GetText support for Node.js and Component

Lightweight GetText for Javascript

This module provides GetText support for both CommonJS and the browser.

Categories and locales are not supported, and will never be. It is assumed that the content currently loaded into GetText matches the current locale.

Server-side example

var fs = require('fs');
var gettext = require('gettextlight');
 
function errorHandler(err) {
    console.log('[GetText][' + err.domain_name + '][#' + err.line + '] ' + err.message);
}
 
gettext.load(fs.readFileSync('en/messages.po', 'utf-8'), errorHandler);
gettext.loadDomain('domain1', fs.readFileSync('en/domain1.po', 'utf-8'), errorHandler);
 
console.log(gettext.ngettext('person', 'persons', 12));
console.log(gettext.dggettext('domain1', fs.readFileSync('ja/domain1.po', 'utf-8'), 'cat'));

Browser example

var gettext = require('gettextlight');
 
function errorHandler(err) {
    console.log('[GetText][' + err.domain_name + '][#' + err.line + '] ' + err.message);
}
 
/**
 * Called on getting data from the server
 * The parameter data is an array of object contening the domainName and the content of the po file
 */
function on_localization_data(data) {
    var numPOFiles = data && data.length >>> 0;
    while (numPOFiles > 0) {
        var po = data[--numPOFiles];
        // if po.domainName is undefined or null, the default domain ('messages') is used
        gettext.loadDomain(po.domainName, po.content, errorHandler);
    }
 
    // Set the default domain
    gettext.textdomain('nature');
 
    // Output the translation of "person" based on the number from the default domain
    console.log(gettext.ngettext('person', 'persons', 12));
 
    // Output the translation of "cat" from the domain "animal"
    console.log(gettext.dgettext('animal', 'cat'));
}

Note: we are using Component for the frontend

API

Load a string from default language file

gettext(msgid)

var greeting = gettext.gettext("Hello!");

Equivalent to gettext.dpngettext(null, null, msgid, null, null).

Load a plural string from default language file

ngettext(msgid, msgid_plural, n)

gettext.ngettext("Comment", "Comments", 10);

Equivalent to gettext.dpngettext(null, null, msgid, msgid_plural, n).

Load a string from a specific language file

dgettext(domain, msgid)

var greeting = gettext.dgettext("ja", "Hello!");

Equivalent to gettext.dpngettext(domain, null, msgid, null, null).

Load a plural string from a specific language file

dngettext(domain, msgid, msgid_plural, n)

gettext.dngettext("ja", "Comment", "Comments", 10);

Equivalent to gettext.dpngettext(domain, null, msgid, msgid_plural, n).

Load a string of a specific context

pgettext(msgctxt, msgid)

gettext.pgettext("menu items", "File");

Equivalent to gettext.dpngettext(null, msgctxt, msgid, null, null).

Load a plural string of a specific context

pngettext(msgctxt, msgid, msgid_plural, n)

gettext.pngettext("menu items", "Recent File", "Recent Files", 3);

Equivalent to gettext.dpngettext(null, msgctxt, msgid, msgid_plural, n).

Load a string of a specific context from specific language file

dpgettext(domain, msgctxt, msgid)

gettext.dpgettext("ja", po, "Cat");

Equivalent to gettext.dpngettext(domain, msgctxt, msgid, null, null).

Load a plural string of a specific context from specific language file

dpngettext(domain, msgctxt, msgid, msgid_plural, n)

gettext.dpngettext("ja", "menu items", "Recent File", "Recent Files", 3);

Bind the source (.po file) to a specific domain.

gettext.loadDomain(domain, source, error_handler)

error_handler will be called every time an error is encountered.

Bind the source with the domain 'message'

gettext.load(source, error_handler)

Equivalent to gettext.loadDomain('messages', source, error_handler)

Release all data bound to the domain 'messages'

release()

Equivalent to gettext.releaseDomain('messages').

Releases all data bound to the specified domain.

releaseDomain(domain)

Release all data

reset()

Set a default domain

textdomain(domain)

gettext.textdomain("ja");

Generate a .po file

node bin/update-po-files.js <source_path> [-d <dest_path>]

To be able to extract the data, the required object has to be named gettext (case insensitive)