Introduction


This package helps to handle language detection in Next.js when using static servers only.

>Error: i18n support is not compatible with next export. See here for more info on deploying: https://nextjs.org/docs/deployment

If this error message sounds familiar to you, this module may help.

Getting started

Source can be loaded via npm.

``bash


npm package


$ npm install next-language-detector
`

Usage:

A complete example can be found here.

And for a step by step guide please have a look at this tutorial.

`js
// lngDetector.js
import languageDetector from 'next-language-detector'
import i18nextConfig from '../next-i18next.config'

export default languageDetector({
supportedLngs: i18nextConfig.i18n.locales,
fallbackLng: i18nextConfig.i18n.defaultLocale
})
`

`js
// redirect.js
import { useEffect } from 'react'
import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
import lngDetector from './lngDetector'

export const useRedirect = (to) => {
const router = useRouter()
to = to || router.asPath

// language detection
useEffect(() => {
const detectedLng = lngDetector.detect()
if (to.startsWith('/' + detectedLng) && router.route === '/404') {
router.replace('/' + detectedLng + router.route)
return
}

lngDetector.cache(detectedLng)
router.replace('/' + detectedLng + to)
})

return <>
}
`

`js
// index.js
import { useRedirect } from '../lib/redirect';

export default function Redirect() {
useRedirect();
return <>;
};
``