Use request.LANGUAGE_CODE in API

[georgedorn]

I'm writing an API that needs to return a field localized for the request.

I'm using Django's LocaleMiddleware, which negotiates the HTTP Accept-language header against settings.LANGUAGE_CODES and sets the result as request.LANGUAGE_CODE. Is there a pattern or mixin I should be using on my ViewSets to activate that language for the response?

[vdboor]

Not that I'm aware of.. Django's LocaleMiddleware also calls translation.activate() so the current Django language will be set. django-parler uses django.utils.translation.get_language() by default when objects are fetched from the database.

You can set the language explicitly off course, using Model.objects.language(..)