Convert a Google Spreadsheet to a localization file

Installation

Init package.json if not already created.

npm init

Add the dependency to package.json

"dependencies": {
	"localize-with-spreadsheet": "git://github.com/aardouin/localize-with-spreadsheet#1.2"
}

Run npm install

Example

Given a Google Spreadsheet like this:

The tool fetch the spreadsheet and write the result to a file in the Android or iOS format:

Create a file update-localization.js

var Localize = require("localize-with-spreadsheet");
var transformer = Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("0Aq6WlQdq71FydDZlaWdmMEUtc2tUb1k2cHRBS2hzd2c", '*');
transformer.setKeyCol('KEY');

transformer.save("values/strings.xml", { valueCol: "NL", format: "android" });
transformer.save("values-fr/strings.xml", { valueCol: "FR", format: "android" });

transformer.save("nl.lproj/Localizable.strings", { valueCol: "NL", format: "ios" });
transformer.save("fr.lproj/Localizable.strings", { valueCol: "FR", format: "ios" });

Run it with

node update-localization.js

Advanced

You can filter the worksheets to include with the second parameter of 'fromGoogleSpreadsheet' Ex:

Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("<Key>", '*');
Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("<Key>", ['HomeScreen, 'ContactScreen']);
Localize.fromGoogleSpreadsheet("<Key>", [0, 2]);

Notes

• The script will preserve everything that is above the tags: < !-- AUTO-GENERATED --> or // AUTO-GENERATED
• Your spreadsheet should be "Published" for this to work
• You need to have git installed for the installation