GetText support for CommonJS and the browser

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').GetText;

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.dpgettext('domain1', 'animal', 'cat'));

Browser example

<script src="gettextlight/lib/index.js"></script>
<script>//<![CDATA[
function errorHandler(err) {
	console.log('[GetText][' + err.domain_name + '][#' + err.line + '] ' + err.message);
}

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
		window.GetText.loadDomain(po.domainName, po.content, errorHandler);
	}

	console.log(window.GetText.ngettext('person', 'persons', 12));
	console.log(window.GetText.dpgettext('domain1', 'animal', 'cat'));
}

//]]>
</script>
<!-- query some JSONP content -->
<script src="get_po_content.js?callback=on_localization_data"></script>

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", "menu items", "File");

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()