Accept Language
A tiny library for parsing the Accept-Language
header from browsers (as defined in RFC 2616).
Status
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'accept_language'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install accept_language
Usage
It's intended to be used in a Web server that supports some level of internationalization (i18n), but can be used anytime an Accept-Language
header string is available.
Examples:
AcceptLanguage.parse('da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7') # => {:da=>1.0, :"en-gb"=>0.8, :en=>0.7}
AcceptLanguage.parse('fr-CH, fr;q=0.9, en;q=0.8, de;q=0.7, *;q=0.5') # => {:"fr-ch"=>1.0, :fr=>0.9, :en=>0.8, :de=>0.7, :*=>0.5}
In order to help facilitate better i18n, a method is provided to return the intersection of the languages the user prefers and the languages your application supports.
Examples:
AcceptLanguage.intersection('da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7', :ja, :ro, :da) # => :da
AcceptLanguage.intersection('da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7', :ja, :ro) # => nil
AcceptLanguage.intersection('fr-CH', :fr, two_letter_truncate: false) # => nil
AcceptLanguage.intersection('fr-CH', :fr, two_letter_truncate: true) # => :fr
AcceptLanguage.intersection('de, zh;q=0.4, fr;q=0', :fr) # => nil
AcceptLanguage.intersection('de, zh;q=0.4, *;q=0.5, fr;q=0', :fr) # => nil
AcceptLanguage.intersection('de, zh;q=0.4, *;q=0.5, fr;q=0', :ar) # => :ar
Rails integration example
# app/controllers/application_controller.rb
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
before_action :best_locale_from_request!
def best_locale_from_request!
I18n.locale = best_locale_from_request
end
def best_locale_from_request
return I18n.default_locale unless request.headers.key?('HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE')
string = request.headers.fetch('HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE')
locale = AcceptLanguage.intersection(string, I18n.default_locale, *I18n.available_locales)
# If the server cannot serve any matching language,
# it can theoretically send back a 406 (Not Acceptable) error code.
# But, for a better user experience, this is rarely done and more
# common way is to ignore the Accept-Language header in this case.
return I18n.default_locale if locale.nil?
locale
end
end
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/cyril/accept_language.rb. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
Versioning
AcceptLanguage uses Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Code of Conduct
Everyone interacting in the AcceptLanguage project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.