option

default

description

debug

false

logs info level to console output. Helps finding issues with loading not working.

option

default

description

resources

undefined

resources to initialize with (if not using loading or not appending using addResourceBundle)

lng

undefined

language to use (overrides language detection). If set to 'cimode' the output text will be the key.

Make sure you use 'en-US' language code format and not with underscore or similar.

fallbackLng

'dev'

language to use if translations in user language are not available. Setting it explicitly to false will not trigger to load the fallbackLng at all.

​Learn more.

supportedLngs

false

array of allowed languages

nonExplicitSupportedLngs

false

if true will pass eg. en-US if finding en in supportedLngs

load

'all'

language codes to lookup, given set language is 'en-US': 'all' --> ['en-US', 'en', 'dev'], 'currentOnly' --> 'en-US', 'languageOnly' --> 'en'

preload

false

array of languages to preload. Important on serverside to assert translations are loaded before rendering views.

lowerCaseLng

false

locale will be fully lowercased eg. en-US --> en-us

cleanCode

false

language will be lowercased EN --> en while leaving full locales like en-US

ns

'translation'

string or array of namespaces to load

defaultNS

'translation'

default namespace used if not passed to translation function​

fallbackNS

false

string or array of namespaces to lookup key if not found in given namespace. Learn more.

partialBundledLanguages

false

allows some resources to be set on initialization while others can be loaded using a backend connector

option

default

description

saveMissing

false

calls save missing key function on backend if key not found

updateMissing

false

experimental: enable to update default values using the saveMissing (Works only if defaultValue different from translated value. Only useful on initial development or when keeping code as source of truth not changing values outside of code. Only supported if backend supports it already)

saveMissingTo

'fallback'

'current' or 'all'

saveMissingPlurals

true

will save all plural forms instead of only singular if t was called for plurals

missingKeyHandler

false

function(lng, ns, key, fallbackValue) { } used for custom missing key handling (needs saveMissing set to true!)

parseMissingKeyHandler

noop

function(key) { // return value to display }

appendNamespaceToMissingKey

false

appends namespace to missing key

missingInterpolationHandler

noop

function(text, value) { return 'stringWithAlternativeValueOrUndefined' }; gets called in case a interpolation value is undefined. This method will not be called if the value is empty string or null

option

default

description

simplifyPluralSuffix

true

will use 'plural' as suffix for languages only having 1 plural form, setting it to false will suffix all with numbers

postProcess

false

string or array of postProcessors to apply per default

returnNull

true

allows null values as valid translation

returnEmptyString

true

allows empty string as valid translation

returnObjects

false

allows objects as valid translation result

returnedObjectHandler

noop

function(key, value, options) {} gets called if object was passed in as key but returnObjects was set to false

joinArrays

false

char, eg. '\n' that arrays will be joined by

overloadTranslationOptionHandler

function(args) { return { defaultValue: args[1] }; };

default: sets defaultValue

interpolation

{...}

see interpolation

skipInterpolation

false

Allow translate function to skip interpolation and return raw values instead

option

default

description

detection

undefined

options for language detection - check documentation of plugin

backend

undefined

options for backend - check documentation of plugin

cache

undefined

options for cache layer - check documentation of plugin

option

default

description

initImmediate

true

triggers resource loading in init function inside a setTimeout (default async behaviour). Set it to false if your backend loads resources sync - that way calling i18next.t after init is possible without relying on the init callback.

This option only works for sync (blocking) loading backend, like i18next-fs-backend and i18next-sync-fs-backend!

keySeparator

'.'

char to separate keys

(if working with a flat json, it's recommended to set keySeparator to false)

nsSeparator

':'

char to split namespace from key

pluralSeparator

'_'

char to split plural from key

contextSeparator

'_'

char to split context from key

appendNamespaceToCIMode

false

prefixes the namespace to the returned key when using lng: 'cimode'

ignoreJSONStructure

true

if a key is not found as nested key, it will try to lookup as flat key