package main import ( "github.com/kataras/iris/v12" "github.com/kataras/iris/v12/middleware/i18n" ) func newApp() *iris.Application { app := iris.New() app.Logger().SetLevel("debug") i18nConfig := i18n.Config{ Default: "en-US", URLParameter: "lang", PathParameter: "lang", 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", }, Alternatives: map[string]string{"greek": "el-GR"}, } // See https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1369 // if you want to enable this (SEO) feature. app.WrapRouter(i18n.NewWrapper(i18nConfig)) i18nMiddleware := i18n.New(i18nConfig) app.Use(i18nMiddleware) app.Get("/", func(ctx iris.Context) { // Ir tries to find the language by: // ctx.Values().GetString("language") // if that was empty then // it tries to find from the URLParameter set on the configuration // if not found then // it tries to find the language by the "language" cookie // if didn't found then it it set to the Default set on the configuration // hi is the key, 'iris' is the %s on the .ini file // the second parameter is optional // hi := ctx.Translate("hi", "iris") // or: hi := i18n.Translate(ctx, "hi", "iris") // GetTranslateLanguageContextKey() == "language" language := ctx.Values().GetString(ctx.Application().ConfigurationReadOnly().GetTranslateLanguageContextKey()) // return is form of 'en-US' // The first succeed language found saved at the cookie with name ("language"), // you can change that by changing the value of the: iris.TranslateLanguageContextKey ctx.Writef("From the language %s translated output: %s", language, hi) }) app.Get("/some-path", func(ctx iris.Context) { ctx.Writef("%s", ctx.Translate("hi", "iris")) }) app.Get("/sitemap.xml", func(ctx iris.Context) { ctx.WriteString("sitemap") }) multiLocale := i18n.New(i18n.Config{ Default: "en-US", URLParameter: "lang", Languages: map[string]string{ "en-US": "./locales/locale_multi_first_en-US.ini, ./locales/locale_multi_second_en-US.ini", "el-GR": "./locales/locale_multi_first_el-GR.ini, ./locales/locale_multi_second_el-GR.ini", }, }) app.Get("/multi", multiLocale, func(ctx iris.Context) { language := ctx.Values().GetString(ctx.Application().ConfigurationReadOnly().GetTranslateLanguageContextKey()) fromFirstFileValue := i18n.Translate(ctx, "key1") fromSecondFileValue := i18n.Translate(ctx, "key2") ctx.Writef("From the language: %s, translated output:\n%s=%s\n%s=%s", language, "key1", fromFirstFileValue, "key2", fromSecondFileValue) }) // using in inside your templates: view := iris.HTML("./templates", ".html") app.RegisterView(view) app.Get("/templates", func(ctx iris.Context) { ctx.View("index.html", iris.Map{ "tr": ctx.Translate, // word, arguments... "trLang": ctx.TranslateLang, // locale, word, arguments... }) // it will return "hello, iris" // when {{call .tr "hi" "iris"}} }) // return app } func main() { app := newApp() // go to http://localhost:8080/el-GR/some-path // or http://localhost:8080/zh-cn/templates // or http://localhost:8080/some-path?lang=el-GR // or http://localhost:8080 (default is en-US) // or http://localhost:8080/?lang=zh-CN // // go to http://localhost:8080/multi?lang=el-GR // or http://localhost:8080/multi (default is en-US) // or http://localhost:8080/multi?lang=en-US // // or use cookies to set the language. // app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080")) }