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Uploading source content to Transifex

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After the strings have been marked for translation in the code, you can push them to Transifex.

In order to be able to do so, first make sure that @transifex/cli library is installed either locally using the command

$ npm install @transifex/cli --save


or globally using

$ npm install -g @transifex/cli


Then call the command line using:

$ npx txjs-cli push <SRC_FOLDER> --token=<PROJECT_TOKEN> --secret=<PROJECT_SECRET>


or for global installation

$ txjs-cli push <SRC_FOLDER> --token=<PROJECT_TOKEN> --secret=<PROJECT_SECRET>


Apart from passing credentials to the command line, you can also set them as environment variables: 

$ export TRANSIFEX_TOKEN=<PROJECT_TOKEN>
$ export TRANSIFEX_SECRET=<PROJECT_SECRET>
$ txjs-cli push <SRC_FOLDER>

This command works in two phases:

  • First, it goes through all the files of the current directory (and subdirectories) and collects all translatable strings in memory
  • Then, it contacts Transifex and pushes the strings with all the metadata to the project (and resource) that is associated with the token you have given during setup

This way, the source strings reach Transifex and become available for translation.

Push command options

Here is a full list of command line options:

USAGE
  $ txjs-cli push [PATTERN]

ARGUMENTS
  PATTERN  [default: **/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}] file pattern to scan for strings

OPTIONS
  -v, --verbose                          verbose output
  --append-tags=append-tags              append tags to strings
  --cds-host=cds-host                    CDS host URL
  --dry-run                              dry run, do not push to Transifex
  --key-generator=source|hash            [default: source] use hashed or 
                                            source based keys
  --no-wait                              disable polling for upload results
  --purge                                purge content on Transifex
  --secret=secret                        native project secret
  --token=token                          native project public token
  --with-tags-only=with-tags-only        push strings with specific tags
  --without-tags-only=without-tags-only  push strings without specific tags

DESCRIPTION
  Parse .js, .ts, .jsx, .tsx and .html files and detect phrases marked for
  translation by Transifex Native toolkit for Javascript and
  upload them to Transifex for translation.

  To push content some environment variables must be set:
  TRANSIFEX_TOKEN=<Transifex Native Project Token>
  TRANSIFEX_SECRET=<Transifex Native Project Secret>
  (optional) TRANSIFEX_CDS_HOST=<CDS HOST>

  or passed as --token=<TOKEN> --secret=<SECRET> parameters

  Default CDS Host is https://cds.svc.transifex.net

  Examples:
  txjs-cli push -v
  txjs-cli push src/
  txjs-cli push /home/repo/src
  txjs-cli push "*.js"
  txjs-cli push --dry-run
  txjs-cli push --no-wait
  txjs-cli push --key-generator=hash
  txjs-cli push --append-tags="master,release:2.5"
  txjs-cli push --with-tags-only="home,error"
  txjs-cli push --without-tags-only="custom"
  txjs-cli push --token=mytoken --secret=mysecret
  TRANSIFEX_TOKEN=mytoken TRANSIFEX_SECRET=mysecret txjs-cli push

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