rails_locale_detection

Compatibility: Rails 6.1–8.0, Ruby 3.1+

Sets the current locale of a request using a combination of params, cookies, http headers, and an optional user object.

In turn, it checks the value of params[:locale], cookies[:locale] and HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE headers to find a locale that corresponds to the available locales, then stores the locale in a cookie for future requests. If a user_locale method is provided, any valid return value will be used, with preference over the other locale detection methods except for params[:locale].

Usage

Include the gem in your Gemfile

gem 'rails_locale_detection'

Set your default and available locales

I18n.default_locale = :en
I18n.available_locales = [:en, :fr]

To support user locales, add a user_locale method

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  def user_locale
    current_user.locale if current_user
  end
end

Methods for accessing current_locale, available_locales, and alternate_locales are available in controller and views.

Works with both ActionController::Base and ActionController::API controllers.

Configuration

Configuration is done via a block that can be added as an initializer:

RailsLocaleDetection.config do |config|
  config.locale_expiry = 3.months
  config.set_default_url_option = :always # valid values are true, false, :always, :never and :explicitly
  config.detection_order = [:param, :user, :cookie, :request]
  config.automatically_detect = true
  config.locale_key = :locale
end

The configuration options:

locale_expiry sets how long the locale cookie lasts.
set_default_url_option determines under which conditions the default_url_option is set
- true or :always sets the option on all requests
- false or :never never sets the option
- :explicitly sets the option only when a params[:locale] is present
detection_order set the order in which locale detection occurs. Omit values to skip those sources
automatically_detect configures automatic inclusion of the detection callback. You can set this to false and include the callback yourself by calling detect_locale in your controller as required.
locale_key configures the key used for param and cookie

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

Contributing to rails_locale_detection

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Start a feature/bugfix branch
Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
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rails_locale_detection

Usage

Configuration

Changelog

Contributing to rails_locale_detection

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