Unimported-i18n-strings NPM

unimported-i18n-strings

unimported-i18n-strings is tool designed to scan your project and identify any Internationalization (i18n) strings that are unimported. It provides additional options to remove or ignore these unimported i18n strings from your project.

Installation

Clone the repository and install its dependencies with npm

npm install --save-dev unimported-i18n-strings

or yarn

yarn add -D unimported-i18n-strings

Usage

Create a new file called .unimported-i18n-stringsrc.json in the root of your project alongside your package.json to specify the pattern for your i18n files, and your root directory. Below are the defaults which will be used if you don't specify them.

{
  "i18nPattern": "./src/**/{en,en-US,en-CA,en-GB}.json",
  "rootDir": "./src"
}

Then run the package using

unimported-i18n-strings [options]

Command Line Options

--remove: This flag enables the removal process of unimported i18n strings from your original i18n file.
⚠️ WARNING: unimported-i18n-strings is unable to detect if an i18n string is being used through some sort of string building, such as t(`some.${variable}.string`), it's important to manually check the list of unimported strings before using the --remove flag.
--updateIgnored: This flag triggers an update of the ignored strings based on existing i18n string keys. Ignored strings are saved in a file named unimportedI18nStrings.json.
--verbose: Use this flag to enable verbose logging.
--help: Display the help message.

Functionality

The package works by parsing your i18n JSON files and your source code. It identifies which strings from the i18n file are not imported anywhere in the source code.

If flags --remove or --updateIgnored are passed, then the unimported strings are either removed from the original i18n file or added to the unimportedI18nStrings.json file, respectively.

The verbose mode (--verbose) provides a detailed log of the checking process.