Muffin-Babel

Muffin-Babel is an extension for the Muffin web framework that adds internationalization (i18n) support using Babel.

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Requirements

• Python >= 3.10

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Installation

Install via pip:

pip install muffin-babel

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Usage

Basic Setup

import muffin
import muffin_babel

app = muffin.Application("example")

# Initialize the plugin
babel = muffin_babel.Plugin()
babel.setup(app, local_folders=["src/locale"])

Inside a Route

@app.route("/")
async def index(request):
    assert babel.current_locale
    return babel.gettext("Hello World!")

Locale Selector

By default, locale is detected via the Accept-Language header. You can override it:

@babel.locale_selector
async def get_locale(request):
    return request.query.get("lang") or await muffin_babel.select_locale_by_request(request, default="en")

Direct Use

@app.route("/")
def index(request):
    return babel.gettext("Hello!")

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Jinja2 Integration

If you're using the muffin-jinja2 plugin, Muffin-Babel automatically injects gettext and ngettext functions into your Jinja2 templates.

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Plugin Options

Option	Default	Description
AUTO_DETECT_LOCALE	True	Middleware for automatic locale detection
CONFIGURE_JINJA2	True	Enable i18n support in Jinja2 templates
DEFAULT_LOCALE	"en"	Default fallback locale
DOMAIN	"messages"	Default domain name for translation files
SOURCES_MAP	—	File pattern to extractor method mapping
OPTIONS_MAP	—	Options for extractor (e.g., encoding)
LOCAL_FOLDERS	["locales"]	Folders to search for translation files

Options can be passed directly during setup:

babel.setup(app, default_locale="fr")

Or set via Muffin application config using the BABEL_ prefix:

BABEL_DEFAULT_LOCALE = "fr"

Note: Muffin config keys are case-insensitive.

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Commands

The plugin adds commands to your Muffin app for message management.

Extract Messages

Extract localizable strings from your app source:

$ muffin app_package babel_extract_messages [OPTIONS] appdir

Compile Messages

Compile .po files into .mo binaries:

$ muffin app_package babel_compile_messages [OPTIONS]

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Export as CSV

You can also export your .po files to CSV:

$ muffin app_package babel_export_csv

This helps with sending strings to translators or spreadsheets.

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Contributing

Development happens at: https://github.com/klen/muffin-babel

Feel free to open issues or pull requests.

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Bug Tracker

Found a bug? Have a suggestion? Report it here: 👉 https://github.com/klen/muffin-babel/issues

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License

Licensed under the MIT license

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Author

klen (Kirill Klenov)