API Documentation¶

static check(tag)¶

Check if a string (hyphen-separated) tag is valid.

Parameters:	tag (str) – (hyphen-separated) tag.
Returns:	bool – True if valid.

static date()¶

Get the file date of the underlying data as a string.

Returns:	date as string (for example: ‘2014-03-27’).

static description(tag)¶

Gets a list of descriptions given the tag.

Parameters:	tag (str) – (hyphen-separated) tag.
Returns:	list of string descriptions. The return list can be empty.

static filter(subtags)¶

Get a list of non-existing string subtag(s) given the input string subtag(s).

Parameters:	subtags – string subtag or a list of string subtags.
Returns:	list of non-existing string subtags. The return list can be empty.

static language(subtag)¶

Get a language language_tags.Subtag.Subtag of the subtag string.

Parameters:	subtag (str) – subtag.
Returns:	language language_tags.Subtag.Subtag if exists, otherwise None.

static languages(macrolanguage)¶

Get a list of language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects given the string macrolanguage.

Parameters:	macrolanguage (string) – subtag macrolanguage.
Returns:	a list of the macrolanguage language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects.
Raises Exception:
	if the macrolanguage does not exists.

static region(subtag)¶

Get a region language_tags.Subtag.Subtag of the subtag string.

Parameters:	subtag (str) – subtag.
Returns:	region language_tags.Subtag.Subtag if exists, otherwise None.

static search(description, all=False)¶

Gets a list of language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects where the description matches.

Parameters:	description (str or RegExp) – a string or compiled regular expression. For example: search(re.compile('\d{4}')) if the description of the returned subtag must contain four contiguous numerical digits. all (bool, optional) – If set on True grandfathered and redundant tags will be included in the return list.
Returns:	list of language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects each including the description. The return list can be empty.

static subtags(subtags)¶

Get a list of existing language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects given the input subtag(s).

Parameters:	subtags – string subtag or list of string subtags.
Returns:	a list of existing language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects. The return list can be empty.

static tag(tag)¶

Get a language_tags.Tag.Tag of a string (hyphen-separated) tag.

Parameters:	tag (str) – (hyphen-separated) tag.
Returns:	language_tags.Tag.Tag.

static type(subtag, type)¶

Get a language_tags.Subtag.Subtag by subtag and type. Can be None if not exists.

Parameters:	subtag (str) – subtag. type (str) – type of the subtag.
Returns:	language_tags.Subtag.Subtag if exists, otherwise None.

static types(subtag)¶

Get the types of a subtag string (excludes redundant and grandfathered).

Parameters:	subtag (str) – subtag.
Returns:	list of types. The return list can be empty.

Tags for Identifying Languages based on BCP 47 (RFC 5646) and the latest IANA language subtag registry.

added¶

Get the date string of grandfathered or redundant tag when it was added to the registry.

Returns:	added date string if the deprecated or redundant tag has one, otherwise None.

deprecated¶

Get the deprecation date of grandfathered or redundant tag if the tag is deprecated.

Returns:	deprecation date string if the deprecated or redundant tag has one, otherwise None.

descriptions¶

Get the list of descriptions of the grandfathered or redundant tag.

Returns:	list of descriptions. If no descriptions available, it returns an empty list.

error(code, subtag=None)[source]¶

Get the language_tags.Tag.Tag.Error of a specific Tag error code. The error creates a message explaining the error. It also refers to the respective (sub)tag(s).

Parameters:

code (int) – a Tag error error: 1 = Tag.ERR_DEPRECATED 2 = Tag.ERR_NO_LANGUAGE 3 = Tag.ERR_UNKNOWN, 4 = Tag.ERR_TOO_LONG 5 = Tag.ERR_EXTRA_REGION 6 = Tag.ERR_EXTRA_EXTLANG 7 = Tag.ERR_EXTRA_SCRIPT, 8 = Tag.ERR_DUPLICATE_VARIANT 9 = Tag.ERR_WRONG_ORDER 10 = Tag.ERR_SUPPRESS_SCRIPT, 11 = Tag.ERR_SUBTAG_DEPRECATED 12 = Tag.ERR_EXTRA_LANGUAGE subtag – string (sub)tag or list of string (sub)tags creating the error.

Returns:

An exception class containing: a Tag error input code, the derived message with the given (sub)tag(s). input

errors¶

Get the errors of the tag. If invalid then the list will consist of errors containing each a code and message explaining the error. Each error also refers to the respective (sub)tag(s).

Returns:	list of errors of the tag. If the tag is valid, it returns an empty list.

format¶

Get format according to algorithm defined in RFC 5646 section 2.1.1.

Returns:	formatted tag string.

language¶

Get the language language_tags.Subtag.Subtag of the tag.

Returns:	language language_tags.Subtag.Subtag that is part of the tag. The return can be None.

preferred¶

Get the preferred language_tags.Tag.Tag of the deprecated or redundant tag.

Returns:	preferred language_tags.Tag.Tag if the deprecated or redundant tag has one, otherwise None.

region¶

Get the region language_tags.Subtag.Subtag of the tag.

Returns:	region language_tags.Subtag.Subtag that is part of the tag. The return can be None.

script¶

Get the script language_tags.Subtag.Subtag of the tag.

Returns:	script language_tags.Subtag.Subtag that is part of the tag. The return can be None.

subtags¶

Get the language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects of the tag.

Returns:	list of language_tags.Subtag.Subtag objects that are part of the tag. The return list can be empty.

type¶

Get the type of the tag (either grandfathered, redundant or tag see RFC 5646 section 2.2.8.).

Returns:	string – type of the tag.

valid¶

Checks whether the tag is valid.

Returns:	Bool – True if valid otherwise False.

A subtag is a part of the hyphen-separated language_tags.Tag.Tag.

added¶

Get the date when the subtag was added to the registry.

Returns:	date (as string) when the subtag was added to the registry.

comments¶

Get the comments of the subtag.

Returns:	list of comments. The return list can be empty.

deprecated¶

Get the deprecation date.

Returns:	deprecation date as string if subtag is deprecated, otherwise None.

description¶

Get the subtag description.

Returns:	list of description strings.

format¶

Get the subtag code conventional format according to RFC 5646 section 2.1.1.

Returns:	string – subtag code conventional format.

preferred¶

Get the preferred subtag.

Returns:	preferred language_tags.Subtag.Subtag if exists, otherwise None.

scope¶

Get the subtag scope.

Returns:	string subtag scope if exists, otherwise None.

script¶

Get the language’s default script of the subtag (RFC 5646 section 3.1.9)

Returns:	string – the language’s default script.

type¶

Get the subtag type.

Returns:	string – either ‘language’, ‘extlang’, ‘script’, ‘region’ or ‘variant’.