equal-jade•3mo ago

I18n locale in database

Where to retrieve and set locale in a refine application so it's using the user's defined locale from his user object in database ?

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kapa.ai•3mo ago

Hi @quick691. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- To retrieve and set the locale in a Refine application based on the user's defined locale stored in the database, you can follow these steps: 1. Retrieve the user's locale from the database when the user logs in or when your application initializes. 2. Set up your i18nProvider to use this locale. You can do this in your App.tsx file where you configure the Refine component. Here's an example of how you might set this up:

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();

  // Assume this function fetches the user's locale from your database
  const getUserLocale = async () => {
    // Implementation to fetch user locale from database
    return "en"; // Example return value
  };

  const i18nProvider = {
    translate: (key: string, params: object) => t(key, params),
    changeLocale: async (lang: string) => {
      await i18n.changeLanguage(lang);
      // Here you could also update the user's locale in the database if needed
    },
    getLocale: () => i18n.language,
  };

  // Use an effect to set the initial locale
  React.useEffect(() => {
    getUserLocale().then(locale => {
      i18nProvider.changeLocale(locale);
    });
  }, []);

  return (
    <Refine
      i18nProvider={i18nProvider}
      // ... other Refine props
    />
  );
};

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();

  // Assume this function fetches the user's locale from your database
  const getUserLocale = async () => {
    // Implementation to fetch user locale from database
    return "en"; // Example return value
  };

  const i18nProvider = {
    translate: (key: string, params: object) => t(key, params),
    changeLocale: async (lang: string) => {
      await i18n.changeLanguage(lang);
      // Here you could also update the user's locale in the database if needed
    },
    getLocale: () => i18n.language,
  };

  // Use an effect to set the initial locale
  React.useEffect(() => {
    getUserLocale().then(locale => {
      i18nProvider.changeLocale(locale);
    });
  }, []);

  return (
    <Refine
      i18nProvider={i18nProvider}
      // ... other Refine props
    />
  );
};

In this setup, the getUserLocale function would be responsible for retrieving the user's locale from your database. You would need to implement this function according to your specific database and authentication setup. The changeLocale method in the i18nProvider could also be extended to update the user's locale in the database if you want to allow users to change their language preference within the application. Remember to ensure that your i18n setup (like the one shown in the i18n Provider documentation (https://refine.dev/docs/guides-concepts/i18n/#i18n-provider)) supports all the locales that your users might have stored in the database. This approach allows you to initialize the application with the user's preferred locale from the database, and provides methods to change and retrieve the locale as needed throughout your application. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•3mo ago

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extended-salmon•3mo ago

Hey @quick691, that's a good use case. Are you using vite or nextjs? actually, I believe kapa.ai answer is very good

I18n locale in database

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