intl-generator

npm install intl-generator

This library is very good working with: https://github.com/yahoo/react-intl/ If you wan't to use it to generate your JSON file with another i18n library, you could try or just request/send a PR :)

How to use?

1 - First, you must to have an React Application and install https://github.com/yahoo/react-intl

2 - You must setup your react-intl following the documentation.

3 - Inside your ./src folder, create an _i18n folder.

4 - Now, create a setupi18n.js file in any folder of your preference with an structure like this:

!!!WARNING!!! this file won't be imported in your react application!!!

• Run this command npm install intl-generator

const { intlgeneratorSetup } = require('intl-generator')
 
const { addTranslations, exportLanguagesJSON } = intlgeneratorSetup('en-US')
 
// - Obrigatório um idioma padrão
addTranslations([
    {
        'key': 'default.yourmessagegoeshere',
        'pt-BR': 'Sua mensagem vai aqui {name}',
        'en-US': 'Your message goes here {name}',
    },
    {
        'key': 'default.welcome',
        'pt-BR': 'Bem vindo',
        'en-US': 'Welcome',
    },
    {
        'pt-BR': 'Olá mundo',
        'en-US': 'Hello World',
    }
])
 
 
exportLanguagesJSON()

That file will generate an JSON file inside ./src/_i18n/ with this structure:

####### ./src/_i18n/translations.json

{
    "en-US": {
        "default.yourmessagegoeshere": "Your message goes here {name}",
        "default.welcome": "Welcome",
        "Hello World": "Hello World"
    },
    "pt-BR": {
        "default.yourmessagegoeshere": "Sua mensagem vai aqui {name}",
        "default.welcome": "Bem vindo",
        "Hello World": "Olá mundo"
    }
}

That's exactly the format that react-intl want to translate your project.

<FormattedMessage id="Hello World"/> // Hello World / Olá Mundo
 
<FormattedMessage id="default.yourmessagegoeshere" values={{name: <b>{name}</b>}}/> // Your message goes here {name} / Sua mensagem vai aqui {name}
 

5 - To generate that JSON whenever you update the setupi18n.js with the react-scripts start command running:

• Install these two libraries npm install --save-dev concurrently nodemon;
• Add these two scripts to your package.json:

  "start": "concurrently \"react-scripts start\" \"npm run i18n:build\"",
  "i18n:build": "nodemon ./setupi18n.js",

6 - After that, update your react-intl provider to import that generated JSON:

####### ./src/_i18n/IntlProviderConfigured.js

import React from 'react';
import { addLocaleData, IntlProvider } from 'react-intl'
import en from 'react-intl/locale-data/en'
import pt from 'react-intl/locale-data/pt'
import translations from './translations.json'
 
addLocaleData([...en, ...pt])
 
 
let locale = 'pt-BR' // Build your own strategy to get the locale
// locale = 'en-US'
 
console.log('translations[locale]', translations[locale])
 
export default ({children}) => (
    <IntlProvider locale={locale} messages={translations[locale]}>
        {children}
    </IntlProvider>
)