I18next-resources-to-backend NPM

Introduction

This package helps to transform resources to an i18next backend. To be used in Node.js, in the browser and for Deno.

Getting started

Source can be loaded via npm.

# npm package
$ npm install i18next-resources-to-backend

simple example - dynamic imports (lazy load in memory translations)

i18next-resources-to-backend helps to transform resources to an i18next backend. This means you can lazy load translations.

The dynamic import must be passed a string. Webpack will fail to load the resource if you pass a variable to import().

For example, when using webpack:

import i18next from 'i18next';
import resourcesToBackend from 'i18next-resources-to-backend';

i18next
  .use(resourcesToBackend((language, namespace) => import(`./locales/${language}/${namespace}.json`)))
  .on('failedLoading', (lng, ns, msg) => console.error(msg);
  .init({ /* other options */ })

used as fallback in combination with another i18next backend

i.e. Browser fallback with local / bundled translations

Wiring up:

import i18next from 'i18next'
import ChainedBackend from 'i18next-chained-backend'
import resourcesToBackend from 'i18next-resources-to-backend'
import HttpBackend from 'i18next-http-backend'

i18next.use(ChainedBackend).init({
    backend: {
      backends: [
        HttpBackend, // if a namespace can't be loaded via normal http-backend loadPath, then the inMemoryLocalBackend will try to return the correct resources
        resourcesToBackend({
            en: {
                translations: {
                    sayHi: 'hello world'
                }
            }
        })
      ],
      backendOptions: [{
        loadPath: 'http://localhost:8080/locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json'
      }]
    }
})

for Deno:

import i18next from 'https://deno.land/x/i18next/index.js'
import ChainedBackend from 'https://deno.land/x/i18next_chained_backend/index.js'
import resourcesToBackend from 'https://deno.land/x/i18next_resources_to_backend/index.js'
import HttpBackend from 'https://deno.land/x/i18next_http_backend/index.js'

i18next.use(ChainedBackend).init({
    backend: {
      backends: [
        HttpBackend, // if a namespace can't be loaded via normal http-backend loadPath, then the inMemoryLocalBackend will try to return the correct resources
        resourcesToBackend({
            en: {
                translations: {
                    sayHi: 'hello world'
                }
            }
        })
      ],
      backendOptions: [{
        loadPath: 'http://localhost:8080/locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json'
      }]
    }
})

you can also lazy load the in memory translations, i.e. when using webpack:

i18next.use(ChainedBackend).init({
    backend: {
      backends: [
        HttpBackend, // if a namespace can't be loaded via normal http-backend loadPath, then the inMemoryLocalBackend will try to return the correct resources
        // with dynamic import, you have to use the "default" key of the module ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import#importing_defaults )
        resourcesToBackend((language, namespace) => import(`./locales/${language}/${namespace}.json`))
        // resourcesToBackend((language, namespace, callback) => {
        //     import(`./locales/${language}/${namespace}.json`)
        //         .then(({ default: resources }) => {
        //             callback(null, resources)
        //         })
        //         .catch((error) => {
        //             callback(error, null)
        //         })
        // })
      ],
      backendOptions: [{
        loadPath: 'http://localhost:8080/locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json'
      }]
    }
})

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