REST API localization

This is a sample spring-boot project to demonstrate how to support localization for rest API's

Blog post - https://www.rajith.me/2020/10/rest-api-localization-using-spring-boot.html

Requirements

• Java 8
• Apache Maven 3.5.0 or higher

How to Run

• Clone the project
• Build the project

mvn clean install

• Run the application

java -jar target/localization-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

Sample requests

request

curl -X GET 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/menu' 

response:

["Hot Pot","Sichuan Pork","Braised Pork Balls in Gravy","Shrimp vermicelli"] 

request

curl -X GET -H "Accept-Language: zh" 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/menu'

response:

["火锅","四川猪肉","肉汁炖猪肉丸","虾粉条"]

Reference Documentation

For further reference, please consider the following sections:

https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/context/support/ResourceBundleMessageSource.html

https://blog.usejournal.com/spring-boot-rest-internationalization-9ab3fce2489