Uploading source content to Transifex

After the strings have been marked for translation in the code, you can push them to Transifex. Strings can be pushed for translation by:

• using a CLI tool that will scan the code and extract strings wrapped using the Native SDK
• programmatically, making use of the SDK itself in order to push arbitrary strings, e.g. database content

Pushing from source code using the CLI tool

First make sure that @transifex/cli library is installed either locally using the command

$ npm install @transifex/cli --save

or globally using

$ npm install -g @transifex/cli

Then call the command line using:

$ npx txjs-cli push <SRC_FOLDER> --token=<PROJECT_TOKEN> --secret=<PROJECT_SECRET>

or for global installation

$ txjs-cli push <SRC_FOLDER> --token=<PROJECT_TOKEN> --secret=<PROJECT_SECRET>

Apart from passing credentials to the command line, you can also set them as environment variables:

$ export TRANSIFEX_TOKEN=<PROJECT_TOKEN>
$ export TRANSIFEX_SECRET=<PROJECT_SECRET>
$ txjs-cli push <SRC_FOLDER>

This command works in two phases:

• First, it goes through all the files of the current directory (and subdirectories) and collects all translatable strings in memory
• Then, it contacts Transifex and pushes the strings with all the metadata to the project (and resource) that is associated with the token you have given during setup

This way, the source strings reach Transifex and become available for translation.

Push command options

Here is a full list of command line options:

USAGE
  $ txjs-cli push [PATTERN] [--dry-run] [--fake] [-v] [--purge] [--no-wait] [--token <value>] [--secret <value>] [--append-tags <value>] [--with-tags-only <value>]
    [--without-tags-only <value>] [--cds-host <value>] [--do-not-keep-translations] [--override-tags] [--parser auto|i18next|txnativejson] [--key-generator source|hash]

ARGUMENTS
  PATTERN  [default: **/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,html,vue,pug,ejs}] file pattern to scan for strings

FLAGS
  -v, --verbose                verbose output
  --append-tags=<value>        append tags to strings
  --cds-host=<value>           CDS host URL
  --do-not-keep-translations   remove translations when source strings change
  --dry-run                    dry run, do not apply changes in Transifex
  --fake                       do not push content to remote server
  --key-generator=<option>     [default: source] use hashed or source based keys
                               <options: source|hash>
  --no-wait                    disable polling for upload results
  --override-tags              override tags when pushing content
  --parser=<option>            [default: auto] file parser to use
                               <options: auto|i18next|txnativejson>
  --purge                      purge content on Transifex
  --secret=<value>             native project secret
  --token=<value>              native project public token
  --with-tags-only=<value>     push strings with specific tags
  --without-tags-only=<value>  push strings without specific tags

DESCRIPTION
  Detect and push source content to Transifex
  Parse .js, .ts, .jsx, .tsx and .html files and detect phrases marked for
  translation by Transifex Native toolkit for Javascript and
  upload them to Transifex for translation.

  To push content some environment variables must be set:
  TRANSIFEX_TOKEN=<Transifex Native Project Token>
  TRANSIFEX_SECRET=<Transifex Native Project Secret>
  (optional) TRANSIFEX_CDS_HOST=<CDS HOST>

  or passed as --token=<TOKEN> --secret=<SECRET> parameters

  Default CDS Host is https://cds.svc.transifex.net

  Examples:
  txjs-cli push -v
  txjs-cli push src/
  txjs-cli push /home/repo/src
  txjs-cli push "*.js"
  txjs-cli push --dry-run
  txjs-cli push --fake -v
  txjs-cli push --no-wait
  txjs-cli push --key-generator=hash
  txjs-cli push --append-tags="master,release:2.5"
  txjs-cli push --with-tags-only="home,error"
  txjs-cli push --without-tags-only="custom"
  txjs-cli push --token=mytoken --secret=mysecret
  txjs-cli push en.json --parser=i18next
  txjs-cli push en.json --parser=txnativejson
  TRANSIFEX_TOKEN=mytoken TRANSIFEX_SECRET=mysecret txjs-cli push

Pushing content using the SDK

The @transifex/native library can be used to push any content that could be coming from various sources, such as custom files, database etc.

Here is an example on how this can be done:

const { tx } = require('@transifex/native');

tx.init({
  token: 'token',
  secret: 'secret',
});

await tx.pushSource({
  'mykey': {
    string: 'My string',
    meta: {
      context: 'content', // optional
      developer_comment: 'developer comment', // optional
      character_limit: 10, // optional
      tags: ['tag1', 'tag2'], // optional
      occurrences: ['file.jsx', 'file2.js'], // optional
    },
  }
});

In case you are managing multiple Native projects, you can create multiple instances, for example:

const { createNativeInstance } = require('@transifex/native');

const tx = createNativeInstance({
  token: 'token',
  secret: 'secret',
});

await tx.pushSource({
  'mykey': {
    string: 'My string',
    meta: {
      context: 'content', // optional
      developer_comment: 'developer comment', // optional
      character_limit: 10, // optional
      tags: ['tag1', 'tag2'], // optional
      occurrences: ['file.jsx', 'file2.js'], // optional
    },
  }
});