Sequelize i18n

Easy internalization using Sequelize

Usage

Model definition

As usual, define your models using Sequelize. Simply set the i18n property to true to enable internationalized fields:

const product = (sequelize, DataTypes) =>
  sequelize.define('product', {
    id: {
      type: DataTypes.BIGINT,
      primaryKey: true,
      autoIncrement: true,
    },
    name: {
      type: DataTypes.STRING,
      i18n: true,
    },
    reference: {
      type: DataTypes.STRING,
    },
  }, {});

export default function(sequelize) {
  return sequelize.import('product', product);
}

Initialisation

Just set the Sequelize i18n module before importing models:

import Sequelize from 'sequelize';
import SequelizeI18N from 'sequelize-i18n';

const languages = {
  list: ['EN', 'FR', 'ES'],
  default: 'FR',
};
const sequelize = new Sequelize('db_name', 'user', 'password');
const i18n = new SequelizeI18N(sequelize, {
  languages: languages.list,
  defaultLanguage: languages.default,
});

i18n.init();

const ProductModel = sequelize.import('product', product)

Options

• languages: list of allowed languages IDs.
• defaultLanguage: default language ID.
• i18nDefaultScope: add i18n to the default model scope.
• addI18NScope: add i18n scope to model.
• injectI18NScope: inject i18n to model scopes.

Model Options

This options can be set at the model level when defining them. Those are used in the i18n parameter.

example:

i18n: {
				underscored: false,
			}

• underscored: set the value of underscored option in sequelize when generating the table name.

How it works

Sequelize i18n will check for i18n property in your model. If i18n is enabled, it will create a new table in which property's internationalized values will be stored.

Starting from the above example Product.

{
  name: {
    type: DataTypes.STRING,
    i18n: true,
  },
}

A product_i18n model will be created, with the following columns:

• id: the unique row identifier (INTEGER).
• language_id: identifies the current translation language (INTEGER or STRING).
• parent_id: the targeted product id (same as the model primary or unique key).
• name: the i18n value (same as Product.name.type).

The name property type is set to VIRTUAL. The language_id property type is added as VIRTUAL into Product.

Sequelize i18n will set hooks into models on create, find, update, and delete operations.

If language_id is added to the options of a query of type Find (FindAll, FindOne etc ...), language ID will be hard-coded for each instance in the column language_id. This way, the requested language can be used in the results (convenient for use with GraphQL for example). If the where clause includes language_id, the same behavior will happen so it does not need to be added as an option to the Find command.

Sequelize i18n will add the functions below to the model:

• getI18N(language): Get the translation row for a given language
• AddI18N(values, language): Add a new translation using a different language ID. Values represents the fields to add in the form of {field: value, field2: value}
• DeleteI18N(language): Remove the translation row for a given language.

Creation

ProductModel
  .create({
    id: 1,
    name: 'test',
    reference: 'xxx',
  })
  .then((result) => {
    // [{ name: 'test', lang: 'FR' }]
    console.info(result.product_i18n);
  });

OR

ProductModel
  .create({
    id: 1,
    name: 'test',
    reference: 'xxx',
  })
  .then((result) => {
    // [{ name: 'test', lang: 'FR' }]
    console.info(result.getI18N('FR'));
  });

Add new Translation

productInstance
  .AddI18N({name: 'test EN' }, 'EN')
  .then((result) => {
    // ...
  });

Update

productInstance
  .update({ name: 'New Name' })
  .then((result) => {
    // ...
  });

productInstance
  .update({ name: 'New Name' }, { language_id: 'EN' })
  .then((result) => {
    // ...
  });

Delete

productInstance
  .deleteI18N('EN')
  .then((result) => {
    // ...
  });

Find requests

ProductModel
  .finAll({
	  where: whereClauseObject,
	  language_id: 'EN',
  })
  .then((result) => {
    // 'EN'
    console.info(result.language_id);
  });

OR

ProductModel
  .finAll({
	  where: {
			id: 'XXXX',
			language_id: 'EN',
	  },	  
  })
  .then((result) => {
    // 'EN'
    console.info(result.language_id);
  });

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Nicolas Cava

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