from babel import Locale as LC from babel import negotiate_locale from flask_babel import Babel from babel.core import UnknownLocaleError from flask import request, g from . import logger log = logger.create() babel = Babel() BABEL_TRANSLATIONS = set() @babel.localeselector def get_locale(): # if a user is logged in, use the locale from the user settings user = getattr(g, 'user', None) if user is not None and hasattr(user, "locale"): if user.name != 'Guest': # if the account is the guest account bypass the config lang settings return user.locale preferred = list() if request.accept_languages: for x in request.accept_languages.values(): try: preferred.append(str(LC.parse(x.replace('-', '_')))) except (UnknownLocaleError, ValueError) as e: log.debug('Could not parse locale "%s": %s', x, e) return negotiate_locale(preferred or ['en'], BABEL_TRANSLATIONS)