babel

app.py

@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 from flask import Flask, Blueprint, jsonify, request, abort, render_template, flash, session, redirect, url_for
+from flask_babel import Babel, _, refresh
 from flask_compress import Compress
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from mysql.connector import errorcode
 from functools import wraps
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from pathlib import Path
+import unicodedata
 import threading
 import requests
 import secrets
 import shutil
 import zipfile
 import tarfile
-import mysql.connector
+import psycopg
 import urllib
 import functions as func
 import os
@@ -31,6 +32,25 @@ app.config.update(cfg)
 # compress to improve page load speed
 Compress(app)
 
+app.config['BABEL_DEFAULT_LOCALE'] = 'en'
+app.config['BABEL_TRANSLATION_DIRECTORIES'] = 'locales'
+# refreshing locale
+refresh()
+
+# update this once more languages are supported
+app.config['available_languages'] = {
+    "en_US": _("English (US)"),
+    "ru_RU": _("Russian")
+}
+
+def getLocale():
+    if not session.get('language'):
+        app.config.update(cfg)
+        session['language'] = cfg['languages']['default']
+    return session.get('language')
+
+babel = Babel(app, locale_selector=getLocale)
+
 # -- blueprints --
 api_bp = Blueprint('api', const.appName)
 admin_bp = Blueprint('admin', const.appName)