WebExtension JSON#

File format used when translating extensions for Mozilla Firefox or Google Chromium.

Note

While this format is called JSON, its specification allows to include comments, which are not part of JSON specification. Weblate currently does not support file with comments.

Example file:

{
  "hello": {
    "message": "Ahoj světe!\n",
    "description": "Description",
    "placeholders": {
      "url": {
        "content": "$1",
        "example": "https://developer.mozilla.org"
      }
    }
  },
  "orangutan": {
    "message": "Orangutan has $coUnT$ bananas",
    "description": "Description",
    "placeholders": {
      "count": {
        "content": "$1",
        "example": "5"
      }
    }
  },
  "try": {
    "message": "",
    "description": "Description"
  },
  "thanks": {
    "message": "",
    "description": "Description"
  }
}

Weblate configuration#

Typical Weblate Component configuration
File mask	`_locales/*/messages.json`
Monolingual base language file	`_locales/en/messages.json`
Template for new translations	Empty
File format	WebExtension JSON file