Babel Gettext Extractor

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babel-gettext-extractor

Extract gettext string with babel support syntax JSX, ES6, ... It is based on node-gettext. This is a fork of the npm module `babel-gettext-plugin` which adds support for references and runs on earlier versions of node.

Supports babel 7.

Install

`yarn add babel-gettext-extractor` or `npm install --save babel-gettext-extractor`

Node use

var babel = require("babel");

babel.transform(code, { plugins:["babel-gettext-extractor"]});

Command line use

babel --plugins babel-gettext-extractor code.js

Options

"plugins": [
  [ "babel-gettext-extractor", {
    "headers": ,
    "functionNames": ,
    "fileName": ,
    "baseDirectory": ,
    "stripTemplateLiteralIndent": 
  }]
]

headers

The headers to put in the po file.

headers: {
  "content-type": "text/plain; charset=UTF-8",
  "plural-forms": "nplurals=2; plural=(n!=1);"
}

functionNames

A list of function names to extract. The list is the definition of the parameters: `"domain"`, `"msgctxt"`, `"msgid"`, `"msgid_plural"` and `"count"`

example:

functionNames: {
  myfunction: ["msgid"]
}

fileName

The filename where the end result is placed. If you supply a function, it will receive the current file babel is working on and you can return the full path to where you want to save your translation template for this particular file.

example:

[
    require("babel-gettext-extractor"),
    {
        fileName: (file) => {
            const sourceFile = file.opts.sourceFileName;
            if (/^node_modules\//.test(sourceFile)) {