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<h3 align="center">Translation Management for software projects</h3>
<p align="center">The easiest way to manage translation files for web and mobile apps.</p>
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SimpleLocalize CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to manage translations in your software project,
and it's a great tool for CI/CD pipelines and localization automation.
- [Synchronize files](https://simplelocalize.io/auto-translation/) - keep in sync all your translation files
- [Auto-translate](https://simplelocalize.io/auto-translation/) - auto-translate texts in seconds
- [Host translations](https://simplelocalize.io/translation-hosting/) - manage your hosted translations
- [GitHub Actions support](https://github.com/simplelocalize/github-action-cli/) - seemles integration with GitHub Actions
## Installation
The installation process is automated by command-line scripts. Both scripts for Windows (PowerShell) and macOS/Linux/Windows downloads a binary file with CLI, copies it to user files and makes it available to run anywhere in the system from a command-line. The CLI supports macOS (both Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux (x86 and ARM64), and Windows.
```bash
# macOS / Linux / Windows (WSL)
curl -s https://get.simplelocalize.io/2.10/install | bash
# Windows (PowerShell)
. { iwr -useb https://get.simplelocalize.io/2.10/install-windows } | iex;
# npm - https://github.com/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli-npm
npm install @simplelocalize/cli
```
[GitHub Wiki: Installation](https://github.com/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki)
## Usage
The command-line tool offers several commands to execute. All of them requires Project API Key that is unique for each project.
You can set `apiKey` via [configuration file](/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Configuration-file), pass it as parameter with `--apiKey` or by environment variable `SIMPLELOCALIZE_API_KEY`.
```bash
simplelocalize [command] ...parameters
```
[GitHub Wiki: Usage](https://github.com/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki)
## Upload translations
Upload command takes your local files and uploads them to SimpleLocalize.
```bash
simplelocalize upload
--apiKey PROJECT_API_KEY
--uploadPath INPUT_FILE
--uploadFormat FILE_FORMAT
--uploadLanguageKey en
```
[GitHub Wiki: Upload translations](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Upload-translations)
## Download translations
Download command takes translations from SimpleLocalize and saves them to your local files.
```bash
simplelocalize download
--apiKey PROJECT_API_KEY
--downloadPath DOWNLOAD_PATH
--downloadFormat FILE_FORMAT
--downloadLanguageKey en,de,fr
```
[GitHub Wiki: Download translations](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Download-translations)
## Auto-translate strings
Auto-translate command starts auto-translation tasks for project languages and waits for the finish.
```bash
simplelocalize auto-translate --apiKey PROJECT_API_KEY
```
[GitHub Wiki: Auto-translate strings](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Auto%E2%80%90translate-strings)
## Translation Hosting
There are two commands that operates on [translation hosting](https://simplelocalize.io/translation-hosting/) resources which is `publish` and `pull`.
### Publish translations
Publish translations between translation editor and hosting or between hosting environments.
```bash
simplelocalize publish
--apiKey PROJECT_API_KEY
--environment _latest
```
[GitHub Wiki: Pull resources](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Translation-Hosting)
### Pull resources
Pull command downloads files from translation hosting.
```bash
simplelocalize pull
--apiKey PROJECT_API_KEY
--pullPath ./hosting/
--environment _latest
```
[GitHub Wiki: Pull resources](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Translation-Hosting)
## Additional commands
### Initalize configuration file
Command creates a sample [configuration file](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Configuration-file) in the current directory.
```bash
simplelocalize init
```
[GitHub Wiki: Additional commands](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Additional-commands)
### Get project details
Command gets project details and prints them.
```bash
simplelocalize status --apiKey PROJECT_API_KEY
```
[GitHub Wiki: Additional commands](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Additional-commands)
### Purge translations
Command removes all translations, translation keys and languages.
```bash
simplelocalize purge --apiKey PROJECT_API_KEY
```
[GitHub Wiki: Additional commands](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Additional-commands)
### Extract translation keys
Extract command finds translation keys and translations from the source code.
```bash
simplelocalize extract --searchDir SEARCH_DIRECTORY --projectType PROJECT_TYPE
```
[GitHub Wiki: Additional commands](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Additional-commands)
## Configuration file
Create configuration file to to simplify the bash commands. Arguments used in command always override properties set in the configuration file.
```bash
# It load simplelocalize.yml file by default
simplelocalize upload
```
[GitHub Wiki: Configuration file](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Configuration-file)
## Proxy support
SimpleLocalize CLI supports HTTP and HTTPS proxies, and it respects the `http_proxy`, `https_proxy` environment
variables.
Here are some examples of how to set proxy environment variables in Linux and macOS:
```bash
export http_proxy=http://someproxy.com
export http_proxy=http://someproxy.com:8080
export http_proxy=http://user:
[email protected]:8080
```
[GitHub Wiki: Proxy support](/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/wiki/Proxy-Support)
## Support
Please refer to the [official SimpleLocalize documentation](https://simplelocalize.io/docs/cli/get-started/). That should help you troubleshoot common issues. For additional help, you can reach out to us on one of these channels:
- [GitHub](https://github.com/simplelocalize/simplelocalize-cli/issues) (Bug and issue reports)
- [Email](mailto:
[email protected]) (General support)
- [Changelog](https://simplelocalize.io/changelog/) (Product updates)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBpYo2UnHwDGyK175SAKTig) (How-to tutorials)
## License
See [LICENSE](/LICENSE) for more details.
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