i18n.getAcceptLanguages()

Gets the accept-languages of the browser. This is different from the locale used by the browser. To get the locale, use i18n.getUILanguage.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var gettingAcceptLanguages = browser.i18n.getAcceptLanguages()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with an array of i18n.LanguageCode objects.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Firefox for Android
`getAcceptLanguages`	Chrome Full support 47	Edge Full support 14	Firefox Full support 47	Opera Full support 34	Safari Full support 14	Firefox Android Full support 48

Legend

Full support: Full support

Examples

function onGot(languages) {
  console.log(languages);
  //e.g. Array [ "en-US", "en" ]
}

var gettingAcceptLanguages = browser.i18n.getAcceptLanguages();
gettingAcceptLanguages.then(onGot);

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.i18n API. This documentation is derived from i18n.json in the Chromium code.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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