polib API

The pofile function

polib.pofile(pofile, **kwargs)[source]

Convenience function that parses the po or pot file pofile and returns a POFile instance.

Arguments:

pofile
string, full or relative path to the po/pot file or its content (data).
wrapwidth
integer, the wrap width, only useful when the -w option was passed to xgettext (optional, default: 78).
encoding
string, the encoding to use (e.g. “utf-8”) (default: None, the encoding will be auto-detected).
check_for_duplicates
whether to check for duplicate entries when adding entries to the file (optional, default: False).
klass
class which is used to instantiate the return value (optional, default: None, the return value with be a POFile instance).

The mofile function

polib.mofile(mofile, **kwargs)[source]

Convenience function that parses the mo file mofile and returns a MOFile instance.

Arguments:

mofile
string, full or relative path to the mo file or its content (data).
wrapwidth
integer, the wrap width, only useful when the -w option was passed to xgettext to generate the po file that was used to format the mo file (optional, default: 78).
encoding
string, the encoding to use (e.g. “utf-8”) (default: None, the encoding will be auto-detected).
check_for_duplicates
whether to check for duplicate entries when adding entries to the file (optional, default: False).
klass
class which is used to instantiate the return value (optional, default: None, the return value with be a POFile instance).

The detect_encoding function

polib.detect_encoding(file, binary_mode=False)[source]

Try to detect the encoding used by the file. The file argument can be a PO or MO file path or a string containing the contents of the file. If the encoding cannot be detected, the function will return the value of default_encoding.

Arguments:

file
string, full or relative path to the po/mo file or its content.
binary_mode
boolean, set this to True if file is a mo file.

The escape function

polib.escape(st)[source]

Escapes the characters \\, \t, \n, \r and " in the given string st and returns it.

The unescape function

polib.unescape(st)[source]

Unescapes the characters \\, \t, \n, \r and " in the given string st and returns it.

The POFile class

class polib.POFile(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Po (or Pot) file reader/writer. This class inherits the _BaseFile class and, by extension, the python list type.

fuzzy_entries()[source]

Convenience method that returns the list of fuzzy entries.

merge(refpot)[source]

Convenience method that merges the current pofile with the pot file provided. It behaves exactly as the gettext msgmerge utility:

  • comments of this file will be preserved, but extracted comments and occurrences will be discarded;
  • any translations or comments in the file will be discarded, however, dot comments and file positions will be preserved;
  • the fuzzy flags are preserved.

Keyword argument:

refpot
object POFile, the reference catalog.
obsolete_entries()[source]

Convenience method that returns the list of obsolete entries.

percent_translated()[source]

Convenience method that returns the percentage of translated messages.

save_as_mofile(fpath)[source]

Saves the binary representation of the file to given fpath.

Keyword argument:

fpath
string, full or relative path to the mo file.
translated_entries()[source]

Convenience method that returns the list of translated entries.

untranslated_entries()[source]

Convenience method that returns the list of untranslated entries.

The MOFile class

class polib.MOFile(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Mo file reader/writer. This class inherits the _BaseFile class and, by extension, the python list type.

fuzzy_entries()[source]

Convenience method to keep the same interface with POFile instances.

obsolete_entries()[source]

Convenience method to keep the same interface with POFile instances.

percent_translated()[source]

Convenience method to keep the same interface with POFile instances.

save(fpath=None)[source]

Saves the mofile to fpath.

Keyword argument:

fpath
string, full or relative path to the file.
save_as_pofile(fpath)[source]

Saves the mofile as a pofile to fpath.

Keyword argument:

fpath
string, full or relative path to the file.
translated_entries()[source]

Convenience method to keep the same interface with POFile instances.

untranslated_entries()[source]

Convenience method to keep the same interface with POFile instances.

The POEntry class

class polib.POEntry(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Represents a po file entry.

merge(other)[source]

Merge the current entry with the given pot entry.

translated()[source]

Returns True if the entry has been translated or False otherwise.

The MOEntry class

class polib.MOEntry(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Represents a mo file entry.

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