Localization API
The Localization API provides access to the buyer's language, currency, country, and timezone during checkout. Use this API to translate strings into the buyer's language; format numbers, currency, and dates; and adapt your extension to different regions.
translate() reads keys only from your extension's locale files. It doesn't have access to the shop's theme translations or other extensions' locale data.
Anchor to Use casesUse cases
- Translate extension text: Define locale files and render translated strings, including dynamic values and pluralization.
- Format numbers, currency, and dates: Display values formatted for the buyer's locale.
- Adapt to the buyer's region: Read
shopify.localization.countryandshopify.localization.currencyto adjust your extension's behavior for different regions. - Check the active extension language: Check which language your extension is actually rendering in to serve correct locale-specific content from your own backend.
Supported targets
- purchase.
address-autocomplete. format-suggestion - purchase.
address-autocomplete. suggest - purchase.
checkout. actions. render-before - purchase.
checkout. block. render - purchase.
checkout. cart-line-item. render-after - purchase.
checkout. cart-line-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. chat. render - purchase.
checkout. contact. render-after - purchase.
checkout. delivery-address. render-after - purchase.
checkout. delivery-address. render-before - purchase.
checkout. footer. render-after - purchase.
checkout. header. render-after - purchase.
checkout. payment-method-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. payment-method-list. render-before - purchase.
checkout. pickup-location-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. pickup-location-list. render-before - purchase.
checkout. pickup-location-option-item. render-after - purchase.
checkout. pickup-point-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. pickup-point-list. render-before - purchase.
checkout. reductions. render-after - purchase.
checkout. reductions. render-before - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-item. details. render - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-item. render-after - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-list. render-before - purchase.
thank-you. announcement. render - purchase.
thank-you. block. render - purchase.
thank-you. cart-line-item. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. cart-line-list. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. chat. render - purchase.
thank-you. customer-information. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. footer. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. header. render-after
Supported targets
- purchase.
address-autocomplete. format-suggestion - purchase.
address-autocomplete. suggest - purchase.
checkout. actions. render-before - purchase.
checkout. block. render - purchase.
checkout. cart-line-item. render-after - purchase.
checkout. cart-line-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. chat. render - purchase.
checkout. contact. render-after - purchase.
checkout. delivery-address. render-after - purchase.
checkout. delivery-address. render-before - purchase.
checkout. footer. render-after - purchase.
checkout. header. render-after - purchase.
checkout. payment-method-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. payment-method-list. render-before - purchase.
checkout. pickup-location-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. pickup-location-list. render-before - purchase.
checkout. pickup-location-option-item. render-after - purchase.
checkout. pickup-point-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. pickup-point-list. render-before - purchase.
checkout. reductions. render-after - purchase.
checkout. reductions. render-before - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-item. details. render - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-item. render-after - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-list. render-after - purchase.
checkout. shipping-option-list. render-before - purchase.
thank-you. announcement. render - purchase.
thank-you. block. render - purchase.
thank-you. cart-line-item. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. cart-line-list. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. chat. render - purchase.
thank-you. customer-information. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. footer. render-after - purchase.
thank-you. header. render-after
Anchor to Properties and methodsProperties and methods
The shopify global object provides localization and internationalization capabilities for the current checkout. Access the following properties and methods on shopify to read the buyer's language, currency, country, and timezone, and to translate and format content. Available to purchase extension targets.
- Anchor to i18ni18ni18nI18nI18nrequiredrequired
Utilities for translating strings, formatting currencies, numbers, and dates according to the buyer's locale. Use alongside
localizationto build fully localized extensions.- Anchor to localizationlocalizationlocalizationLocalizationLocalizationrequiredrequired
The buyer's language, country, currency, and timezone context. For formatting and translation helpers, use the
i18nobject instead.
I18n
Utilities for translating strings, formatting currencies, numbers, and dates according to the buyer's locale. Use the I18n API alongside the Localization API to build fully localized extensions.
- formatCurrency
Returns a localized currency value. This function behaves like the standard `Intl.NumberFormat()` with a style of `currency` applied. It uses the buyer's locale by default.
(number: number | bigint, options?: { inExtensionLocale?: boolean; } & NumberFormatOptions) => string - formatDate
Returns a localized date value. This function behaves like the standard [`Intl.DateTimeFormat()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/DateTimeFormat) and uses the buyer's locale by default. Formatting [options](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/DateTimeFormat#using_options) can be passed in as options.
(date: Date, options?: { inExtensionLocale?: boolean; } & DateTimeFormatOptions) => string - formatNumber
Returns a localized number. This function behaves like the standard `Intl.NumberFormat()` with a style of `decimal` applied. It uses the buyer's locale by default.
(number: number | bigint, options?: { inExtensionLocale?: boolean; } & NumberFormatOptions) => string - translate
Returns translated content in the buyer's locale, as supported by the extension. - `options.count` is a special numeric value used in pluralization. - The other option keys and values are treated as replacements for interpolation. - If the replacements are all primitives, then `translate()` returns a single string. - If replacements contain UI components, then `translate()` returns an array of elements.
I18nTranslate
I18nTranslate
Translates a key from your extension's locale files into a localized string. Supports interpolation with placeholder replacements and pluralization via the special `count` option.
Localization
- country
The country context of the checkout. This value carries over from the context of the cart, where it was used to contextualize the storefront experience. If the country is unknown, then the value is undefined.
Country | undefined - currency
The currency that the customer sees for money amounts in the checkout.
Currency - extensionLanguage
This is the customer's language, as supported by the extension. If the customer's actual language is not supported by the extension, then this is the language that is used for translations. For example, if the customer's language is 'fr-CA' but your extension only supports translations for 'fr', then the `isoCode` for this language is 'fr'. If your extension does not provide french translations at all, then this value is the default locale for your extension (that is, the one matching your .default.json file).
Language - language
The language the customer sees in the checkout.
Language - market
The [market](/docs/apps/markets) context of the checkout. This value carries over from the context of the cart, where it was used to contextualize the storefront experience. If the market is unknown, then the value is undefined.
Market | undefined - timezone
The buyer’s time zone.
Timezone
Country
A buyer's country, identified by its ISO country code.
- isoCode
The two-letter country code in [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) format.
CountryCode
CountryCode
'AC' | 'AD' | 'AE' | 'AF' | 'AG' | 'AI' | 'AL' | 'AM' | 'AN' | 'AO' | 'AR' | 'AT' | 'AU' | 'AW' | 'AX' | 'AZ' | 'BA' | 'BB' | 'BD' | 'BE' | 'BF' | 'BG' | 'BH' | 'BI' | 'BJ' | 'BL' | 'BM' | 'BN' | 'BO' | 'BQ' | 'BR' | 'BS' | 'BT' | 'BV' | 'BW' | 'BY' | 'BZ' | 'CA' | 'CC' | 'CD' | 'CF' | 'CG' | 'CH' | 'CI' | 'CK' | 'CL' | 'CM' | 'CN' | 'CO' | 'CR' | 'CU' | 'CV' | 'CW' | 'CX' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DE' | 'DJ' | 'DK' | 'DM' | 'DO' | 'DZ' | 'EC' | 'EE' | 'EG' | 'EH' | 'ER' | 'ES' | 'ET' | 'FI' | 'FJ' | 'FK' | 'FO' | 'FR' | 'GA' | 'GB' | 'GD' | 'GE' | 'GF' | 'GG' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GL' | 'GM' | 'GN' | 'GP' | 'GQ' | 'GR' | 'GS' | 'GT' | 'GW' | 'GY' | 'HK' | 'HM' | 'HN' | 'HR' | 'HT' | 'HU' | 'ID' | 'IE' | 'IL' | 'IM' | 'IN' | 'IO' | 'IQ' | 'IR' | 'IS' | 'IT' | 'JE' | 'JM' | 'JO' | 'JP' | 'KE' | 'KG' | 'KH' | 'KI' | 'KM' | 'KN' | 'KP' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'KY' | 'KZ' | 'LA' | 'LB' | 'LC' | 'LI' | 'LK' | 'LR' | 'LS' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'LV' | 'LY' | 'MA' | 'MC' | 'MD' | 'ME' | 'MF' | 'MG' | 'MK' | 'ML' | 'MM' | 'MN' | 'MO' | 'MQ' | 'MR' | 'MS' | 'MT' | 'MU' | 'MV' | 'MW' | 'MX' | 'MY' | 'MZ' | 'NA' | 'NC' | 'NE' | 'NF' | 'NG' | 'NI' | 'NL' | 'NO' | 'NP' | 'NR' | 'NU' | 'NZ' | 'OM' | 'PA' | 'PE' | 'PF' | 'PG' | 'PH' | 'PK' | 'PL' | 'PM' | 'PN' | 'PS' | 'PT' | 'PY' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RS' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'SA' | 'SB' | 'SC' | 'SD' | 'SE' | 'SG' | 'SH' | 'SI' | 'SJ' | 'SK' | 'SL' | 'SM' | 'SN' | 'SO' | 'SR' | 'SS' | 'ST' | 'SV' | 'SX' | 'SY' | 'SZ' | 'TA' | 'TC' | 'TD' | 'TF' | 'TG' | 'TH' | 'TJ' | 'TK' | 'TL' | 'TM' | 'TN' | 'TO' | 'TR' | 'TT' | 'TV' | 'TW' | 'TZ' | 'UA' | 'UG' | 'UM' | 'US' | 'UY' | 'UZ' | 'VA' | 'VC' | 'VE' | 'VG' | 'VN' | 'VU' | 'WF' | 'WS' | 'XK' | 'YE' | 'YT' | 'ZA' | 'ZM' | 'ZW' | 'ZZ'Currency
- isoCode
The three-letter currency code in [ISO 4217](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217) format, such as `'USD'`, `'EUR'`, or `'CAD'`.
CurrencyCode
CurrencyCode
'AED' | 'AFN' | 'ALL' | 'AMD' | 'ANG' | 'AOA' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'AWG' | 'AZN' | 'BAM' | 'BBD' | 'BDT' | 'BGN' | 'BHD' | 'BIF' | 'BMD' | 'BND' | 'BOB' | 'BOV' | 'BRL' | 'BSD' | 'BTN' | 'BWP' | 'BYN' | 'BZD' | 'CAD' | 'CDF' | 'CHE' | 'CHF' | 'CHW' | 'CLF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'COU' | 'CRC' | 'CUC' | 'CUP' | 'CVE' | 'CZK' | 'DJF' | 'DKK' | 'DOP' | 'DZD' | 'EGP' | 'ERN' | 'ETB' | 'EUR' | 'FJD' | 'FKP' | 'GBP' | 'GEL' | 'GHS' | 'GIP' | 'GMD' | 'GNF' | 'GTQ' | 'GYD' | 'HKD' | 'HNL' | 'HRK' | 'HTG' | 'HUF' | 'IDR' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'IQD' | 'IRR' | 'ISK' | 'JMD' | 'JOD' | 'JPY' | 'KES' | 'KGS' | 'KHR' | 'KMF' | 'KPW' | 'KRW' | 'KWD' | 'KYD' | 'KZT' | 'LAK' | 'LBP' | 'LKR' | 'LRD' | 'LSL' | 'LYD' | 'MAD' | 'MDL' | 'MGA' | 'MKD' | 'MMK' | 'MNT' | 'MOP' | 'MRU' | 'MUR' | 'MVR' | 'MWK' | 'MXN' | 'MXV' | 'MYR' | 'MZN' | 'NAD' | 'NGN' | 'NIO' | 'NOK' | 'NPR' | 'NZD' | 'OMR' | 'PAB' | 'PEN' | 'PGK' | 'PHP' | 'PKR' | 'PLN' | 'PYG' | 'QAR' | 'RON' | 'RSD' | 'RUB' | 'RWF' | 'SAR' | 'SBD' | 'SCR' | 'SDG' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'SHP' | 'SLL' | 'SOS' | 'SRD' | 'SSP' | 'STN' | 'SVC' | 'SYP' | 'SZL' | 'THB' | 'TJS' | 'TMT' | 'TND' | 'TOP' | 'TRY' | 'TTD' | 'TWD' | 'TZS' | 'UAH' | 'UGX' | 'USD' | 'USN' | 'UYI' | 'UYU' | 'UYW' | 'UZS' | 'VES' | 'VND' | 'VUV' | 'WST' | 'XAF' | 'XAG' | 'XAU' | 'XBA' | 'XBB' | 'XBC' | 'XBD' | 'XCD' | 'XDR' | 'XOF' | 'XPD' | 'XPF' | 'XPT' | 'XSU' | 'XTS' | 'XUA' | 'XXX' | 'YER' | 'ZAR' | 'ZMW' | 'ZWL'Language
- isoCode
The [BCP-47](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag) language tag that identifies the language. This is a standardized code that might include a base language and an optional region subtag separated by a dash. For example, `'en'` represents English and `'en-US'` represents English as used in the United States. The region subtag follows the [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) standard.
string
Market
A [Shopify Market](/docs/apps/build/markets) that represents a group of one or more regions for international selling.
- handle
The human-readable, shop-scoped identifier for the market, such as `'us'` or `'eu'`. Merchants define these handles when configuring [Shopify Markets](/docs/apps/build/markets).
string - id
A globally-unique identifier for the market in the format `gid://shopify/Market/<id>`.
string
Timezone
'Africa/Abidjan' | 'Africa/Algiers' | 'Africa/Bissau' | 'Africa/Cairo' | 'Africa/Casablanca' | 'Africa/Ceuta' | 'Africa/El_Aaiun' | 'Africa/Johannesburg' | 'Africa/Juba' | 'Africa/Khartoum' | 'Africa/Lagos' | 'Africa/Maputo' | 'Africa/Monrovia' | 'Africa/Nairobi' | 'Africa/Ndjamena' | 'Africa/Sao_Tome' | 'Africa/Tripoli' | 'Africa/Tunis' | 'Africa/Windhoek' | 'America/Adak' | 'America/Anchorage' | 'America/Araguaina' | 'America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires' | 'America/Argentina/Catamarca' | 'America/Argentina/Cordoba' | 'America/Argentina/Jujuy' | 'America/Argentina/La_Rioja' | 'America/Argentina/Mendoza' | 'America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos' | 'America/Argentina/Salta' | 'America/Argentina/San_Juan' | 'America/Argentina/San_Luis' | 'America/Argentina/Tucuman' | 'America/Argentina/Ushuaia' | 'America/Asuncion' | 'America/Bahia' | 'America/Bahia_Banderas' | 'America/Barbados' | 'America/Belem' | 'America/Belize' | 'America/Boa_Vista' | 'America/Bogota' | 'America/Boise' | 'America/Cambridge_Bay' | 'America/Campo_Grande' | 'America/Cancun' | 'America/Caracas' | 'America/Cayenne' | 'America/Chicago' | 'America/Chihuahua' | 'America/Costa_Rica' | 'America/Cuiaba' | 'America/Danmarkshavn' | 'America/Dawson' | 'America/Dawson_Creek' | 'America/Denver' | 'America/Detroit' | 'America/Edmonton' | 'America/Eirunepe' | 'America/El_Salvador' | 'America/Fort_Nelson' | 'America/Fortaleza' | 'America/Glace_Bay' | 'America/Goose_Bay' | 'America/Grand_Turk' | 'America/Guatemala' | 'America/Guayaquil' | 'America/Guyana' | 'America/Halifax' | 'America/Havana' | 'America/Hermosillo' | 'America/Indiana/Indianapolis' | 'America/Indiana/Knox' | 'America/Indiana/Marengo' | 'America/Indiana/Petersburg' | 'America/Indiana/Tell_City' | 'America/Indiana/Vevay' | 'America/Indiana/Vincennes' | 'America/Indiana/Winamac' | 'America/Inuvik' | 'America/Iqaluit' | 'America/Jamaica' | 'America/Juneau' | 'America/Kentucky/Louisville' | 'America/Kentucky/Monticello' | 'America/La_Paz' | 'America/Lima' | 'America/Los_Angeles' | 'America/Maceio' | 'America/Managua' | 'America/Manaus' | 'America/Martinique' | 'America/Matamoros' | 'America/Mazatlan' | 'America/Menominee' | 'America/Merida' | 'America/Metlakatla' | 'America/Mexico_City' | 'America/Miquelon' | 'America/Moncton' | 'America/Monterrey' | 'America/Montevideo' | 'America/New_York' | 'America/Nipigon' | 'America/Nome' | 'America/Noronha' | 'America/North_Dakota/Beulah' | 'America/North_Dakota/Center' | 'America/North_Dakota/New_Salem' | 'America/Nuuk' | 'America/Ojinaga' | 'America/Panama' | 'America/Pangnirtung' | 'America/Paramaribo' | 'America/Phoenix' | 'America/Port-au-Prince' | 'America/Porto_Velho' | 'America/Puerto_Rico' | 'America/Punta_Arenas' | 'America/Rainy_River' | 'America/Rankin_Inlet' | 'America/Recife' | 'America/Regina' | 'America/Resolute' | 'America/Rio_Branco' | 'America/Santarem' | 'America/Santiago' | 'America/Santo_Domingo' | 'America/Sao_Paulo' | 'America/Scoresbysund' | 'America/Sitka' | 'America/St_Johns' | 'America/Swift_Current' | 'America/Tegucigalpa' | 'America/Thule' | 'America/Thunder_Bay' | 'America/Tijuana' | 'America/Toronto' | 'America/Vancouver' | 'America/Whitehorse' | 'America/Winnipeg' | 'America/Yakutat' | 'America/Yellowknife' | 'Antarctica/Casey' | 'Antarctica/Davis' | 'Antarctica/Macquarie' | 'Antarctica/Mawson' | 'Antarctica/Palmer' | 'Antarctica/Rothera' | 'Antarctica/Troll' | 'Antarctica/Vostok' | 'Asia/Almaty' | 'Asia/Amman' | 'Asia/Anadyr' | 'Asia/Aqtau' | 'Asia/Aqtobe' | 'Asia/Ashgabat' | 'Asia/Atyrau' | 'Asia/Baghdad' | 'Asia/Baku' | 'Asia/Bangkok' | 'Asia/Barnaul' | 'Asia/Beirut' | 'Asia/Bishkek' | 'Asia/Brunei' | 'Asia/Chita' | 'Asia/Choibalsan' | 'Asia/Colombo' | 'Asia/Damascus' | 'Asia/Dhaka' | 'Asia/Dili' | 'Asia/Dubai' | 'Asia/Dushanbe' | 'Asia/Famagusta' | 'Asia/Gaza' | 'Asia/Hebron' | 'Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh' | 'Asia/Hong_Kong' | 'Asia/Hovd' | 'Asia/Irkutsk' | 'Asia/Jakarta' | 'Asia/Jayapura' | 'Asia/Jerusalem' | 'Asia/Kabul' | 'Asia/Kamchatka' | 'Asia/Karachi' | 'Asia/Kathmandu' | 'Asia/Khandyga' | 'Asia/Kolkata' | 'Asia/Krasnoyarsk' | 'Asia/Kuala_Lumpur' | 'Asia/Kuching' | 'Asia/Macau' | 'Asia/Magadan' | 'Asia/Makassar' | 'Asia/Manila' | 'Asia/Nicosia' | 'Asia/Novokuznetsk' | 'Asia/Novosibirsk' | 'Asia/Omsk' | 'Asia/Oral' | 'Asia/Pontianak' | 'Asia/Pyongyang' | 'Asia/Qatar' | 'Asia/Qostanay' | 'Asia/Qyzylorda' | 'Asia/Riyadh' | 'Asia/Sakhalin' | 'Asia/Samarkand' | 'Asia/Seoul' | 'Asia/Shanghai' | 'Asia/Singapore' | 'Asia/Srednekolymsk' | 'Asia/Taipei' | 'Asia/Tashkent' | 'Asia/Tbilisi' | 'Asia/Tehran' | 'Asia/Thimphu' | 'Asia/Tokyo' | 'Asia/Tomsk' | 'Asia/Ulaanbaatar' | 'Asia/Urumqi' | 'Asia/Ust-Nera' | 'Asia/Vladivostok' | 'Asia/Yakutsk' | 'Asia/Yangon' | 'Asia/Yekaterinburg' | 'Asia/Yerevan' | 'Atlantic/Azores' | 'Atlantic/Bermuda' | 'Atlantic/Canary' | 'Atlantic/Cape_Verde' | 'Atlantic/Faroe' | 'Atlantic/Madeira' | 'Atlantic/Reykjavik' | 'Atlantic/South_Georgia' | 'Atlantic/Stanley' | 'Australia/Adelaide' | 'Australia/Brisbane' | 'Australia/Broken_Hill' | 'Australia/Darwin' | 'Australia/Eucla' | 'Australia/Hobart' | 'Australia/Lindeman' | 'Australia/Lord_Howe' | 'Australia/Melbourne' | 'Australia/Perth' | 'Australia/Sydney' | 'CET' | 'CST6CDT' | 'EET' | 'EST' | 'EST5EDT' | 'Etc/GMT' | 'Etc/GMT-1' | 'Etc/GMT-10' | 'Etc/GMT-11' | 'Etc/GMT-12' | 'Etc/GMT-13' | 'Etc/GMT-14' | 'Etc/GMT-2' | 'Etc/GMT-3' | 'Etc/GMT-4' | 'Etc/GMT-5' | 'Etc/GMT-6' | 'Etc/GMT-7' | 'Etc/GMT-8' | 'Etc/GMT-9' | 'Etc/GMT+1' | 'Etc/GMT+10' | 'Etc/GMT+11' | 'Etc/GMT+12' | 'Etc/GMT+2' | 'Etc/GMT+3' | 'Etc/GMT+4' | 'Etc/GMT+5' | 'Etc/GMT+6' | 'Etc/GMT+7' | 'Etc/GMT+8' | 'Etc/GMT+9' | 'Etc/UTC' | 'Europe/Amsterdam' | 'Europe/Andorra' | 'Europe/Astrakhan' | 'Europe/Athens' | 'Europe/Belgrade' | 'Europe/Berlin' | 'Europe/Brussels' | 'Europe/Bucharest' | 'Europe/Budapest' | 'Europe/Chisinau' | 'Europe/Copenhagen' | 'Europe/Dublin' | 'Europe/Gibraltar' | 'Europe/Helsinki' | 'Europe/Istanbul' | 'Europe/Kaliningrad' | 'Europe/Kiev' | 'Europe/Kirov' | 'Europe/Lisbon' | 'Europe/London' | 'Europe/Luxembourg' | 'Europe/Madrid' | 'Europe/Malta' | 'Europe/Minsk' | 'Europe/Monaco' | 'Europe/Moscow' | 'Europe/Oslo' | 'Europe/Paris' | 'Europe/Prague' | 'Europe/Riga' | 'Europe/Rome' | 'Europe/Samara' | 'Europe/Saratov' | 'Europe/Simferopol' | 'Europe/Sofia' | 'Europe/Stockholm' | 'Europe/Tallinn' | 'Europe/Tirane' | 'Europe/Ulyanovsk' | 'Europe/Uzhgorod' | 'Europe/Vienna' | 'Europe/Vilnius' | 'Europe/Volgograd' | 'Europe/Warsaw' | 'Europe/Zaporozhye' | 'Europe/Zurich' | 'HST' | 'Indian/Chagos' | 'Indian/Christmas' | 'Indian/Cocos' | 'Indian/Kerguelen' | 'Indian/Mahe' | 'Indian/Maldives' | 'Indian/Mauritius' | 'Indian/Reunion' | 'MET' | 'MST' | 'MST7MDT' | 'Pacific/Apia' | 'Pacific/Auckland' | 'Pacific/Bougainville' | 'Pacific/Chatham' | 'Pacific/Chuuk' | 'Pacific/Easter' | 'Pacific/Efate' | 'Pacific/Fakaofo' | 'Pacific/Fiji' | 'Pacific/Funafuti' | 'Pacific/Galapagos' | 'Pacific/Gambier' | 'Pacific/Guadalcanal' | 'Pacific/Guam' | 'Pacific/Honolulu' | 'Pacific/Kanton' | 'Pacific/Kiritimati' | 'Pacific/Kosrae' | 'Pacific/Kwajalein' | 'Pacific/Majuro' | 'Pacific/Marquesas' | 'Pacific/Nauru' | 'Pacific/Niue' | 'Pacific/Norfolk' | 'Pacific/Noumea' | 'Pacific/Pago_Pago' | 'Pacific/Palau' | 'Pacific/Pitcairn' | 'Pacific/Pohnpei' | 'Pacific/Port_Moresby' | 'Pacific/Rarotonga' | 'Pacific/Tahiti' | 'Pacific/Tarawa' | 'Pacific/Tongatapu' | 'Pacific/Wake' | 'Pacific/Wallis' | 'PST8PDT' | 'WET'Anchor to Best practicesBest practices
- Always use locale files for user-facing text: Define all visible strings in
locales/*.jsonand access them throughshopify.i18n.translate(). Don't hardcode strings in your extension code. - Provide a default locale: Include a
locales/en.default.jsonfile as a fallback. Shopify uses the default locale when the buyer's language doesn't have a matching translation file. - Use
formatNumber()for any displayed numbers: Avoid formatting numbers manually.shopify.i18n.formatNumber()applies the correct thousands separator, decimal separator, and currency formatting for the buyer's locale.
Anchor to LimitationsLimitations
- Translation files are static and loaded at extension startup. You can't update translations dynamically at runtime.