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Detect browser language in javascript (utilizing lodash)
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// These window.navigator contain language information | |
// 1. languages -> Array of preferred languages (eg ["en-US", "zh-CN", "ja-JP"]) Firefox^32, Chrome^32 | |
// 2. language -> Preferred language as String (eg "en-US") Firefox^5, IE^11, Safari, | |
Chrome sends Browser UI language | |
// 3. browserLanguage -> UI Language of IE | |
// 4. userLanguage -> Language of Windows Regional Options | |
// 5. systemLanguage -> UI Language of Windows | |
var browserLanguagePropertyKeys = ['languages', 'language', 'browserLanguage', 'userLanguage', 'systemLanguage']; | |
var availableLanguages = ['de', 'en'] | |
var browserLocale = _.chain(window.navigator) | |
.pick(browserLanguagePropertyKeys) //Get only language properties | |
.values() //Get values of the properties | |
.flatten() //flatten all arrays | |
.compact() //Remove undefined values | |
.map(function (x) { | |
return x.substr(0, 2); //Shorten strings to use two chars (en-US -> en) | |
}) | |
.find(function (x) { | |
return _.contains(availableLanguages, x); //Returns first language matched in available languages | |
}) | |
.value(); |
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