This started as a Next.js experiment to see if we can have domain based locales with static optimization by rewriting URLs on the server to prepend the locale. We almost got it working but then Next.js v9.5.0 broke it. We gave up and just used next-i18next with a known solution to the problem.
Install and Run
- Install:
npm i - Modify your hosts file as described below.
- Start the server:
npm run dev - Open your browser to port
3000on any of the hosts from the hosts file. Example: http://nexttest.de:3000.
Key Pieces
Custom i18next Language Detector
All of the magic is done by a custom language detector in the i18n.js file. Read through the comments in that file to see how it works. The interface for the custom language detector is described here.
Hosts
This code is configured to work with the domains listed below. This is enabled for local development by modifying the hosts file.
- nexttest.com
- nexttest.es
- nexttest.de
- it.nexttest.international
- ua.nexttest.international
You can use any hosts you want as long as you configure them in the i18n.js file.