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htmllocalizationdetect

Detecting user language and forwarding to proper lang folder

I have asked to make a URL look like: site.com/en/public/index.html There are /de/public and /ru/public folders. So on site.com I need to recognize user browser language and redirect him to his language version. (to make url look like www.site.com/en/public/index.html)

Structure looks like:

Root: en / de / ru / assets (folders that are in root folder on server) inside each (en/de/ru) folder is /public folder which contains index.html.

How can I do it?

Solution

  • Javascript:

    var language = window.navigator.userLanguage || window.navigator.language;

    window.navigator.userLanguage is IE

    navigator.language is FireFox and all other browsers

    Now use the language var to your advantage.

    Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigatorLanguage/language