react-redux-i18n-lite

A binding library for redux to react-i18nify-lite

Usage

First install the package.

Using yarn:

yarn add react-redux-i18n-lite

Using npm:

npm i react-redux-i18n-lite --save

redux-thunk is an implicit dependency, so you need it installed and included in your project.

To learn more about redux-thunk, refer to it's GitHub page: https://github.com/gaearon/redux-thunk

Next, load the translations to be used, for example in app.js or in your apps entry point:

import { createStore, combineReducers, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
import { loadTranslations, setLocale, syncTranslationWithStore, i18nReducer } from 'react-redux-i18n-lite';
import reducers from './reducers';
 
const translationsObject = {
  en: {
    application: {
      title: 'Awesome app with i18n!',
      hello: 'Hello, %{name}!'
    },
    date: {
      long: 'MMMM Do, YYYY'
    },
    export: 'Export %{count} items',
    export_0: 'Nothing to export',
    export_1: 'Export %{count} item',
    two_lines: 'Line 1<br />Line 2',
    literal_two_lines: 'Line 1\
Line 2'
  },
  nl: {
    application: {
      title: 'Toffe app met i18n!',
      hello: 'Hallo, %{name}!'
    },
    date: {
      long: 'D MMMM YYYY'
    },
    export: 'Exporteer %{count} dingen',
    export_0: 'Niks te exporteren',
    export_1: 'Exporteer %{count} ding',
    two_lines: 'Regel 1<br />Regel 2',
    literal_two_lines: 'Regel 1\
Regel 2'
  }
};
 
const store =  createStore(
  combineReducers({
    ...reducers,
    i18n: i18nReducer
  }),
  applyMiddleware(thunk)
);
syncTranslationWithStore(store)
store.dispatch(loadTranslations(translationsObject));
store.dispatch(setLocale('en'));
 

NB! Please note that reducer's name must be i18n! Make sure your project's reducers don't clash with it.

Components

The easiest way to translate copies in your React components is by using the Translate component, directly exported from react-i18nify-lite package:

import React from 'react';
import { Translate } from 'react-redux-i18n-lite';
 
const AwesomeComponent = () => (
  <div>
    <Translate value="application.title"/>
      // => returns '<span>Toffe app met i18n!</span>' for locale 'nl'
    <Translate value="application.title" style={{ fontWeight: 'bold', fontSize: '14px' }} />
    // => returns '<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;">Toffe app met i18n!</span>' for locale 'nl'
    <Translate value="application.hello" name="Aad"/>
      // => returns '<span>Hallo, Aad!</span>' for locale 'nl'
    <Translate value="export" count={1} />
      // => returns '<span>Exporteer 1 ding</span> for locale 'nl'
    <Translate value="export" count={2} />
      // => returns '<span>Exporteer 2 dingen</span> for locale 'nl'
    <Translate value="two_lines" dangerousHTML />
      // => returns '<span>Regel 1<br />Regel 2</span>'
  </div>
);

Keeping components updated

When the translation object or locale values are set, all instances of Translate will be re-rendered to reflect the latest state. If you choose to use I18n.t then it is up to you to handle any state changes.

If you'd rather not re-render components after setting locale or translations object, then pass false as a second argument to setLocale and/or setTranslations method call.

Helpers

If for some reason, you cannot use the components, you can use the I18n.t helper instead:

import { I18n } from 'react-redux-i18n-lite';
 
I18n.t('application.title'); // => returns 'Toffe app met i18n!' for locale 'nl'
I18n.t('application.hello', {name: 'Aad'}); // => returns 'Hallo, Aad!' for locale 'nl'
I18n.t('export', {count: 0}); // => returns 'Niks te exporteren' for locale 'nl'
I18n.t('application.weird_key'); // => returns 'Weird key' as translation is missing
I18n.t('application', {name: 'Aad'}); // => returns {hello: "Hallo, Aad!", title: "Toffe app met i18n!"} for locale 'nl'