babel-plugin-intl
Extracts string messages for translation from modules that use intl
.
Note: This Babel plugin is based on babel-plugin-react-intl and works with Babel 6.
Installation
$ npm install babel-plugin-intl
Usage
This Babel plugin only visits ES6 modules which import
intl
.
The default message descriptors for the app's default language will be extracted from intl()
, which is a default export of the intl
package.
.babelrc
(Recommended)
Via .babelrc
Options
-
messagesDir
: The target location where the plugin will output a.json
file corresponding to each call from whichintl
messages were extracted. If not provided, the extracted message descriptors will only be accessible via Babel's API. -
enforceDescriptions
: Whether or not message declarations must contain adescription
to provide context to translators. Defaults to:false
. -
moduleSourceName
: The ES6 module source name of theintl
package. Defaults to:"./intl"
, but can be changed to another name/path.
Via CLI
$ babel --plugins intl script.js
Via Node API
The extract message descriptors are available via the metadata
property on the object returned from Babel's transform()
API:
// => { code, map, ast, metadata['intl'].messages };