generate-i18n-types

Postlight's Generate i18n Types generates types for internationalization strings.

Installation

Install generate-18n-types in your devDependencies

$ yarn add @postlight/generate-18n-types --dev

The package also requires installation of i18next and js-yaml as dependencies, along with @types/i18next and @types/js-yaml to avoid any Typescript errors

$ yarn add i18next js-yaml @types/i18next @types/js-yaml --save

Usage

This generator requires 3 arguments to generate your i18n types

$ generate-i18n-types --translations=path/to/translation.yml --stringTypesPath=path/to/strings.ts --utilPath=path/to/i18n.ts

--translations This is the path to the YAML file you want to generate types for. Currently this only supports input of a single file. For an example of the format of the YAML file, see example.yaml

--stringTypesPath This is the path to the file where you want the generated string types to reside.

--utilPath This is the path to the file where you want the generated translation functions for the string types to reside.

Note: You may require additional formatting of the generated utilPath file. Using Prettier as an example, you can just add the following additional command to the above && prettier --write ./path/to/i18n.ts

Once the command succeeds, it will automatically generate the enum types for the strings in the translation file, along with matching function signatures if the strings have dynamic fields. Then you can use the new translations in your code. Enjoy!

Example

generate-i18n-types takes a YAML file you want translated

translation:
  appName: 'My App'
  supportEmail: '[email protected]'
  authFirst:
    text: 'Before we can create your account, please <{{url}}|authenticate with My App>.'
  errors:
    invalidUsers: 'The following people could not be invited: {{invalidUsers}}'

Then generates the enum types for the stringTypesPath file

/* tslint:disable */
/* eslint-disable */
// This file was automatically generated and should not be edited.

export enum I18NStringsWithArgs {
  AuthFirstText = 'authFirst.text',
  ErrorsInvalidUsers = 'errors.invalidUsers',
}

export enum I18NStrings {
  AppName = 'appName',
  SupportEmail = 'supportEmail',
}

And the corresponding translate functions and required packages and imports/exports for the utilPath file

/* tslint:disable */
/* eslint-disable */
// This file was automatically generated and should not be edited.

import i18n from 'i18next';
import yaml from 'js-yaml';
import fs from 'fs';
import { I18NStrings, I18NStringsWithArgs } from '../types/strings';

export { I18NStrings, I18NStringsWithArgs } from '../types/strings';

let boundT: typeof i18n.t;

const en = yaml.safeLoad(
  fs.readFileSync('../../locales/en/translation.yml', 'utf8')
);

// ==== START OVERLOADED SIGNATURES
function translate(
  key: I18NStringsWithArgs.AuthFirstText,
  { url }: { url: string }
): string;
function translate(
  key: I18NStringsWithArgs.ErrorsInvalidUsers,
  { invalidUsers }: { invalidUsers: string }
): string;
function translate(key: I18NStrings): string;
// ==== END OVERLOADED SIGNATURES

function translate(key: string, data?: { [key: string]: string }) {
  if (boundT) {
    return boundT(key, data);
  }
  i18n.init({
    lng: 'en',
    resources: { en },
    interpolation: {
      escapeValue: false,
    },
  });
  const { t } = i18n;
  boundT = t.bind(i18n);
  return boundT(key, data);
}

export default translate;

License

Licensed under either of the below, at your preference:

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Contributing

For details on how to contribute, see CONTRIBUTING.md

Unless it is explicitly stated otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above without any additional terms or conditions.

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