Compile json files using messageformat.js.
npm install --save-dev gulp-i18n
json files with translationsgulpjson files with translationsExample file structure:
.
├── gulpfile.js
├── i18n
│ ├── en
│ │ ├── inicio.json
│ │ └── menu.json
│ └── es
│ ├── inicio.json
│ └── menu.json
├── package.json
└── www
├── i18n
│ ├── en.js
│ └── es.js
└── index.html
Example i18n/en/menu.json file:
{
"ubicación": "Location",
"instalaciones": "The House",
"actividades": "Ammenities",
"galería": "Gallery",
"contacto": "Contact"
}
gulpIn your gulpfile.js:
'use strict';
const Gulp = require('gulp');
const I18n = require('gulp-i18n');
Gulp.task('i18n', () => {
Gulp.src('i18n/**/*.json')
.pipe(I18n())
.pipe(Gulp.dest('www/i18n/'));
});
Run task with gulp:
$ gulp i18n
<html>
<body>
<script>
var locale = localStorage.getItem('locale') || 'es';
$('<script>')
.attr('src', '/i18n/' + locale + '.js')
.appendTo('body');
// You can now use the global `i18n` object.
console.log(window.i18n.menu['ubicación']());
// This would show "Ubicación" or "Location" depending on
// selected `locale`.
</script>
</body>
</html>
FAQs
A gulp plugin to compile language files using messageformat
The npm package gulp-i18n receives a total of 2 weekly downloads. As such, gulp-i18n popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that gulp-i18n demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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