browserLocale( )

Gets the locale of the site visitor's browser.

A locale, also known as an IETF language tag, is an abbreviated code that defines the language, country, and other aspects of the site visitor's browser, such as number format and date format.

Some common locales include:

  • "en-US": English, United States
  • "en-GB": English, British
  • "es-ES": Spanish, Spain
  • "de-DE": German, Germany
  • "ja-JP": Japanese, Japan
  • "fr-CH": French, Switzerland
  • "it-IT": Italian, Italy
Method Declaration
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function browserLocale(): Promise<string>;
Request
This method does not take any parameters
Returns
Return Type:Promise<string>
Get the locale of a visitor's browser
JavaScript
import { createClient } from "@wix/sdk";
import { site } from "@wix/site";
import { window as wixWindow } from "@wix/site-window";

const wixClient = createClient({
  host: site.host(),
  modules: { wixWindow },
});

// ...

let browserLocale = await wixClient.wixWindow.browserLocale(); // "en-US"
Errors

This method doesn’t return any custom errors, but may return standard errors. Learn more about standard Wix errors.

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