) Local hi' 
	};
	
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals); //returns 'Local hi' 
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'en'); //returns 'Local hi' 	
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'de'); //returns 'German (de) Local hi' 	
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'de-DE'); //returns 'German (de-DE) Local hi' 
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'de-AT'); //returns 'German (de) Local hi' 		
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'does not exist!'); //returns 'Local hi' 

An object example

	var locals = { 
		'en': { 'message': 'Local hi' }, 
		'de': { 'message': 'German (de) Local hi' }, 
		'de-DE': { 'message': 'German (de-DE) Local hi' }
	};
	
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals); //returns { 'message': 'Local hi' } 
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'en'); //returns { 'message': 'Local hi' }	
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'de'); //returns { 'message': 'German (de) Local hi' }
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'de-DE'); //returns { 'message': 'German (de-DE) Local hi' }
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'de-AT'); //returns { 'message': 'German (de) Local hi' }		
	var result = localizeReader.get(locals, 'does not exist!'); //returns { 'message': 'Local hi' }

Tests

To test in a browser load up test/index.html

To run node tests run node test.js

Language Cultures

• Afrikaans - South Africa = af-ZA
• Albanian - Albania = sq-AL
• Arabic - Algeria = ar-DZ
• Arabic - Bahrain = ar-BH
• Arabic - Egypt = ar-EG
• Arabic - Iraq = ar-IQ
• Arabic - Jordan = ar-JO
• Arabic - Kuwait = ar-KW
• Arabic - Lebanon = ar-LB
• Arabic - Libya = ar-LY
• Arabic - Morocco = ar-MA
• Arabic - Oman = ar-OM
• Arabic - Qatar = ar-QA
• Arabic - Saudi Arabia = ar-SA
• Arabic - Syria = ar-SY
• Arabic - Tunisia = ar-TN
• Arabic - United Arab Emirates = ar-AE
• Arabic - Yemen = ar-YE
• Armenian - Armenia = hy-AM
• Azeri (Cyrillic) - Azerbaijan = Cy-az-AZ
• Azeri (Latin) - Azerbaijan = Lt-az-AZ
• Basque - Basque = eu-ES
• Belarusian - Belarus = be-BY
• Bulgarian - Bulgaria = bg-BG
• Catalan - Catalan = ca-ES
• Chinese - China = zh-CN
• Chinese - Hong Kong SAR = zh-HK
• Chinese - Macau SAR = zh-MO
• Chinese - Singapore = zh-SG
• Chinese - Taiwan = zh-TW
• Chinese (Simplified) = zh-CHS
• Chinese (Traditional) = zh-CHT
• Croatian - Croatia = hr-HR
• Czech - Czech Republic = cs-CZ
• Danish - Denmark = da-DK
• Dhivehi - Maldives = div-MV
• Dutch - Belgium = nl-BE
• Dutch - The Netherlands = nl-NL
• English - Australia = en-AU
• English - Belize = en-BZ
• English - Canada = en-CA
• English - Caribbean = en-CB
• English - Ireland = en-IE
• English - Jamaica = en-JM
• English - New Zealand = en-NZ
• English - Philippines = en-PH
• English - South Africa = en-ZA
• English - Trinidad and Tobago = en-TT
• English - United Kingdom = en-GB
• English - United States = en-US
• English - Zimbabwe = en-ZW
• Estonian - Estonia = et-EE
• Faroese - Faroe Islands = fo-FO
• Farsi - Iran = fa-IR
• Finnish - Finland = fi-FI
• French - Belgium = fr-BE
• French - Canada = fr-CA
• French - France = fr-FR
• French - Luxembourg = fr-LU
• French - Monaco = fr-MC
• French - Switzerland = fr-CH
• Galician - Galician = gl-ES
• Georgian - Georgia = ka-GE
• German - Austria = de-AT
• German - Germany = de-DE
• German - Liechtenstein = de-LI
• German - Luxembourg = de-LU
• German - Switzerland = de-CH
• Greek - Greece = el-GR
• Gujarati - India = gu-IN
• Hebrew - Israel = he-IL
• Hindi - India = hi-IN
• Hungarian - Hungary = hu-HU
• Icelandic - Iceland = is-IS
• Indonesian - Indonesia = id-ID
• Italian - Italy = it-IT
• Italian - Switzerland = it-CH
• Japanese - Japan = ja-JP
• Kannada - India = kn-IN
• Kazakh - Kazakhstan = kk-KZ
• Konkani - India = kok-IN
• Korean - Korea = ko-KR
• Kyrgyz - Kazakhstan = ky-KZ
• Latvian - Latvia = lv-LV
• Lithuanian - Lithuania = lt-LT
• Macedonian (FYROM)= mk-MK
• Malay - Brunei = ms-BN
• Malay - Malaysia = ms-MY
• Marathi - India = mr-IN
• Mongolian - Mongolia = mn-MN
• Norwegian (Bokm�l) - Norway = nb-NO
• Norwegian (Nynorsk) - Norway = nn-NO
• Polish - Poland = pl-PL
• Portuguese - Brazil = pt-BR
• Portuguese - Portugal = pt-PT
• Punjabi - India = pa-IN
• Romanian - Romania = ro-RO
• Russian - Russia = ru-RU
• Sanskrit - India = sa-IN
• Serbian (Cyrillic) - Serbia = Cy-sr-SP
• Serbian (Latin) - Serbia = Lt-sr-SP
• Slovak - Slovakia = sk-SK
• Slovenian - Slovenia = sl-SI
• Spanish - Argentina = es-AR
• Spanish - Bolivia = es-BO
• Spanish - Chile = es-CL
• Spanish - Colombia = es-CO
• Spanish - Costa Rica = es-CR
• Spanish - Dominican Republic = es-DO
• Spanish - Ecuador = es-EC
• Spanish - El Salvador = es-SV
• Spanish - Guatemala = es-GT
• Spanish - Honduras = es-HN
• Spanish - Mexico = es-MX
• Spanish - Nicaragua = es-NI
• Spanish - Panama = es-PA
• Spanish - Paraguay = es-PY
• Spanish - Peru = es-PE
• Spanish - Puerto Rico = es-PR
• Spanish - Spain = es-ES
• Spanish - Uruguay = es-UY
• Spanish - Venezuela = es-VE
• Swahili - Kenya = sw-KE
• Swedish - Finland = sv-FI
• Swedish - Sweden = sv-SE
• Syriac - Syria = syr-SY
• Tamil - India = ta-IN
• Tatar - Russia = tt-RU
• Telugu - India = te-IN
• Thai - Thailand = th-TH
• Turkish - Turkey = tr-TR
• Ukrainian - Ukraine = uk-UA
• Urdu - Pakistan = ur-PK
• Uzbek (Cyrillic) - Uzbekistan = Cy-uz-UZ
• Uzbek (Latin) - Uzbekistan = Lt-uz-UZ
• Vietnamese - Vietnam = vi-VN

License

Copyright (c) 2013 PI & Mash

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