How can I get the current language in Django?

python django internationalization
diegueus9 picture diegueus9 · Jul 28, 2010 · Viewed 71.6k times · Source

How can I get the current language in the current thread in a model or in the admin?

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micha480 picture micha480 · Jul 28, 2010

Functions of particular interest are django.utils.translation.get_language() which returns the language used in the current thread. See documentation.

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