csv-i18n

Convert CSV to json translation files

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt.

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install csv-i18n --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('csv-i18n');

The "csv_json_i18n" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named csv_json_i18n to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  csv_json_i18n: {
    your_target: {
      translations:{
          key: "code", // the name of the column in the csv file which is the key of the translation
          languages: ["heb", "eng"] // the name of the column/s you wish to translate
        },
        files: {
          'tmp/i18n.json': ['test/fixtures/i18n.csv']
        }
    },
  },
})

Usage Examples

The above example, will create 2 json files: one for hebrew and one from english. It will read the file test/fixtures/i18n.csv and will create tmp/i18n.heb.json and tmp/i18n.eng.json files

If i18n.csv will look like this: code,heb,eng YES,כן,yes NO,לא,no

i18n.eng.json for example, will look like this: {"YES":"yes","NO":"no"}

You can then, obtain the translation file via require/ajax and use it with a simple translation function like this:

// obtain LANGFILE somehow...
// then:
var lang = JSON.parse(LANGFILE);
var translate = function(code) {
  if(str == "" ) return "";
  if(lang[str]) return lang[str];
}

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

v0.0.1 - first release

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Yakir. Licensed under the MIT license.