Convert a Google Spreadsheet to a localization file
Installation
npm install localize-with-spreadsheet
Example
Given a Google Spreadsheet like this:
The tool fetch the spreadsheet and write the result to a file in the Android or iOS format:
Create a file update-localization.js
var Localize = require("localize-with-spreadsheet");
var transformer = Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("0Aq6WlQdq71FydDZlaWdmMEUtc2tUb1k2cHRBS2hzd2c", '*');
transformer.setKeyCol('KEY');
transformer.save("values/strings.xml", { valueCol: "NL", format: "android" });
transformer.save("values-fr/strings.xml", { valueCol: "FR", format: "android" });
transformer.save("nl.lproj/Localizable.strings", { valueCol: "NL", format: "ios" });
transformer.save("fr.lproj/Localizable.strings", { valueCol: "FR", format: "ios" });
Run it with
node update-localization.js
Advanced
You can filter the worksheets to include with the second parameter of 'fromGoogleSpreadsheet' Ex:
Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("<Key>", '*');
Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("<Key>", ['HomeScreen, 'ContactScreen']);
Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("<Key>", [0, 2]);
Notes
- The script will preserve everything that is above the tags: < !-- AUTO-GENERATED --> or // AUTO-GENERATED
- Your spreadsheet should be "Published" for this to work
- You need to have git installed for the installation