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23 lines
494 B
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title: detectLanguage
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tags: browser,intermediate
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---
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Detects what the language of the current user is.
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- Retrieve the current language by looking in several places of the navigator object.
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```js
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const detectLanguage = () => {
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if (navigator.languages && navigator.languages.length) {
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return navigator.languages[0];
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} else {
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return navigator.userLanguage || navigator.language || navigator.browserLanguage || 'en-US';
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}
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};
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```
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```js
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detectLanguage(); // "nl-NL"
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```
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