A small effort in making a plugin which helps you detect the users preferred language, as sent by the HTTP header.
-= Features
+== Features
* Splits the http-header into languages specified by the user
* Returns empty array if header is illformed.
* Gives compatible languages
See also: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html
-= Example
+== Example
class SomeController < ApplicationController
def some_action
request.preferred_language_from(available)
# => 'nl-BE'
- request.user_preferred_language
+ request.user_preferred_languages
# => [ 'en-GB']
available = %w{en-US}
request.compatible_language_from(available)
end
end
-= Changenotes
+== Installation
+
+Install the gem <tt>http_accept_language</tt>, require it in your Rails app.
+
+== Changelog
-2009-03-12: Rails 2.3 compatible
+* 2010-01-05: Gem release
+* 2009-03-12: Rails 2.3 compatible
-Copyright (c) 2008 Iain Hecker, released under the MIT license
+Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Iain Hecker, released under the MIT license