Get User Language

[andrei1058]

Hi!
It would be nice to know the user's language so we can provide content in user's language.
Thanks.

[msciotti]

I will let @night or @jhgg weigh in on the feasibility of this. Thank you for the request!

[jhgg]

It is feasible. Not sure if we should expose another scope for this, or just have it be in the regular user scope.

[andrei1058]

any update?

[macdja38]

It would be nice to have available without an oauth scope so it could be used to serve commands in a users language and localize formats.

[tech6hutch]

That would be convenient, but what if a user doesn't want a bot to know what language they use? Correct me if I'm wrong, but no user settings are currently exposed to bots.

[Still34]

Surely the value could be null'd or default to en-US?

[shikhir-arora]

Having it as part of the user scope seems to make the most sense, and as @tech6hutch mentioned - I don't think having it exposed without a scope is a great idea. It's not the most private information by any means, but it could cause users to be confused if the application/bot knows their language setting if they aren't familiar.

Keeping it as a scope means the user would allow access explicitly vs. implicitly which should really be the case for any scope, even something simple like language.

[nullpixel]

I personally like the idea of letting bots have it without a scope for localisation purposes. Perhaps allow an opt-out rather than making it opt-in, since most users won't care.

[msciotti]

This was completed over the weekend, and should be deployed within the next couple days. I will update documentation accordingly and will close this issue when it's deployed.

EDIT: This is deployed!