Live Localizer

Live Localizer widget for Lit and i18n-element

Live Demo on webcomponents.org

Live Localizer applied to the Shop App

Sequential description of the animated screenshot above

Browse the Shop App with Live Localizer widget at the bottom left corner as a fab icon
Open the Live Localizer widget
Switch to the Japanese locale with pseudo-L10N
Save the working strings of the Shop App as a local XLIFF file bundle.ja.xlf
Open the local XLIFF with XLIFF editor Virtaal
Translate the local XLIFF (Actually, open the translated XLIFF shop-bundle.ja.xlf)
Drag and drop the translated XLIFF from Windows Explorer to Live Localizer widget
Load the dropped XLIFF to the running Shop App
Browse the localized Shop App
Switch to the English locale

Use Cases
Features
Supported Browsers
Install
Import
Apply
Firebase Setup (Optional)
Local XLIFF Watcher (Optional)
Build
Plans
License

Use Cases

Dispatch translation tasks via the running Web app itself
Dispatch incremental translation tasks via the running Web app itself
Check screenshots on the running Web app
Check translation progress in statistics view
Submit translations to Cloud (Firebase)
Watch Cloud to update translations in real-time

Features

Export XLIFF from the running app to a local file
Import XLIFF from a local file to the running app
Save XLIFF to Browser Storage (IndexedDB)
Load XLIFF from Browser Storage (IndexedDB)
Upload XLIFF to Cloud Storate (Firebase)
Download XLIFF from Cloud Storage (Firebase)
Show translation statistics in list view
Detect changes on Cloud Storage (Firebase) to trigger a new build
Detect changes and load Local XLIFF

Supported Browsers

Browsers	Supported Versions	Platforms
Chrome	59+	Windows 7+, macOS El Capitan 10.11+, Linux
Firefox	54+	Windows 7+, macOS El Capitan 10.11+, Linux
Safari	10.1.1 (12603.2.4)+	macOS Sierra 10.12+

Install

  npm install live-localizer

Import

Static Loading

  <script src="/node_modules/web-animations-js/web-animations-next.min.js"></script><!-- required for live-localizer -->
  <script type="module" src="live-localizer/live-localizer.js"></script>

Lazy Loading

  <script src="/node_modules/web-animations-js/web-animations-next.min.js"></script><!-- required for live-localizer -->
  <script type="module" src="live-localizer/live-localizer-lazy.js"></script>

Apply

Attach at the end of the main body element.

With Firebase Cloud Storage:

<body>
  ...
  <live-localizer>
    <!--
      Firebase Cloud Storage configuration with the example parameters for Live Localizer demo app:
      For each target app, a dedicated Firebase project has to be configured.
    -->
    <live-localizer-firebase-storage id="firebase-storage" class="storage cloud"
      auth-provider="google"
      auth-domain="live-localizer-demo.firebaseapp.com"
      database-url="https://live-localizer-demo.firebaseio.com"
      api-key="AIzaSyCjrlPhl0cLSZVRsDvuajq16vkerhcu_UM">
    </live-localizer-firebase-storage>
  </live-localizer>
</body>

Without Firebase Cloud Storage:

<body>
  ...
  <live-localizer></live-localizer>
</body>

Firebase Setup (Optional)

A dedicated Firebase project has to be set up for storing XLIFF files for the target application.

Supported Authentication Methods

Anonymous
Google (OAuth)
GitHub (OAuth)
Twitter (OAuth)

Firebase Security Rules

{
  "rules": {
    "users": {
      ".read": "auth.uid === 'xliff-watcher'",
      "$uid": {
        ".read": "$uid === auth.uid",
        ".write": "$uid === auth.uid"
      }
    }
  }
}

XLIFF Watcher (Optional)

XLIFF Watcher in the build system can detect XLIFF file changes in Firebase in realtime and trigger a new build.

See gulp fetch-xliff and gulp watch-xliff tasks in demo/gulpfile.js

Start Watching:

  gulp watch-xliff --database https://live-localizer-demo.firebaseio.com \
    --service_account ../../live-localizer-demo-service-account.json \
    --on_xliff_change 'npm run fetch-xliff && npm run demo' \
    >../../logfile.txt 2>&1 &
  tail -f ../../logfile.txt

Example XLIFF Watcher processes:

$ gulp watch-xliff --database https://live-localizer-demo.firebaseio.com \
>     --service_account ../../live-localizer-demo-service-account.json \
>     --on_xliff_change 'npm run fetch-xliff && npm run demo' # fetch-xliff options have to be configured
[10:03:02] Using gulpfile ~/WebComponents/components/live-localizer/demo/gulpfile.js
[10:03:02] Starting 'watch-xliff'...
[10:03:02] watch-xliff: Watching changes on Firebase...
[10:03:02] watch-xliff: gulp unwatch-xliff to stop the task
The 'credential' property specified in the first argument to initializeApp() is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version. You should instead use the 'firebase-admin' package. See https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup for details on how to get started.
[10:04:08] watch-xliff: Change detected on Firebase
[10:04:08] watch-xliff: Executing: npm run demo
[10:04:17] 
> live-localizer@0.0.79 demo /home/fedora/WebComponents/components/live-localizer
> cd demo && gulp

[10:04:09] Using gulpfile ~/WebComponents/components/live-localizer/demo/gulpfile.js
[10:04:09] Starting 'default'...
[10:04:09] Starting 'fetch-xliff'...
[10:04:16] By All Users:
[10:04:16] 01i7iz6EbGcYTWemYAHlgrIb7fl1.files.de date: 2017-06-13T12:11:10Z
...
[10:04:16] zsZzpSw2rNXV0YNfd0xo42L5kpL2.files.ja date: 2017-05-25T05:43:19Z
[10:04:16] By All Users in reverse chronological order:
[10:04:16] files[de][0] user: nU3pjXUSyMbn6hScNe7I2unkbOf1 date: 2017-06-22T11:32:17Z <= selected
...
[10:04:16] files[de][507] user: QFCCp3HqHCZjCaMldd95R3d5Ck12 date: 2017-02-11T15:37:19Z
[10:04:16] files[ja][0] user: YCogwiL4MKQ76fwcXXi6vlJljxG2 date: 2017-06-23T01:04:08Z <= selected
...
[10:04:16] files[ja][76] user: NUPdA2ijDFV3qSogo8VkTSfcFRx2 date: 2016-08-03T09:06:59Z
[10:04:16] files[zh-Hans][0] user: fPgOtPel47c4yjM35roNoGqw1vE2 date: 2016-08-03T09:48:28Z <= selected
[10:04:16] files[fr][0] user: v8Ny5UnVZpQw3aGcoKpNq3kkVv22 date: 2017-06-07T07:44:05Z <= selected
[10:04:16] Finished 'fetch-xliff' after 6.77 s
[10:04:16] Starting 'i18n'...
[10:04:16] I18N transform index.html
...
[10:04:16] I18N transform locales/bundle.de.json
[10:04:16] I18N transform bundle.json
[10:04:16] I18N transform locales/bundle.es.json
[10:04:16] I18N transform locales/bundle.fr.json
[10:04:16] I18N transform locales/bundle.ja.json
[10:04:16] I18N transform locales/bundle.zh-Hans.json
[10:04:16] I18N transform xliff/bundle.de.xlf
[10:04:16] I18N transform xliff/bundle.es.xlf
[10:04:16] I18N transform xliff/bundle.fr.xlf
[10:04:16] I18N transform xliff/bundle.ja.xlf
[10:04:16] I18N transform xliff/bundle.zh-Hans.xlf
[10:04:16] I18N transform 40 items
[10:04:16] Finished 'i18n' after 375 ms
[10:04:16] Finished 'default' after 7.15 s

[10:04:17] watch-xliff: The task on the XLIFF changes has finished. Continuing to watch changes on Firebase...
[10:04:48] Finished 'watch-xliff' after 1.75 min
[10:04:48] watch-xliff: stop watching xliff

Stop Watching:

  gulp unwatch-xliff

Notes on XLIFF Watcher:

Service account credentials' JSON is required for gulp watch-xliff task
--token=notoken option to use the same service account credentials for gulp fetch-xliff task as gulp watch-xliff task
- demo/getUsers.js script, which uses firebase-admin SDK, is required to use the credentials
Otherwise, firebase login:ci token from firebase-tools is required for gulp fetch-xliff task

Local XLIFF Watcher (Optional)

Local XLIFF file changes can be watched real-time via local HTTP server at http://localhost:8887/UPLOADED_XLIFF_FILE

Check "Watch and Load XLIFF" in the local file storage control panel to start watching the local XLIFF file

The following table shows triggered operations whenever the translator saves (overwrites) the local XLIFF file

Components	Operations
XLIFF Editor	Save (overwrite) the uploaded XLIFF file
`http-server`	Provide Local XLIFF Watcher with the XLIFF file status
Local XLIFF Watcher in Live Localizer	Periodically check the XLIFF file status and fetch it on its updates
`xliff-conv` in Live Localizer	Merge the XLIFF updates into the JSON data for running UI strings
Target Application	Show UI with the updated strings
Browser Storage	Automatically save the XLIFF file if "Automatic Save" is checked
Firebase Storage	Automatically upload the XLIFF file if "Automatic Save" is checked
Firebase	Notify XLIFF Watcher of a `child_changed` event for the XLIFF file updates
XLIFF Watcher (`watch-xliff` gulp task) in the build system	Detect the `child_changed` event and trigger a new build
Build system	Start a new build process including `fetch-xliff` gulp task and I18N, and deploy a new build on the development HTTP server
Development HTTP server	Provide browsers for translators with the new build
Reload button in Live Localizer	Detect the new build in 60 seconds and show the tooltip "App Updated"

HTTP Server for Local XLIFF Watcher Setup

Install NodeJS on the local host of the translator
Install the local HTTP server npm package

npm install -g http-server

For HTTP sites, start local HTTP server at http://localhost:8887 with the root folder containing the XLIFF file

http-server FOLDER_TO_CONTAIN_XLIFF -d false -c-1 -r -a localhost -p 8887 --cors=If-Modified-Since

For HTTPS sites, start local HTTPS server at https://localhost:8887 with the root folder containing the XLIFF file

Batch File to Launch local HTTPS server on Windows from Node.js command prompt: https-local-server.bat FOLDER_TO_CONTAIN_XLIFF

@echo off
if "%1"=="" echo Please specify the path to the root folder containing the target XLIFF file
if "%1"=="" echo %0 C:\Path\To\XLIFF\Folder
if "%1"=="" goto :end
if exist C:\OpenSSL-Win64 set OPENSSL_CONF=C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\openssl.cfg
if exist C:\OpenSSL-Win64 set PATH=%PATH%;C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin
if exist C:\OpenSSL-Win32 set OPENSSL_CONF=C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\openssl.cfg
if exist C:\OpenSSL-Win32 set PATH=%PATH%;C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin
if "%OPENSSL_CONF%"=="" echo Please install OpenSSL package for Windows from https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html linked from https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries
if "%OPENSSL_CONF%"=="" goto :end
if not exist demoCA mkdir demoCA
cd demoCA
if not exist newcerts mkdir newcerts
type nul >index.txt
echo 01 >serial
if not exist localhostCA.key openssl genrsa 2048 >localhostCA.key
if not exist localhostCA.csr openssl req -new -key localhostCA.key -subj "/C=JP/ST=Tokyo/O=i18n-behavior/OU=Live Localizer/CN=Live Localizer Localhost CA" -out localhostCA.csr
del /Q CAcreation
if not exist localhostCA.crt type nul >CAcreation
if not exist localhostCA.crt openssl x509 -days 3650 -sha256 -req -signkey localhostCA.key -in localhostCA.csr -out localhostCA.crt
if not exist localhost.key openssl genrsa 2048 >localhost.key
if exist localhost_csr.txt goto :csr
echo [req] >localhost_csr.txt
echo default_bits = 2048 >>localhost_csr.txt
echo prompt = no >>localhost_csr.txt
echo default_md = sha256 >>localhost_csr.txt
echo req_extensions = SAN >>localhost_csr.txt
echo distinguished_name = dn >>localhost_csr.txt
echo [dn] >>localhost_csr.txt
echo C=JP >>localhost_csr.txt
echo ST=Tokyo >>localhost_csr.txt
echo O=i18n-behavior >>localhost_csr.txt
echo OU=Live Localizer >>localhost_csr.txt
echo CN=localhost >>localhost_csr.txt
echo [SAN] >>localhost_csr.txt
echo subjectAltName=DNS:localhost >>localhost_csr.txt
:csr
if not exist localhost.csr openssl req -config localhost_csr.txt -new -sha256 -key localhost.key -out localhost.csr
openssl req -text -noout -in localhost.csr
cd ..
if not exist demoCA\localhost.crt openssl x509 -req -CA demoCA\localhostCA.crt -CAkey demoCA\localhostCA.key -CAcreateserial -out demoCA\localhost.crt -in demoCA\localhost.csr -sha256 -days 3650 -extfile demoCA\localhost_csr.txt -extensions SAN
if exist demoCA\CAcreation echo Please install the generated Localhost CA certificate as "Trusted Root Certification Authorities"
if exist demoCA\CAcreation demoCA\localhostCA.crt
echo http-server "%1" -d false -c-1 -r -a localhost -p 8887 --cors=If-Modified-Since --ssl --cert demoCA\localhost.crt --key demoCA\localhost.key
http-server "%1" -d false -c-1 -r -a localhost -p 8887 --cors=If-Modified-Since --ssl --cert demoCA\localhost.crt --key demoCA\localhost.key
:end

Script to Launch local HTTPS server on Mac: https-local-server.sh FOLDER_TO_CONTAIN_XLIFF

#!/bin/sh

if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
  echo Please specify the path to the root folder containing the target XLIFF file
  echo $0 /Path/To/XLIFF/Folder
  exit 1
fi
which openssl
if [ "$?" = "1" ]; then
  echo Please install openssl command
  exit 1
fi
mkdir -p demoCA
cd demoCA
mkdir -p newcerts
rm -f index.txt
touch index.txt
echo 01 >serial
if [ ! -e localhostCA.key ]; then
  openssl genrsa 2048 >localhostCA.key
fi
if [ ! -e localhostCA.csr ]; then
  openssl req -new -key localhostCA.key -subj "/C=JP/ST=Tokyo/O=i18n-behavior/OU=Live Localizer/CN=Live Localizer Localhost CA" -out localhostCA.csr
fi
rm -f CAcreation
if [ ! -e localhostCA.crt ]; then
  touch CAcreation
  openssl x509 -days 3650 -sha256 -req -signkey localhostCA.key -in localhostCA.csr -out localhostCA.crt
fi
if [ ! -e localhost.key ]; then
  openssl genrsa 2048 >localhost.key
fi
if [ ! -e localhost.csr ]; then
cat > localhost_csr.txt <<-EOF
[req]
default_bits = 2048
prompt = no
default_md = sha256
req_extensions = SAN
distinguished_name = dn

[dn]
C=JP
ST=Tokyo
O=i18n-behavior
OU=Live Localizer
CN=localhost

[SAN]
subjectAltName=DNS:localhost
EOF
  openssl req -config localhost_csr.txt -new -sha256 -key localhost.key -out localhost.csr
  openssl req -text -noout -in localhost.csr
fi
cd ..
if [ ! -e demoCA/localhost.crt ]; then
  openssl x509 -req -CA demoCA/localhostCA.crt -CAkey demoCA/localhostCA.key -CAcreateserial -out demoCA/localhost.crt -in demoCA/localhost.csr -sha256 -days 3650 \
  -extfile demoCA/localhost_csr.txt -extensions SAN
fi
if [ -e demoCA/CAcreation ]; then
  echo Please install the generated Localhost CA certificate demoCA/localhostCA.crt as Trusted Certificate for SSL
  if [ "`uname`" = "Darwin" ]; then
    open demoCA/localhostCA.crt
  fi
fi
echo http-server "$1" -d false -c-1 -r -a localhost -p 8887 --cors=If-Modified-Since --ssl --cert demoCA/localhost.crt --key demoCA/localhost.key
http-server "$1" -d false -c-1 -r -a localhost -p 8887 --cors=If-Modified-Since --ssl --cert demoCA/localhost.crt --key demoCA/localhost.key

Notes on Local XLIFF Watcher:

The XLIFF folder should contain only the target XLIFF file(s) for the project for security.
The HTTP server is accessible only from the localhost and disallows directory listing.
If the XLIFF file name is prefixed with an unpredictable string, it can serve as a kind of "password" to block malicious access from other local HTTP clients.
https-local-server script has to be executed in the same folder as its first execution so that it can find the generated certificates in ./demoCA folder.
To work around Issue #76, https-local-server script is required even for HTTP web applications.

Build

Bundle dependent components with `polymer-build` bundler

With lazy loader live-localizer-lazy.js, live-localizer-main.js and its dependencies are lazily loaded. The dependent components except for region flag images can be bundled with polymer-build bundler as follows.

`polymer.json` with bundled `live-localizer` dependencies: applied to I18n-ready `pwa-starter-kit`

{
  "entrypoint": "index.html",
  "shell": "preprocess/components/my-app.js",
  "sources": [
    "images/**/*",
    "preprocess/**/locales/**",
    "preprocess/bundle.json"
  ],
  "fragments": [
    "node_modules/live-localizer/live-localizer-main.js"
  ],
  "extraDependencies": [
    "manifest.json",
    "node_modules/@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/**",
    "node_modules/web-animations-js/web-animations-next.min.js",
    "node_modules/region-flags/png/**",
    "push-manifest.json"
  ],
  "builds": [
    {
      "name": "esm-bundled",
      "browserCapabilities": [
        "es2015",
        "modules"
      ],
      "js": {
        "minify": true
      },
      "css": {
        "minify": true
      },
      "html": {
        "minify": true
      },
      "bundle": true,
      "addServiceWorker": true
    }
  ],
  "moduleResolution": "node",
  "npm": true
}

`live-localizer-lazy.js` has to be imported from the main shell to be bundled properly

diff --git a/src/components/my-app.js b/src/components/my-app.js
index bc4a154..69f43ba 100644
--- a/src/components/my-app.js
+++ b/src/components/my-app.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import '@polymer/app-layout/app-toolbar/app-toolbar.js';
 import { menuIcon } from './my-icons.js';
 import './snack-bar.js';
 
+import 'live-localizer/live-localizer-lazy.js';
+
 class MyApp extends connect(store)(i18n(LitElement)) {
   static get importMeta() {
     return import.meta;
diff --git a/preprocess/components/my-app.js b/preprocess/components/my-app.js
index 54a1f03..0dbd10c 100644
--- a/preprocess/components/my-app.js
+++ b/preprocess/components/my-app.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import '@polymer/app-layout/app-scroll-effects/effects/waterfall.js';
 import '@polymer/app-layout/app-toolbar/app-toolbar.js';
 import { menuIcon } from './my-icons.js';
 import './snack-bar.js';
+import 'live-localizer/live-localizer-lazy.js';
 class MyApp extends connect(store)(i18n(LitElement)) {
   static get importMeta() {
     return import.meta;

Plans

TBD

License

BSD-2-Clause

live-localizer

Live Localizer

Live Localizer applied to the Shop App

Sequential description of the animated screenshot above

Table of Contents

Use Cases

Features

Supported Browsers

Install

Import

Static Loading

Lazy Loading

Apply

With Firebase Cloud Storage:

Without Firebase Cloud Storage:

Firebase Setup (Optional)

Supported Authentication Methods

Firebase Security Rules

XLIFF Watcher (Optional)

Start Watching:

Stop Watching:

Notes on XLIFF Watcher:

Local XLIFF Watcher (Optional)

HTTP Server for Local XLIFF Watcher Setup

Notes on Local XLIFF Watcher:

Build

Bundle dependent components with polymer-build bundler

polymer.json with bundled live-localizer dependencies: applied to I18n-ready pwa-starter-kit

live-localizer-lazy.js has to be imported from the main shell to be bundled properly

Plans

License

Keywords

Install

Repository

Homepage

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Version

License

Unpacked Size

Total Files

Last publish

Collaborators

Bundle dependent components with `polymer-build` bundler

`polymer.json` with bundled `live-localizer` dependencies: applied to I18n-ready `pwa-starter-kit`

`live-localizer-lazy.js` has to be imported from the main shell to be bundled properly

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