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os-locale

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Get the system locale

Useful for localizing your module or app.

POSIX systems: The returned locale refers to the LC_MESSAGE category, suitable for selecting the language used in the user interface for message translation.

Install

$ npm install --save os-locale

Usage

const osLocale = require('os-locale');
 
osLocale().then(locale => {
    console.log(locale);
    //=> 'en_US' 
});

API

osLocale([options])

Returns a Promise for the locale.

osLocale.sync([options])

Returns the locale.

options

Type: Object

spawn

Type: boolean
Default: true

Set to false to avoid spawning subprocesses and instead only resolve the locale from environment variables.

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus

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locale, lang, language, system, os, string, str, user, country, id, identifier, region

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