Issue with getting value from i18n.__("Hello")

[nijat13]

Hello!
I've tried to use this lib in my own project. But basic configuration doesn't work for me.
Here's the language files:
locales/en.json

{
    "Hello": "Hello EN",
    ....
}

locales/de.json

{
    "Hello": "Hello DE",
    ....
}

Here's the express.js:

var i18n = new (require('i18n-2'))({
    // setup some locales - other locales default to the first locale
    locales: ['en', 'de'],
    extension: '.json',
    directory: path.join(__dirname, '/locales')
});

// Use it however you wish
console.log( 'i18n-2 Hello value: ', i18n.__("Hello") );

This console gives thee Hello instead of Hello EN.

Additionally, my i18n object looks like this:

{ devMode: true,
locales: { en: {}, de: {} },
extension: '.json',
directory: '/backend-app/dist/config/locales',
defaultLocale: 'en',
locale: 'en' }

Thanks in advance!

[iKonrad]

@nijat13 I've got exactly same issue. Have you managed to find out what the issue was?

[iKonrad]

Okay, in my case it was the missing defaultLocale setting.

But in your case (I can see that you've submitted this a few months ago but maybe someone will have a similar issue), I think you need to add a parse function that will transform your json into a JS object.

Mine looks like this:

      parse(data) {
        const parsed = JSON.parse(data.toString());
        return parsed;
      },

[rmartinez-alfredsmart]

Hi, I do have the same problem, any solution?

Thanks.