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`accept-language` parses HTTP Accept-Language header and returns a matched defined language.

### Installation:

```
npm install accept-language --save
```

### Usage:

```ts
// var acceptLanguage = require('accept-language');
import acceptLanguage from 'accept-language';
acceptLanguage.languages(['en-US', 'zh-CN']);
console.log(acceptLanguage.get('en-GB,en;q=0.8,sv'));
/*

'en-US'

*/
```

### Usage with Express:
If you are using Express server please use the middleware [express-request-language](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-request-language).

### API
#### acceptLanguage.languages(Array languageTags);
Define your language tags ordered in highest priority comes first fashion. The language tags must comply with [BCP47][] standard.

```javascript
acceptLanguage.languages(['en-US', 'zh-CN']);
```

#### acceptLanguage.get(String acceptLanguageString);
Get the most likely language given an `Accept-Language` string. In order for it to work you must set all your languages first.
```javascript
acceptLanguage.get('en-GB,en;q=0.8,sv');
```

### Maintainer

Tingan Ho [@tingan87][]

### License
MIT

[L10ns]: http://l10ns.org
[BCP47]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47
[@tingan87]: https://twitter.com/tingan87