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title: Options
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<a name="t-options"></a>
### [t options](#t-options) `i18next.t(key, options)`
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option | description
----------------- | -----------------
defaultValue | defaultValue to return if translation not found
count | count value used for plurals
context | used for contexts (eg. male|female)
replace | object with vars for interpolation - optional as you can put them directly in options
lng | language to use
lngs | languages to use
fallbackLng | language to lookup key if not found on set language
ns | string or array of namespaces
keySeparator | char to separate keys
nsSeparator | char to split namespace from key
returnObjects | accessing an object not a translation string
joinArrays | char, eg. '\n' that arrays will be joined by
postProcess | string or array of postProcessors to apply
interpolation | see interpolation options below
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<a name="init-options"></a>
### [init options](#init-options) `i18next.init(options, callback)`
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option | default | description
----------------- | --------------------| -----------------
debug | false | logs out more info (console)
initImmediate | true | triggers resource loading in init function inside setTimeout (default async behaviour)
resources | undefined | resources to initialize with
lng | undefined | language to set (disables user language detection)
fallbackLng | 'dev' | language to lookup key if not found on set language
ns | 'translation' | string or array of namespaces
defaultNS | 'translation' | default namespace used if not passed to translation function
fallbackNS | false | string or array of namespaces to lookup key if not found
whitelist | false | array of allowed languages
nonExplicitWhitelist | false | if true will pass eg. en-US if finding en in whitelist
lowerCaseLng | false | language will be lowercased eg. en-US --> en-us
load | 'all' | language codes to lookup, given set language is 'en-US': `'all' --> ['en-US', 'en', 'dev']`, `'currentOnly' --> 'en-US'`, `'languageOnly' --> 'en'`
preload | false | array of languages to preload
keySeparator | '.' | char to separate keys
nsSeparator | ':' | char to split namespace from key
pluralSeparator | '\_' | char to split plural from key
contextSeparator | '\_' | char to split context from key
saveMissing | false | calls save missing key function on backend if key not found
saveMissingTo | 'fallback' | 'current' or 'all'
missingKeyHandler | false | `function(lng, ns, key, fallbackValue) { }` used for custom missing key handling (needs saveMissing set to true!)
parseMissingKeyHandler | noop | function(key) { // return value to display }
appendNamespaceToMissingKey | false | appends namespace to missing key
postProcess | false | string or array of postProcessors to apply per default
returnNull | true | allows null values as valid translation
returnEmptyString | true | allows empty string as valid translation
returnObjects | false | allows objects as valid translation result
returnedObjectHandler | noop | `function(key, value, options) {}` gets called if object was passed in as key but returnObjects was set to false
joinArrays | false | char, eg. '\n' that arrays will be joined by
overloadTranslationOptionHandler | function(args) { return { defaultValue: args[1] }; }; | default: sets defaultValue
interpolation | {...} | see interpolation options below
detection | undefined | options for language detection - see detector documentation
backend | undefined | options for backend - see backend documentation
cache | undefined | options for cache layer -- see cache documentation
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<a name="interpolation-options"></a>
#### [interpolation options](#interpolation-options)
option | default | description
----------------- | --------------------| -----------------
format | noop function | format function function format(value, format, lng) {}
escapeValue | true | escapes passed in values to avoid xss injection
prefix | '{{' | prefix for interpolation
suffix | '}}' | suffix for interpolation
formatSeparator | ',' | used to separate format from interpolation value
prefixEscaped | undefined | escaped prefix for interpolation (regexSafe)
suffixEscaped | undefined | escaped suffix for interpolation (regexSafe)
unescapeSuffix | undefined | suffix to unescaped mode
unescapePrefix | '-' | prefix to unescaped mode
nestingPrefix | '$t(' | prefix for nesting
nestingSuffix | ')' | suffix for nesting
nestingPrefixEscaped | undefined | escaped prefix for nesting (regexSafe)
nestingSuffixEscaped | undefined | escaped suffix for nesting (regexSafe)
defaultVariables | undefined | default variables to use in interpolation replacements
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