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authorGuillermo Ramos2020-02-04 13:49:53 +0100
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+defmodule WaevWeb.ErrorHelpers do
+ @moduledoc """
+ Conveniences for translating and building error messages.
+ """
+
+ use Phoenix.HTML
+
+ @doc """
+ Generates tag for inlined form input errors.
+ """
+ def error_tag(form, field) do
+ Enum.map(Keyword.get_values(form.errors, field), fn error ->
+ content_tag(:span, translate_error(error), class: "help-block")
+ end)
+ end
+
+ @doc """
+ Translates an error message using gettext.
+ """
+ def translate_error({msg, opts}) do
+ # When using gettext, we typically pass the strings we want
+ # to translate as a static argument:
+ #
+ # # Translate "is invalid" in the "errors" domain
+ # dgettext("errors", "is invalid")
+ #
+ # # Translate the number of files with plural rules
+ # dngettext("errors", "1 file", "%{count} files", count)
+ #
+ # Because the error messages we show in our forms and APIs
+ # are defined inside Ecto, we need to translate them dynamically.
+ # This requires us to call the Gettext module passing our gettext
+ # backend as first argument.
+ #
+ # Note we use the "errors" domain, which means translations
+ # should be written to the errors.po file. The :count option is
+ # set by Ecto and indicates we should also apply plural rules.
+ if count = opts[:count] do
+ Gettext.dngettext(WaevWeb.Gettext, "errors", msg, msg, count, opts)
+ else
+ Gettext.dgettext(WaevWeb.Gettext, "errors", msg, opts)
+ end
+ end
+end