Quick Start

# npm
npm install pofile-ts

# pnpm
pnpm add pofile-ts

# yarn
yarn add pofile-ts

import { parsePo } from "pofile-ts"

const po = parsePo(`
msgid "Hello"
msgstr "Hallo"
`)

console.log(po.items[0].msgid) // "Hello"
console.log(po.items[0].msgstr) // ["Hallo"]

import { createPoFile, createItem, stringifyPo } from "pofile-ts"

const po = createPoFile()
po.headers["Content-Type"] = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"

const item = createItem()
item.msgid = "Welcome"
item.msgstr = ["Willkommen"]
po.items.push(item)

console.log(stringifyPo(po))

import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises"
import { parsePo, stringifyPo } from "pofile-ts"

// Load from file
const content = await readFile("messages.po", "utf-8")
const po = parsePo(content)

// Save to file
await writeFile("output.po", stringifyPo(po))

import { createItem } from "pofile-ts"

const item = createItem()
item.msgid = "One item"
item.msgid_plural = "{count} items"
item.msgstr = [
  "Ein Element", // singular
  "{count} Elemente" // plural
]

po.items.push(item)