@sapphire/plugin-i18next

Plugin for @sapphire/framework to support i18next based internationalization.

Description

An implementation of i18next's filesystem backend for Sapphire. It allows you to use a JSON-based languages directory to add internationalization for your bot using SapphireClient's fetchLanguage hook and a custom message extension, adding features such as sendTranslated and resolveKey.

Features

• Fully ready for TypeScript!
• Includes ESM ready entrypoint
• Framework agnostic
• Includes convenience register for discord.js

Installation

@sapphire/plugin-i18next depends on the following packages. Be sure to install these along with this package!

• @sapphire/framework
• discord.js

You can use the following command to install this package, or replace npm install with your package manager of choice.

npm install @sapphire/plugin-i18next @sapphire/framework discord.js

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Usage

This registers the methods and options necessary for message translations in the Sapphire client.

// Main bot file
// Be sure to register the plugin before instantiating the client.
import '@sapphire/plugin-i18next/register';

The basic structure of a translation file is as follows:

// languages/en-US/commands/ping.json
{
	"success": "Pong!",
	"success_with_args": "Pong! Took me {{latency}}ms to reply"
}

The resolveKey function can be used anywhere to get translated text by its key. In this example, it is used in a method to send a message.

import { resolveKey } from '@sapphire/plugin-i18next';
import { Command } from '@sapphire/framework';
import type { Message } from 'discord.js';

export class PingCommand extends Command {
	public constructor(context: Command.LoaderContext, options: Command.Options) {
		super(context, {
			...options,
			description: 'ping pong'
		});
	}

	public async messageRun(message: Message) {
		await message.channel.send(await resolveKey('commands/ping:success'));
	}
}

sendLocalized will send translated text resolved from a key to a specified channel.

import { sendLocalized } from '@sapphire/plugin-i18next';
import { Command } from '@sapphire/framework';

import type { Message } from 'discord.js';

export class PingCommand extends Command {
	public constructor(context: Command.LoaderContext, options: Command.Options) {
		super(context, {
			...options,
			description: 'ping pong'
		});
	}

	public async messageRun(message: Message) {
		await sendLocalized(message, 'commands/ping:success');
	}
}

editLocalized edits a message, replacing its content with translated text resolved from its key.

import { editLocalized } from '@sapphire/plugin-i18next';
import { Command } from '@sapphire/framework';

import type { Message } from 'discord.js';

export class PingCommand extends Command {
	public constructor(context: Command.LoaderContext, options: Command.Options) {
		super(context, {
			...options,
			description: 'ping pong'
		});
	}

	public async messageRun(message: Message) {
		await editLocalized(message, 'commands/ping:success_args', { latency: ws.ping });
	}
}

fetchLanguage returns the guild-specific language that the client is using.

import { fetchLanguage } from '@sapphire/plugin-i18next';
import { Command } from '@sapphire/framework';

import type { Message } from 'discord.js';

export class PingCommand extends Command {
	public constructor(context: Command.LoaderContext, options: Command.Options) {
		super(context, {
			...options,
			description: 'ping pong'
		});
	}

	public async messageRun(message: Message) {
		return message.channel.send(await fetchLanguage(message));
		// ===> en-US
	}
}

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