Agile Web Development with Rails, Edition 4

15.2 Task J2: translating the store front 14.5 Playtime

15.1 Task J1: Selecting the locale

Define the default and available languages.

edit config/initializers/i18n.rb
#encoding: utf-8
I18n.default_locale = :en
 
LANGUAGES = [
  ['English',                  'en'],
  ["Español".html_safe, 'es']
]

Restart the server.

Scope selected routes based on locale. Important: move to bottom!

edit config/routes.rb
Depot::Application.routes.draw do
  get 'admin' => 'admin#index'
  controller :sessions do
    get  'login' => :new
    post 'login' => :create
    delete 'logout' => :destroy
  end
 
  resources :users
  resources :products do
    get :who_bought, :on => :member
  end
 
  scope '(:locale)' do
    resources :orders
    resources :line_items
    resources :carts
    root :to => "store#index", :as => 'store'
  end
end

Default locale parameter, and set locale based on locale parameter.

edit app/controllers/application_controller.rb
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter :set_i18n_locale_from_params
  # ...
  protected
    def set_i18n_locale_from_params
      if params[:locale]
        if I18n.available_locales.include?(params[:locale].to_sym)
          I18n.locale = params[:locale]
        else
          flash.now[:notice] = 
            "#{params[:locale]} translation not available"
          logger.error flash.now[:notice]
        end
      end
    end
 
    def default_url_options
      { :locale => I18n.locale }
    end
end

Verify that the routes work.

get /en

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es translation not available

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15.2 Task J2: translating the store front 14.5 Playtime