middleware-internationalization-and-localization.md

Internationalization and Localization

This is a middleware

Tutorial

Create folder named 'locales'

///Files: 

./locales/locale_en-US.ini 
./locales/locale_el-US.ini 

Contents on locale_en-US:

hi = hello, %s

Contents on locale_el-GR:

hi = Γειά, %s

	package main

	import (
		"fmt"
		"github.com/kataras/iris"
		"github.com/kataras/iris/middleware/i18n"
	)

	func main() {

		iris.Use(i18n.I18nHandler(i18n.Options{Default: "en-US",
			Languages: map[string]string{
				"en-US": "./locales/locale_en-US.ini",
				"el-GR": "./locales/locale_el-GR.ini",
				"zh-CN": "./locales/locale_zh-CN.ini"}}))	
		// or iris.UseFunc(i18n.I18n(....))
		// or iris.Get("/",i18n.I18n(....), func (ctx *iris.Context){}) 
		
		iris.Get("/", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
			hi := ctx.GetFmt("translate")("hi", "maki") // hi is the key, 'maki' is the %s, the second parameter is optional
			language := ctx.Get("language") // language is the language key, example 'en-US'

			ctx.Write("From the language %s translated output: %s", language, hi)
		})

		iris.Listen(":8080")

    }