/react-multi-lang

Multilanguage support for react applications

Primary LanguageTypeScriptMIT LicenseMIT

react-multi-lang

React Multi-language component.

Works with React and React Native

Installation

npm i -S react-multi-lang

Usage

Hook

See the example folder for better understanding

import React from 'react'

// Translation Hook
import { setTranslations, setDefaultLanguage, useTranslation } from 'react-multi-lang'
import pt from 'pt.json'
import en from 'en.json'

// Do this two lines only when setting up the application
setTranslations({pt, en})
setDefaultLanguage('en')

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const t = useTranslation()
  return (
    <div>
      {t('home.Title')}
      {t('Hello', {name: 'João'})}
    </div>
  )
}

export default App

Higher order component

import React from 'react'

// Translation Higher Order Component
import { setTranslations, setDefaultLanguage, withTranslation } from 'react-multi-lang'
import pt from 'pt.json'
import en from 'en.json'
import type { T } from 'react-multi-lang'

// Do this two lines only when setting up the application
setTranslations({pt, en})
setDefaultLanguage('en')

type Props = {
  t: T
}

class SomeComponent extends React.Component<Props> {
  render () {
    const { t } = this.props
    return (
      <div>
        {t('home.Title')}
        {t('Hello', {name: 'João'})}
      </div>
    )
  }
}

export default withTranslation(SomeComponent)

Auto update functions

useTranslation(basePath)

React hook that returns the t function

Params Type Description Required
basePath string translation base path used to identify all the next requested translations no

withTranslation(component, basePath)

HOC that injects the translation function into the component

Params Type Description Required
component React Component React component that requires the translation function yes
basePath string translation base path used to identify all the next requested translations no

Translation Method

t(path, params)

Returns the translation for the requested path

Params Type Description Required
path string translation path that identifies the text yes
params object {'param': 'value', ...} each parameter will be set on the string in its correct location no

Exported Methods

setDefaultTranslations(translations)

Sets the translations

Params Type Description Required
translations object {'key': 'translations', ...} yes

setTranslations(translations)

Same as setDefaultTranslations, but this will update all components using translations

Params Type Description Required
translations object {'key': 'translations', ...} yes

setDefaultLanguage(key)

Sets the default application language

Params Type Description Required
key string translation key, in this example 'en' or 'pt' yes

setLanguage(key)

Same as setDefaultLanguage, but this will update all components using translations

Params Type Description Required
key string translation key, in this example 'en' or 'pt' yes

getLanguage()

Returns the current selected language

t(key, params)

t(path, params)

Returns the translation for the requested path

Params Type Description Required
path string translation path that identifies the text yes
params object {'param': 'value', ...} each parameter will be set on the string in its correct location no