JavaScript for detecting browser language preference [duplicate]

Answer 1

DanSingerman has a very good solution for this question.

The only reliable source for the language is in the HTTP-request header. So you need a server-side script to reply the request-header or at least the Accept-Language field back to you.

Here is a very simple Node.js server which should be compatible with DanSingermans jQuery plugin.

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end(JSON.stringify(req.headers));
}).listen(80,'0.0.0.0');