lenticular_cloud2/lenticular_cloud/translations/__init__.py

from flask import g, request, Flask
from flask_babel import Babel
from flask_login import current_user
from typing import Optional
from lenticular_cloud.model import db, User

LANGUAGES = {
    'en': 'English',
    'de': 'Deutsch'
}

babel = Babel()


@babel.localeselector
def get_locale() -> str:
    # if a user is logged in, use the locale from the user settings
    user = current_user # type: Optional[User]
    return 'de'

    # prefer lang argument
    if 'lang' in request.args:
        lang = request.args['lang'] # type: str
        if lang in LANGUAGES:
            if not isinstance(user, User):
                    return lang
            user.locale = lang
            db.session.commit()

    if isinstance(user, User):
        return user.locale
    # otherwise try to guess the language from the user accept
    # header the browser transmits.  We support de/fr/en in this
    # example.  The best match wins.
    return request.accept_languages.best_match(['de'])

@babel.timezoneselector
def get_timezone() -> Optional[str]:
#       user = getattr(g, 'user', None)
#       if user is not None:
#           return user.timezone
    return None

def init_babel(app: Flask) -> None:

    babel.init_app(app)

    @app.context_processor
    def get_locale_jinja() -> dict:
        def get_locale_() -> str:
            return get_locale()

        return dict(get_locale=get_locale_)
    return None