Ng2 Intl

Inspired by ng2-translate (setup is similary) and react-intl (same api)

Internationalize Angular2 apps. This library provides angular2 components, pipe and an API to format dates, numbers, and strings, including pluralization and handling translations.

Overview

Ng2 Intl use FormatJS. It provides bindings to angular 2 via its components, pipe and API.

Features

• Display numbers with separators.
• Display dates and times correctly.
• Display dates relative to "now".
• Pluralize labels in strings.
• Support for 150+ languages.
• Runs in the browser and Node.js.
• Built on standards.

Installation

First you need to install the npm module:

npm install ng2-intl --save

Usage

1. Import the IntlModule:

Finally, you can use ng2-intl in your Angular 2 project. It is recommended to import IntlModule.forRoot() in the NgModule of your application.

The forRoot method is a convention for modules that provide a singleton service (such as the Angular 2 Router), you can also use it to configure the IntlModule loader. By default it will use the IntlStaticLoader, but you can provide another loader instead as a parameter of this method (see below Write & use your own loader).

For now ng2-intl requires HttpModule from @angular/http (this will change soon).

import {BrowserModule} from "@angular/platform-browser";
import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
import {HttpModule} from '@angular/http';
import {IntlModule} from 'ng2-intl';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        HttpModule,
        IntlModule.forRoot()
    ],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {
}

If you have multiple NgModules and you use one as a shared NgModule (that you import in all of your other NgModules), don't forget that you can use it to export the IntlModule that you imported in order to avoid having to import it multiple times.

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        HttpModule,
        IntlModule.forRoot()
    ],
    exports: [BrowserModule, HttpModule, IntlModule],
})
export class SharedModule {
}

By default, only the IntlStaticLoader is available. It will search for files in i18n/*.json, if you want you can customize this behavior by changing the default prefix/suffix:

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        HttpModule,
        IntlModule.forRoot({ 
          provide: IntlLoader,
          useFactory: (http: Http) => new IntlStaticLoader(http, '/assets/i18n', '.json'),
          deps: [Http]
        })
    ],
    exports: [BrowserModule, HttpModule, IntlModule],
})
export class SharedModule {
}

2. Init the IntlService for your application:

import {Component} from '@angular/core';
import {IntlService} from 'ng2-intl';

@Component({
    selector: 'app',
    template: `
        <div>{{ 'HELLO' | formattedMessage:{values: param} }}</div>
    `
})
export class AppComponent {
    param: string = "world";

    constructor(intlService: IntlService) {
        // this language will be used as a fallback when a translation isn't found in the current language
        intlService.setDefaultLang('en');
		
		// initialize the download of the default lang
		intlService.start();

         // the lang to use, if the lang isn't available, it will use the current loader to get them
        intlService.use('fr');
    }
}

Write & use your own loader

If you want to write your own loader, you need to create a class that implements IntlLoader. The only required method is getTranslation that must return an Observable. If your loader is synchronous, just use Observable.of to create an observable from your static value.

Example

class CustomLoader implements IntlLoader {
    getTranslation(lang: string): Observable<any> {
        return Observable.of({"KEY": "Value"});
    }
}

Once you've defined your loader, you can provide it in your NgModule by adding it to its providers property. Don't forget that you have to import IntlModule as well:

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        IntlModule.forRoot({ provide: IntlLoader, useClass: CustomLoader })
    ],
    exports: [IntlModule],
})
export class SharedModule {
}

How to handle missing translations

You can setup a provider for MissingTranslationHandler in the bootstrap of your application (recommended), or in the providers property of a component. It will be called when the requested translation is not available. The only required method is handle where you can do whatever you want. If this method returns a value or an observable (that should return a string), then this will be used. Just don't forget that it will be called synchronously from the instant method.

Example:

Create a Missing Translation Handler

import {MissingTranslationHandler, MissingTranslationHandlerParams} from 'ng2-intl';

export class MyMissingTranslationHandler implements MissingTranslationHandler {
  handle(params: MissingTranslationHandlerParams) {
      return 'some value';
  }
}

Setup the Missing Translation Handler in your NgModule (recommended) by adding it to its providers property:

{ provide: MissingTranslationHandler, useClass: MyMissingTranslationHandler }