i18next integration for hapijs
This plugin is available as an npm module. Simply run: npm install --save hapi-i18next
.
This plugin sets up and registers two methods in your hapi server: server.methods.i18n.getInstance()
and server.methods.i18n.translateWithCache
. Using hapi server methods allows us to set up caching schemes for the translate method. Examples of how to integrate these server methods into your application:
// Registering plugin exposes two server methods that you can use immediately in your handlers
// server.methods.i18n.getInstance
// server.methods.i18n.translateWithCache
server.register({
register: require('hapi-i18next'),
options: {
// Standard options passed into i18next initialization http://i18next.com/node/pages/doc_init.html
i18nextOptions: {
resGetPath: path.join(__dirname, 'locales/__lng__/__ns__.json'),
ns: 'translations',
detectLngFromQueryString: 'lang',
detectLngFromPath: 0,
cookieName: 'test',
supportedLngs: ['en', 'de']
}
},
cookieOptions: {
// http://hapijs.com/tutorials/cookies
}
}, function (err) {});
// Using it in views requires a few additional steps
server.views({
// pass our server methods to global view context, so that we may use it in helpers
context: {
i18n: {
// This step is left up to the developer, but the most declarative way to use this plugin is to add it's methods
// to the global context of your views. That way you can declare a template helper such as the {{t 'hello-world'}}
// in this folder to use as common interface for i18n messages.
translateWithCache: server.methods.i18n.translateWithCache,
getInstance: server.methods.i18n.getInstance
}
}
});
In your helper, t.js
:
function i18nHelper(key, options) {
var translateWithCache = this.i18n.translateWithCache,
params = {},
namespace = '',
instance = this.i18n.getInstance();
Object.keys(options.hash).forEach(function (key) {
if (key === 'ns') {
namespace = options.hash[key] + ':';
}
else if (options.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
params[key] = String(options.hash[key]);
}
});
return translateWithCache(namespace + key, instance.lng(), params);
}
module.exports = i18nHelper;