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Version: 5.0.2

Add language

Add a New Language to the Identity Server Website​

By default, the Identity Server website supports only the English language.

However, it is still possible to incorporate support for a new language by making modifications in the codebase of the project.

In the remainder of this article, we will explain the manual steps to enable support for a new language.

  1. Register the language in the Identity Server : Open the Identity Server solution and edit the IdServerConfiguration.cs file. Add a new language to the Languages property and specify its English translation. For example, to support the French language, you can have the following configuration :
public static ICollection<Language> Languages => new List<Language>
{
    LanguageBuilder.Build(Language.Default).AddDescription("English", "en").AddDescription("Anglais", "fr").Build(),
    LanguageBuilder.Build("fr").AddDescription("Français", "fr").AddDescription("French", "en").Build()
};
  1. Register the Language in the Identity Server website : Open the Identity Server website solution and edit the Program.cs file. Modify the callback function of the UseRequestLocalization method and add the language code. For instance, to support the French language, use the following configuration:
app.UseRequestLocalization(e =>
{
    e.SetDefaultCulture("en");
    e.AddSupportedCultures("en", "fr");
    e.AddSupportedUICultures("en", "fr");
});
  1. Resource file : Each SimpleIdServer project contain a Global.resx file with all the English translations. To update the translation of the Identity Server website, create a Global.<two letter language code>.resx file in the SimpleIdServer.IdServer.Website\Resources folder.

If you feel comfortable, you can easily contribute to the project by adding a new language :)